Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!lgw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: Kotalampi Risto Newsgroups: sfnet.harrastus.dx-kuuntelu Subject: FCC New Allocations Date: 26 Oct 1994 23:49:40 +0200 Organization: Finnish University and Research Network Lines: 163 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: sfnet Message-ID: <199410261006.MAA07306@sotka.cs.tut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi To: dx-kuuntelijat@nic.funet.fi In article , joe.taylor@woodybbs.com (Joe Taylor) writes: > > _________________________________________________ > FCC ANNOUNCES AM EXPANDED BAND ALLOTMENTS > _________________________________________________ > > In its Review of the Technical Assignment Criteria for the > AM Broadcast Service, 6 FCC Rcd 6273 (1991), recon. granted in part and denied > in part, 8 FCC Rcd 3250 (1993)["AM improvement Order"], the Commission adopted > measures to facilitate an overall improvement and revitalization of the AM > broadcast band and to effectuate the necessary incorporation of new spectrum > between 1605 and 1705 kHz into the AM broadcast band. The Commission concluded > that the public interest would be best served by using the expanded AM band to > improve the overall quality of the AM service by lessening interference and > congestion in the existing band. On May 3, 1993, the Commission opened a filing > window for existing AM stations to file petitions to migrate to the expanded > band. On December 3, 1993, the Commission announced a ranking of all petitions > to migrate in accordance with the priority groups and improvement factors > described in the AM Improvement Order. > > This Public Notice announces the expanded band Allotment Plan, and > identifies the stations that are eligible to apply for authorizations > associated with specific allotments, based upon the previously announced > ranking of the petitions. Stations not receiving an allotment were > precluded by one or more of the following: the Canadian agreement, the > Mexican agreement, the Region 2 agreement, Federal Travelers' Information > Service Stations ("TIS"), harmonic frequency relationships with existing > stations, or preclusion by stations of higher ranking. The Canadian agreement > restricts the assignment of stations within 500 km of the common border to > 1620, 1640, 1660, 1680, and 1700 kHz with a US priority on 1680 kHz and a > Canadian priority on 1630 kHz. Stations on 1620, 1640, 1660, and 1700 kHz > must be notified to Canada. A comparable restriction applies to Canadian > stations. The Mexican agreement restricts assignments within 450 km of the > common border to 21 specified frequencies at specific locations. If an > expanded band proposal for a station was within 45 km of an allotment > specified in the Mexican agreement it received an expanded band allotment > provided it was not precluded by a station with a higher ranking or other > factors. U.S. Government TIS facilities were protected in accordance with > the guidelines of 47 C.F.F 90.242(a)(2)(i). Expanded band stations were > not allotted within 30 km of an existing station if the frequency > relationship being considered was twice the frequency of the existing > station. The allotments also maintain a separation of 53 km from existing 1590 > khz stations and 200 km from existing 1600 kHz stations. Finally a > proposed station may have been precluded by the allotment of a frequency > to a station(s) having a higher ranking. Stations not selected for > migration will be afforded thirty (30) days to file for reconsideration of > the Allotment Plan with arguments limited to addressing errors in the > selection process. After the Allotment Plan has become final