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FCC ANNOUNCES AM EXPANDED BAND ALLOTMENTS
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In its Review of the Technical Assignment Criteria for the
AM Broadcast Service, 6 FCC Rcd 6273 (1991), recon. granted in part and denied
in part, 8 FCC Rcd 3250 (1993)["AM improvement Order"], the Commission adopted
measures to facilitate an overall improvement and revitalization of the AM
broadcast band and to effectuate the necessary incorporation of new spectrum
between 1605 and 1705 kHz into the AM broadcast band. The Commission concluded
that the public interest would be best served by using the expanded AM band to
improve the overall quality of the AM service by lessening interference and
congestion in the existing band. On May 3, 1993, the Commission opened a filing
window for existing AM stations to file petitions to migrate to the expanded
band. On December 3, 1993, the Commission announced a ranking of all petitions
to migrate in accordance with the priority groups and improvement factors
described in the AM Improvement Order.
This Public Notice announces the expanded band Allotment Plan, and
identifies the stations that are eligible to apply for authorizations
associated with specific allotments, based upon the previously announced
ranking of the petitions. Stations not receiving an allotment were
precluded by one or more of the following: the Canadian agreement, the
Mexican agreement, the Region 2 agreement, Federal Travelers' Information
Service Stations ("TIS"), harmonic frequency relationships with existing
stations, or preclusion by stations of higher ranking. The Canadian agreement
restricts the assignment of stations within 500 km of the common border to
1620, 1640, 1660, 1680, and 1700 kHz with a US priority on 1680 kHz and a
Canadian priority on 1630 kHz. Stations on 1620, 1640, 1660, and 1700 kHz
must be notified to Canada. A comparable restriction applies to Canadian
stations. The Mexican agreement restricts assignments within 450 km of the
common border to 21 specified frequencies at specific locations. If an
expanded band proposal for a station was within 45 km of an allotment
specified in the Mexican agreement it received an expanded band allotment
provided it was not precluded by a station with a higher ranking or other
factors. U.S. Government TIS facilities were protected in accordance with
the guidelines of 47 C.F.F 90.242(a)(2)(i). Expanded band stations were
not allotted within 30 km of an existing station if the frequency
relationship being considered was twice the frequency of the existing
station. The allotments also maintain a separation of 53 km from existing 1590
khz stations and 200 km from existing 1600 kHz stations. Finally a
proposed station may have been precluded by the allotment of a frequency
to a station(s) having a higher ranking. Stations not selected for
migration will be afforded thirty (30) days to file for reconsideration of
the Allotment Plan with arguments limited to addressing errors in the
selection process. After the Allotment Plan has become final and no longer
subject to Commission reconsideration, the Commission will enter the allotments
into the Commission's AM Engineering Data Base. The Commission will issue a
Public Notice of the finality of the Allotment Plan and call for
applications to be filed. Stations selected for migration will be
afforded sixty (60) days from the date the plan becomes final in which to
file an application for construction permit on the allotted channel The
application should be filed on Form 301 and must be accompanied by the
normal filing fee for such application. After acceptance of the application for
filing, the Commission will then put the application on a cut-off list. The
application will then be subject to petitions to deny but not to competing
applications. After grant of the construction permit application and
construction of the authorized facilities, the expanded band permittee
will then file a covering license application on FCC Form 302. Licenses
for stations in the expanded band will be issued for a term that is
concurrent with the existing license for operation in the 535-1605 khz band.
For more information, contact Jim Buttle at (202) 418-2660.
AM EXPANDED BAND ALLOTMENTS
Pres.Ex.Bd.
Call Licensed to State kHz kHz
WEUP Huntsville AL 1600 1610
KFVR Cresent City CA 1310 1610
KECN Blackfoot ID 690 1610
KENN Farmington NM 1390 1610
KXBT Vallejo CA 1190 1620
KHMO Hannibal MO 1070 1620
WVMI Biloxi MS 570 1620
WLNC Laurinburg NC 1300 1620
KQWB West Fargo ND 1550 1620
WEHH Elmira Heights NY 1590 1620
KPAR Granbury TX 1420 1620
WGOD St. Thomas VI 1090 1620
KRIZ Renton WA 1420 1620
KSHY Fox Farm WY 1530 1620
KIDR Phoenix AZ 740 1630
WPGS Mims FL 840 1630
KCJJ Iowa City IA 1560 1630
KYUU Liberal KS 1470 1630
WSYD Mount Airy NC 1300 1630
KTMT Phoenix OR 880 1630
WTAW College StationTX 1150 1630
KTKK Sandy UT 630 1630
KLOQ Merced CA 1580 1640
KRKS Denver CO 990 1640
WAOK Atlanta GA 1380 1640
WIWO South Bend IN 1580 1640
KLXX Bismark/Mandan ND 1270 1640
WTRY Troy NY 980 1640
KTRT Claremore OK 1270 1640
KPHP Lake Oswego OR 1290 1640
KURV Edinburg TX 710 1640
KITA Little Rock AR 1440 1650
KFRN Long Beach CA 1280 1650
KNRO Redding CA 600 1650
WBIT Adel GA 1470 1650
KCFI Cedar Falls IA 1250 1650
KSVE El Paso TX 1150 1650
KSOS Brigham City UT 800 1650
WPMH Portsmouth VA 1010 1650
KBLU Yuma AZ 560 1660
KRCX Roseville CA 1110 1660
KCOL Ft. Collins CO 1410 1660
WCCF Punta Gorda FL 1580 1660
KAGY Port Sulphur LA 1510 1660
WRGC Sylva NC 680 1660
WJDM Elizabeth NJ 1530 1660
WPJC Adjuntas PR 1020 1660
KHVN Fort Worth TX 970 1660
KEYF Dishman WA 1050 1660
WNNO Wisconsin DellsWI 900 1660
KWHN Fort Smith AR 1320 1670
KECR El Cajon CA 910 1670
WRCC Warner Robins GA 1600 1670
WTGM Salisbury MD 960 1670
KKOJ Jackson MN 1190 1670
KKIS Concord CA 1480 1680
KQXI Arvada CO 1550 1680
WELX Callahan FL 1160 1680
WKCT Bowling Green KY 930 1680
WNSW Brewer ME 1200 1680
WEBC Duluth MN 560 1680
WNED Buffalo NY 970 1680
KDSX Denison-ShermanTX 950 1680
KPOZ Seattle WA 1590 1680
WKRG Mobile AL 710 1690
KFRE Fresno CA 940 1690
WBCI Normal IL 1440 1690
WGHB Farmville NC 1250 1690
KCRC Enid OK 1390 1690
WRRA Frederiksted VI 1290 1690
WFMH Cullman AL 1460 1700
KCEE Tuscon AZ 940 1700
KAHI Auburn CA 950 1700
WOKB Winter Garden FL 1600 1700
KRGI Grand Island NE 1430 1700
KAHZ Fort Worth TX 1360 1700
WAGE Leesburg VA 1200 1700
KCPL Olympia WA 920 1700
WKSH Sussex WI 1370 1700
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