Comments on: FCC Commissioner Clyburn Suggests Channels 5 & 6 for Radio http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/06/14/fcc-commissioner-clyburn-suggests-channels-5-6-for-radio/ News, views and tough love for radio. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:51 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh Lehan http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/06/14/fcc-commissioner-clyburn-suggests-channels-5-6-for-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-1376 Josh Lehan Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:07:10 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=4947#comment-1376 This is wonderful, beautiful, news. There's so many good reasons, both technical and societal, why old analog TV frequencies 5 and 6 should be reallocated to FM. I'm glad that a FCC commissioner is finally picking up on them. FYI, somebody (not me) already did the analysis of what frequencies would be available in the various radio markets of the USA: http://www.w9wi.com/newweb/articles/lowbandtofm.html I really hope this idea catches on. In Japan, the FM radio band already covers these frequencies, so many good radios these days can already receive them with a flick of a switch! This is wonderful, beautiful, news. There’s so many good reasons, both technical and societal, why old analog TV frequencies 5 and 6 should be reallocated to FM. I’m glad that a FCC commissioner is finally picking up on them.

FYI, somebody (not me) already did the analysis of what frequencies would be available in the various radio markets of the USA:

http://www.w9wi.com/newweb/articles/lowbandtofm.html

I really hope this idea catches on. In Japan, the FM radio band already covers these frequencies, so many good radios these days can already receive them with a flick of a switch!

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