and no longer > subject to Commission reconsideration, the Commission will enter the allotments > into the Commission's AM Engineering Data Base. The Commission will issue a > Public Notice of the finality of the Allotment Plan and call for > applications to be filed. Stations selected for migration will be > afforded sixty (60) days from the date the plan becomes final in which to > file an application for construction permit on the allotted channel The > application should be filed on Form 301 and must be accompanied by the > normal filing fee for such application. After acceptance of the application for > filing, the Commission will then put the application on a cut-off list. The > application will then be subject to petitions to deny but not to competing > applications. After grant of the construction permit application and > construction of the authorized facilities, the expanded band permittee > will then file a covering license application on FCC Form 302. Licenses > for stations in the expanded band will be issued for a term that is > concurrent with the existing license for operation in the 535-1605 khz band. > > For more information, contact Jim Buttle at (202) 418-2660. > > AM EXPANDED BAND ALLOTMENTS > Pres.Ex.Bd. > Call Licensed to State kHz kHz > WEUP Huntsville AL 1600 1610 > KFVR Cresent City CA 1310 1610 > KECN Blackfoot ID 690 1610 > KENN Farmington NM 1390 1610 > > KXBT Vallejo CA 1190 1620 > KHMO Hannibal MO 1070 1620 > WVMI Biloxi MS 570 1620 > WLNC Laurinburg NC 1300 1620 > KQWB West Fargo ND 1550 1620 > WEHH Elmira Heights NY 1590 1620 > KPAR Granbury TX 1420 1620 > WGOD St. Thomas VI 1090 1620 > KRIZ Renton WA 1420 1620 > KSHY Fox Farm WY 1530 1620 > > KIDR Phoenix AZ 740 1630 > WPGS Mims FL 840 1630 > KCJJ Iowa City IA 1560 1630 > KYUU Liberal KS 1470 1630 > WSYD Mount Airy NC 1300 1630 > KTMT Phoenix OR 880 1630 > WTAW College StationTX 1150 1630 > KTKK Sandy UT 630 1630 > > KLOQ Merced CA 1580 1640 > KRKS Denver CO 990 1640 > WAOK Atlanta GA 1380 1640 > WIWO South Bend IN 1580 1640 > KLXX Bismark/Mandan ND 1270 1640 > WTRY Troy NY 980 1640 > KTRT Claremore OK 1270 1640 > KPHP Lake Oswego OR 1290 1640 > KURV Edinburg TX 710 1640 > > KITA Little Rock AR 1440 1650 > KFRN Long Beach CA 1280 1650 > KNRO Redding CA 600 1650 > WBIT Adel GA 1470 1650 > KCFI Cedar Falls IA 1250 1650 > KSVE El Paso TX 1150 1650 > KSOS Brigham City UT 800 1650 > WPMH Portsmouth VA 1010 1650 > > KBLU Yuma AZ 560 1660 > KRCX Roseville CA 1110 1660 > KCOL Ft. Collins CO 1410 1660 > WCCF Punta Gorda FL 1580 1660 > KAGY Port Sulphur LA 1510 1660 > WRGC Sylva NC 680 1660 > WJDM Elizabeth NJ 1530 1660 > WPJC Adjuntas PR 1020 1660 > KHVN Fort Worth TX 970 1660 > KEYF Dishman WA 1050 1660 > WNNO Wisconsin DellsWI 900 1660 > > KWHN Fort Smith AR 1320 1670 > KECR El Cajon CA 910 1670 > WRCC Warner Robins GA 1600 1670 > WTGM Salisbury MD 960 1670 > KKOJ Jackson MN 1190 1670 > > KKIS Concord CA 1480 1680 > KQXI Arvada CO 1550 1680 > WELX Callahan FL 1160 1680 > WKCT Bowling Green KY 930 1680 > WNSW Brewer ME 1200 1680 > WEBC Duluth MN 560 1680 > WNED Buffalo NY 970 1680 > KDSX Denison-ShermanTX 950 1680 > KPOZ Seattle WA 1590 1680 > > WKRG Mobile AL 710 1690 > KFRE Fresno CA 940 1690 > WBCI Normal IL 1440 1690 > WGHB Farmville NC 1250 1690 > KCRC Enid OK 1390 1690 > WRRA Frederiksted VI 1290 1690 > > WFMH Cullman AL 1460 1700 > KCEE Tuscon AZ 940 1700 > KAHI Auburn CA 950 1700 > WOKB Winter Garden FL 1600 1700 > KRGI Grand Island NE 1430 1700 > KAHZ Fort Worth TX 1360 1700 > WAGE Leesburg VA 1200 1700 > KCPL Olympia WA 920 1700 > WKSH Sussex WI 1370 1700 -- # Risto Kotalampi, rko@cs.tut.fi # # KotaNet Communications Ltd # # http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rko/ #