FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operating Under Its Steeple

Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by RF_Enthusiast on Sunday April 09, 2023 @05:10PM (#35506498)

Channel 5 and 6 LPTV stations are being given the opportunity to upgrade from secondary spectrum user (that could be forced off their frequency) to primary spectrum user (that can't be forced off their frequency). So the option to use channels 5 and 6 just closed, as those frequencies are now used in most markets.

I can't think of one major US market off hand that does not have a channel 5 or 6 station.

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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by hakfoo on Monday April 10, 2023 @08:28PM (#35519163)

Phoenix has a nominal channel 5, but it's on RF 17. There's only two notable broadcasters on VHF, both above the FM band (8 and 10).

https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php?request=result&stu...

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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by RF_Enthusiast on Monday April 10, 2023 @10:40PM (#35520090)

I checked another source just to be sure, but you're right! Phoenix has an empty lower-VHF dial!

Prescott (Ch 6), Yuma (Ch. 2) and Tucson (Ch 4) have the lower-VHF stations in that region.

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