AM Rules Change
The FCC has recently released a Report & Order detailing some rule changes that are very beneficial to AM radio stations, particularly those that employ directional arrays. While wireless licensees have long been required to analyze the impact of their tower construction on nearby AM antennas, provide advance notice to the AM licensee and, when indicated, detune their antenna structures, other services have not had this requirement. As a result, many towers have been built near AM antennas, producing pattern distortion and costing AM licensees as they deal with high monitor points and other effects of this distortion.
Instructor: Cris Alexander, CPBE, AMD, DRB
Crawford Broadcasting Company SBE members – FREE Non-members – $49
Live Webinar
October 22, 2013, 2 – 3 pm ET (11 am – 12 pm PT)
The rule changes make AM antenna protection universal across services, provide a mechanism for dealing with existing pattern interference, and provides for the use of moment-method modeling as the primary means of determining reradiation potential. In this webinar, Cris Alexander, CPBE AMD, DRB, Director of Engineering at Crawford Broadcasting, will review the rule changes and discuss how they impact AM broadcast stations.
