FCC opens up expanded AM band. (Federal Communications Commission)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 1993 by Scully, Sean

As part of its plan to improve AM service, the FCC last week opened the door to 10 new AM channels between 1605 khz, the present upper limit of the AM band, and 1705 khz. The new channels will be offered to existing broadcast stations that either receive or cause interference with other stations, said Assistant Mass Media Bureau Chief Bill Hassinger.

Allowing stations to migrate to the new channels will ease congestion on the existing band, particularly among stations with frequencies above 1000 khz. "The lower frequencies are possibly better because [[they] filled up early on and there's less interference.... We expect a lot of our applicants [for the new channels] to be from the higher end of the AM band," he said. However, due to...

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