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Located Haddon Heights, New Jersey USA
Tags AM, Radio, Medium Wave, Broadcast News, Amplitude Modulation, HD Radio, Mondaile
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Latest Blog Posts
- KNSN nee KSON gets new tower after 2004 Collapse on Jan 13, 2009 in Antennas Call Signs Radio History KNSN KSON self supporting tower Tower Collapse
From CGC Communicator - The new KSON(AM) tower was completed and activated today at about 4:30 p.m. according to Joel Saxberg who performed the RF matching. The tower is grounded at its base and skirted to permit RF to be induced onto the structure...
- Are your tower lights on? on Dec 9, 2008 in Antennas Business Regulatory FCC tower waiver Tower Light Inspections
The FCC has issued waivers of the requirement to visually check tower lights annually instead of every three months when using a high tech monitoring system. Flash Technology’s ArgusON monitors have won the confidence of regulators to let broad.
- FCC delays AM Translators on Sep 30, 2008 in Business Happenings Regulatory AM Translators
The FCC has not said why, but it has postponed indefinately its decision on letting AM stations use FM translators. More when we know!
- After 20 Years the FCC Acts! on Sep 30, 2008 in Antennas Happenings Regulatory Technical AM AM Directionak FCC rules Method of Moments MOM
Consultants and Station Owners have been asking for twenty years for relief on burdensome rules to prove the performance of directional antennas for AM stations. Last week the shoe finally dropped, and the Commission approved as a notice of proposed...
- Yet another one for the Public Inspection File on Sep 16, 2008 in Regulatory
This is a link to the FCC website for a document that is to be kept with the Public Inspection Fle. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/public_and_broadcasting.pdf I thought that you should be aware of it. I became aware of it by reading about it in a...
- Coping with the environmental mandates of FCC Part 1.1306, 1.1307 on Sep 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
There is a way to cope. Try a little Karma —enjoy! The Environmental Thesauris Instead of Writing this: Write this! We will be replacing a buried cable . We will emancipate the corpulence of an electromagnetic medium with...
- AM Regulatory fees – Huh?? on Aug 30, 2008 in Business Happenings Regulatory Daytimer regulatory fee
I was just looking at the Fiscal Year ‘08 table of FCC regulatory fees for AM radio stations. At first I didn’t believe it, but Daytimers in small markets are getting screwed! Class B stations, with real full-time service are hit with a $...
