FM Radio Stations: Is Is Just A Coincidence That The NPR Stations Are Low

arwalden

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Fri May-07-04 04:19 PM
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FM Radio Stations: Is Is Just A Coincidence That The NPR Stations Are Low

Edited on Fri May-07-04 04:20 PM by arwalden

frequency numbers? As are many of the jazz and classical and university FM stations? --- I'm sure that there are exceptions, but it seems to be more true than not. Or is it my imagination and just a phenomenon that I've observed in the Mid-Atlantic area?

-- Allen

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DBoon

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Fri May-07-04 04:22 PM
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1. I think that part of the band was specifically allocated

for these type of stations.

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flowomo

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Fri May-07-04 04:23 PM
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2. Right:

Educational broadcasters won a significant and lasting victory in 1941 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reserved a portion of the new FM band exclusively for noncommercial use.

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mark0rama

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Fri May-07-04 04:41 PM
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3. < 92 MHz: noncommercial

You can imagine how much Clear Channel and other commercial broadcasters covet those frequencies.

I don't know how the've been so well protected from the FCC giving them away to corporatations all these years, but I sure hope that "lasting victory" continues.

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arwalden

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Fri May-07-04 04:53 PM
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4. Interesting... thanks for the info.

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cmf

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Fri May-07-04 05:04 PM
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5. Public Radio = left end of the dial

maybe that's where it got it's rep as being "liberal" :D

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BiggJawn

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Fri May-07-04 05:07 PM
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6. Maybe they're "Going Grundig"?

I have 2 old Grundigs, the big "German Table Radios" from the 50's?
The low end of the FM dial is to the right on both of them...

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