[grc] [Stubblefield] Translator program origination

[Leigh Robartes]

Another spectrum grab only for the wealthy chains.  Last I heard the 
cheapest HD (IBAC) transmitter was $75,000, they damage reception on 2 
adjacent channels and hardly anybody listens to them.

--Leigh

On 1/8/2016 3:38 PM, Michelle Bradley wrote:
> The only way that can remotely work is if the translator and the full 
> power NCE is commonly-owned.
>
> "Satellator" rules require common ownership and a host station in the 
> reserved band.
>
> There is no known precedent for an HD subchannel being fed via 
> satellite to a commonly owned translator.
>
> Otherwise, the translator will need to receive the host station (or 
> another translator carrying the desired programming) over the air.
>
> =m
>
>
>
> On 1/8/2016 6:23 PM, Paul Bame wrote:
>>
>> Ah got it...
>>
>>
>> So if I want to "originate" programming on a translator, I can do so by
>> finding or developing the cheapest HD channel I can, no matter the 
>> location,
>> maybe on a struggling rural NCE.
>>
>> Then I feed it via satellite or internet to my well-located translator
>> and call it "low-power FM" :-)
>>
>> Great scam.  Seems like it would depend on NCE translator rules
>> (but I'm no expert).
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  -Leigh Robartes
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   KRFP / Radio Free Moscow, Inc.
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