Translators are limited power, have to "translate" an AM signal or an HD signal. Their range is super limited. In small markets they a cover a whole town. In a city like Chicago, no. Some of the translators in Chicago are on 97.5, 101.5, 100.7, 95.9 (multiple). 100.7, etc. Translators are subject to interference claims and are not protected by Class A or higher stations.
The US is so backward. They should have adopted Eureka DAB for AM/Fm or DRM used in many parts of the world for AM. Also expanded the FM band down to 65Mhz, but now some countries have the 4 meter Ham band @ 70Mhz. Even 71Mhz - 99Mhz expansion would have been great. Very backward not wanting to piss people off to buy new hardware. --- How has that IP based entertainment delivery work out while refusing to expand the FM band and pick out a viable digital compression scheme????? (sarcasm)
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