{"id":388690,"date":"2026-01-05T01:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/388690\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:34:15","slug":"fcc-report-1-4-groups-petition-for-return-of-250-or-500-mile-translator-moves-for-ams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/388690\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Report 1\/4: Groups Petition For Return Of 250 (or 500) Mile Translator Moves For AMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fccseal2020.png\" alt=\"FCC Seal 2020 Federal Communications Commission\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-187366\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>FCC Proposals<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/document\/12222160012753\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">petition for rulemaking<\/a> has been filed by seventeen groups led by Press Communications seeking to allow licensees of AM stations to relocate translators up to either 250 (or 500) miles similar to the filing windows in 2016 and 2017. The proposal seeks to make the moves permanent, although suggesting a 120 to 150 day head start for Class C and D licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Press, the licensee of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/breezeradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Breeze<\/a>\u201d 1410 WHTG Eatontown NJ says that its 100.7 W264DH Eatontown \u201creaches about 20% of<br \/>the AM\u2019s daytime coverage. Adding one or more translators would greatly enhance WHTG\u2019s ability to better serve its existing listening audience, and more importantly, develop new audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposal says that it would \u201cprovide struggling AM stations a potential cost-effective means to reach at least a portion of their audience and listeners with better audio quality; offer AM stations, and especially those with daytime only operation or low power and critical nighttime patterns, the opportunity to better serve their audiences with one, two or three full time FM translators within the 25 mile limitation; greatly enhance AM stations\u2019 ability to provide local news, public affairs, and cultural programming to more listeners via FM, especially where AM reception is poor and\/or during nighttime hours; and reinforce the FCC\u2019s long-standing commitment to preserving AM service as a<br \/>vital part of the public airwaves.<\/p>\n<p>Silent NotificationsNorthern Arizona University\u2019s 90.3 KNAG Grand Canyon AZ (Technical problems)Point Broadcasting\u2019s 98.9 KHHT Mettler CA (Loss of internet connectivity)Pescadero Public Radio Service\u2019s 89.3 KPDO Pescadero CA (Transmitter chain damage)Pescadero Public Radio Service\u2019s 90.7 KZSG San Gregorio CA (Transmitter chain damage)Townsquare Media\u2019s 1280 WGBF Evansville IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/328540\/townsquare-to-sign-off-evansville-talker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Economic conditions<\/a>)Emmis Communications\u2019 1070 WFNI Indianapolis IN (Technical reasons)Greenville College Educational Broadcasting Foundation\u2019s 89.5 WGRN Greenville IL (Not included in future operational strategy; to be sold)Kansas Broadcast Company\u2019s 730 KLOE Goodland KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/330633\/kloe-to-shut-down-following-tower-collapse\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tower collapse<\/a>)Connoisseur Media\u2019s 1510 KTTT Columbus NE (Considering future operational plans)Galaxy Media\u2019s 1310 WTLB Utica NY (Transmitter site sold)Northwest Communities Education Center\u2019s 89.1 KDNC Manson WA (Power supply issues)FM Changes<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/308419\/miami-dade-school-board-sues-wlrn-management-over-wflm-purchase\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sale of 104.7 WFLM<\/a> is held up, another Public News\/Talker attempts to improve its coverage into West Palm Beach.<\/p>\n<p>This content is for Premium Annual and Premium Monthly members only.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fradioinsight.com%2Fheadlines%2F331419%2Ffcc-report-1-4-groups-petition-for-return-of-250-or-500-mile-translator-moves-for-ams%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log In<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/membership-account\/membership-levels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Register<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FCC Proposals A petition for rulemaking has been filed by seventeen groups led by Press Communications seeking to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-388690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}