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In article <10498@hoptoad.uucp> pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar) writes:
>> I believe that rec.radio.noncomm would deal with the _programming_ of
>> noncommercial _broadcast_ stations (88-92 mHz FM. primarily).
>
>    Uh, noncommercial stations are not restricted to 88-92MHz.
>You'll find plenty of them between 92-108Mhz and the AM Standard
>Broadcast band (aka Medium Wave).

True.  However the original poster didn't say that noncommercials were
*restricted* to 88-92 MHz.  Once upon a time, that part of the band was
reserved for noncommercial stations -- educational broadcasters, primarily.
In other words, you could be noncommercial anywhere on the band but you were
specifically restricted by the terms of the license to be noncommercial if you
were in the 88-92 MHz part of the band.

These were generally low power operations and (I think) may have had some
fairly low ceiling on their ERP.  In these days of deregulation I don't know
whether this is true any longer.  Does anyone know that the current FCC Rules
and Regulations say?  Is the FCC now granting commerical broadcasters licenses
in the old "Educational" part of the FM band?

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