I was kind of surprised this weekend to find the audio of a FOX TV station (SD channel 6) being simulcast on 87.7 FM in San Diego. The frequencies between 87 and 92 are supposed to be reserved for noncommercial radio. This is usually a great thing, since in any town you go to you can head for the “bottom” of the dial and find at least one decent station. I would have thought this would be a violation of a law (or at least an FCC regulation).
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4 Comments
who wants to listen to the radio for talking?
You could of made the best of it! Its always fun to listen to one sided political commentaries and argue with them out loud even though they can’t hear you. You could even get Martha and the kids involved. What a fun car game!
I was not surprised to learn that those frequincies are reserved for other types of stations, or used to be. I’m 43 and love radio always have, well even through the changes. It is another disturbing trend we’re loseing the airwaves to the encroachment of big comercial stations like fox. I believe there used to be a classical music station on the dial in that freq, but it’s gone just like alot of independant stations crushed by the media superpowers. I like to listen to fox in the car to catch a show, but they should n’t be on that frequency because that is reservede for publc independant stations college radio, churches nonprofits not for the sell-out corprate media giant fox. As Howard Stern would say, It’s just wrong…
What you were hearing was not a simulcast of Fox 6 but the actual audio carrier of XETV. The Channel 6 television audio frequency is at 87,7 MHz, right below the FM band.