Re: [IRCA] Commercial Stations on Federal Property

[bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Indeed, there have been other instances where the military has set up AM/FM transmitters in the US.

There are currently TIS type operations at some military bases, such as the one on 1500 at Fort Lewis WA.

At one time, there was a large network of AFRS stations across Alaska, including some within earshot of commercial stations.

Also some stations past & present on small US-owned islands out in the Pacific, though they are ones controlled by the Defense Dept or some other federal agency and so isolated that it wouldn't make sense for the FCC to get involved.

Bruce

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx>
> At 06:15 PM 4/16/2007 -0400, you wrote:
> >The station can be licensed to a base all it wants, as long as the tower
> >isn't on the base or military property.... the base commander has no say or
> >authority
> >
> >Paul
> >
> 
> Paul,
> 
> That's the point. As long as the station isn't on Federal property, they
> can say the are licensed to that facility....I guess.
> 
> So if WSME says it's Camp LeJeune, the commanding general can't say
> doodlebug about it....just as long as none of the station is aboard
> the base.
> 
> By the same token, if Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune wants to set up a
> small AFRTS station of, say 50 - 100 watts, the FCC has no say. The
> USMC would have to go through NTIA to coordinate a frequency with the
> FCC.
> 
> There was, for a while, a small Army Information Radio station at
> Fort Bragg on 640 with 50 watts. Why it was shut down, I don't know.
> I'll bet the commercial stations in Fayetteville fussed to one of
> NC's senators and political considerations came into play.
> 
> In fact, AIR-640 shut down not too long before WFNC moved from 940 to
> 640, and I'll bet the base commander decided it was too much fuss.
> 
> by the same token, the FCC has no jurisdiction over VOA.
> 
> >Charles
> 
> Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
> Greenville, North Carolina 
> 
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