Re: LPFM & LPTV (was Re: Students hope to start radio station at MCI )

[John Mullaney <john@minutemancomm.com>]

I don't think you would ever be able to find a frequency in Boston or New York
of almost any power level that wouldn't interfere with anyone. It would just
be what level of interference will have to be accepted.

Sven Weil wrote:

> Sorry..I didn't make myself clear...
>
> but just imagine if this high school was in a city like Boston or New
> York...or a city that has a lot of high power stations and surrounded by
> suburbs with fairly high powered stations (that don't reach the city).
>
> If LPFM was a reality, the school could get away with a signal that could
> cover part of the city itself without interfereing with suburban signals.
>
> Now.... question:
>
> was there big opposition by TV broadcasters when the LPTV issue was first
> raised?  Also...what were the arguments for and against it?  Also...looing
> at most of these LPTV's they are just shopping channels or network relays.
> Few of them broadcast anything of relevance to the communities they are
> in.  Notable exceptions are the ones that do multi-ethnic tv that isn't
> carried by any large station.
>
> What's to stop LPFM from turning into a sea of radio clones of HSN?
>
> --
> Sven F. Weil
> e-mail: sven@lily.org
> World Wide Web: http://www.lily.org/~sven
>
> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Shawn Mamros wrote:
>
> > >This is one of those PERFECT arguments in favor of Low Power FM.
> >
> > How so?  I didn't see anything in the article that indicates that the
> > high school won't be able to get a license through the existing FCC
> > application process.
> >
> > -Shawn Mamros
> > E-mail to: mamros@mit.edu
> >