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Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)

Posted by WYTZZ95FM on July 14, 2020, 9:44 pm

Robert Feder using click bait (at best) first line in his post. There is no proof the FCC will allow this past the deadline date. Currently, the FCC has not approved this. The NAB refuses to comment on this. There is a group called The Preserve Community Programming Coalition (PCPC), a group of FM6 broadcasters, asking for the analog signal to be added on to the Digital video and audio. I am not aware of any of the TV6 implementing this but I do not doubt it either. The issue is, there is no rule stating that they can continue after the deadline to broadcast that way! That is what they are trying to convince the FCC to change. Then the Franken's can live on.

I am never critical of Mr Feder, but the first line is in poor taste, even if the following line says it is not him stating it.

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Don’t worry, Me-TV FM fans. Your favorite soft-rock oldies station won’t be going away. At least that’s the word from Venture Technologies Group, which owns the license for WRME 87.7-FM, the low-power analog station on VHF Channel 6 leased by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting as the home of Me-TV FM. On Monday the FCC reaffirmed July 13, 2021, as the deadline for all low-power Channel 6 TV stations operating as radio stations on 87.7 FM to cease broadcasting. (Here is the link.) “We have a solution and [are] moving forward,” Paul Koplin, CEO of Venture Technologies Group, told me. The company is in the process of converting its Channel 6 stations (including those in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and elsewhere) to digital with an analog audio carrier imbedded in the signal. “We have submitted technical studies to the FCC to demonstrate how this works, and stations in several markets are converting right now,” Koplin said. Neal Sabin, vice chair of Weigel Broadcasting and creator of Me-TV FM, said simply: “Please stand by.” In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Me-TV FM posted an impressive 3.0 percent audience share, ranking 12th overall.

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Re: Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)

Posted by PhilJSmith on July 14, 2020, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)"

Even with 50:1 odds I would not bet on the FCC approving this, even though it’s technically feasible with ATSC 3.0. But that’s not the point... TV frequencies are currently licensed for 3 types of modulation: NTSC (until 2021-07-13), ATSC 1.0 (until approx 2025), and ATSC 3.0. They can’t just start creating their own hybrid signals. Why not just add a whole bunch of analog FM carriers from 82.1 through 87.9? Can TV channel 5 get in in the action, too? Many radios can be set to Japan’s FM band and tune down to 76.

IMHO either the FM band needs to be officially expanded down to 82 or 76 MHz (it won’t!), or the Franken FMs will just need to find another solution.

Re: Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)

Posted by John, from Wisconsin on July 15, 2020, 7:18 am, in reply to "Re: Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)"

Gotta wonder if this site isn't checked for ideas for a column: MeTV-FM, no overnight traffic/replayed news on WBBM earlier this year.

Re: Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)

Posted by Amanda Connell's pimp on July 15, 2020, 10:29 am, in reply to "Re: Robservations: Me-TV FM license owner isn’t losing sleep over FCC deadline (posturing, not reality)"

The industry reads sites like these but they say the visitors are trolls and whacks. But they still read them.

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