{"id":17486,"date":"2016-02-26T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17486"},"modified":"2016-02-26T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T16:04:47","slug":"am-radio-proposal-has-class-a-broadcasters-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/am-radio-proposal-has-class-a-broadcasters-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"AM radio proposal has Class A broadcasters upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower\"<\/a>(Source: Times Union<\/a>)<\/p>\n

When the sun goes down, AM radio signals travel much farther. You can listen to 50,000-watt stations such as WGY hundreds of miles away.<\/em><\/p>\n

But that could soon change, if the Federal Communications Commission goes through with a plan to let more local stations broadcast through the evening hours and potentially makes changes in the daytime signal of WGY and other powerful stations.<\/em><\/p>\n

The proposed change in protections to Class A stations such as WGY would ease restrictions on the smaller stations, which are now required to reduce power or change the direction they broadcast their signal so they don’t conflict with the more powerful Class A stations.<\/em><\/p>\n

WGY has begun an online petition drive to oppose the changes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Called “Save AM Radio,” the petition opposes reducing WGY’s so-called “protected service area.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The changes, WGY says, “will make it very difficult for many of our listeners to receive our programming, especially at night and during morning and evening drive times.”<\/em><\/p>\n

[…]<\/em>The FCC, meanwhile, says the changes are being considered in an effort “to help revitalize the AM service.”<\/em><\/p>\n

More local stations would give listeners a wider choice of programming, supporters of the change argue.<\/em><\/p>\n

[…]WGY’s online petition is at http:\/\/www.wgy.com\/features\/save-am-radio-1919\/<\/a><\/em>
\nThe FCC is accepting comments through March 21 and replies through April 18, at www.fcc\/ecfs<\/a>. Click on “submit a filing.” The proceeding number is 13-249.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full article at the Times Union online…<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m very curious what Post<\/em> readers think about this proposal from the perspective of both access to regional information, as well as from MW DXing. Will this move crowd the AM broadcast band or give local stations a\u00a0stronger voice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Times Union) When the sun goes down, AM radio signals travel much farther. You can listen to 50,000-watt stations such as WGY hundreds of miles away. But that could soon change, if the Federal Communications Commission goes through with a plan to let more local stations broadcast through the evening hours and potentially makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[4097,4784,4787,4785,4782,4099,432,4786,4783],"class_list":["post-17486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am","tag-am-broadcasting","tag-am-revitalization","tag-fcc-nprm","tag-fcc-proceeding-13-249","tag-mediumwave","tag-mw","tag-nprm","tag-wgy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4y2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51807,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/radio-waves-russia-shuts-down-dw-history-of-wgy-w2an-1bcg-on-the-air-and-summits-on-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":17486,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Russia Shuts Down DW, History of WGY, W2AN\/1BCG On The Air, and Summits On The Air","author":"Thomas","date":"February 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTR-3B.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTR-3B.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTR-3B.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTR-3B.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTR-3B.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41503,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/radio-world-time-to-sound-off-to-the-fcc-about-using-all-digital-on-the-am-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":17486,"position":1},"title":"Radio World: Time to “sound off to the FCC about using all-digital on the AM band”","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following note posted by Paul McClane at Radio World: For those who want to sound off to the FCC about using all-digital on the AM band \u2014 either \u201cfer it\u201d or \u201cagin it\u201d \u2014- the comment deadlines now are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-1024x623.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-1024x623.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-1024x623.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17799,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/radio-world-schenectady-shortwave-transmitters-1941\/","url_meta":{"origin":17486,"position":2},"title":"Radio World: Schenectady Shortwave Transmitters, 1941","author":"Thomas","date":"March 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, for sharing a link to the following article in Radio World: The General Electric Co. was truly among America\u2019s premier broadcasting companies. 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