Kit, those are licensed as daytimer.. KMMJ is licensed as limited
operation.. its a bit of a nitpick play on words
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 5:43 PM Kit via Hard-Core-DX <
hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:
> There was a recent discussion of Limited Time stations, and there were a
> few of them, some of which probably still have that authority, but I don't
> know if you mean that KMMJ was different than the others for some reason.
> I can think of a few of them right off, but maybe you know them already.
> One of them was finally granted full time status after the breakdown of the
> clears. I am thinking of WJJD 1160 Chicago, which was essentially a
> daytimer for years, but they were a Limited Time station, meaning that they
> were able to stay on until sunset at Salt Lake City. There were some
> others like that.
> Kit
>
> On Monday, March 9, 2020, 10:44:00 AM MDT, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> KMMJ-AM 750 Grand Island, NE is licensed as “Limited Hours” and I was
> curious what exactly this meant. I inquired, a search of FCC
> History/Archived Records was made and yielded this answer:
>
>
>
> Way back on September 19, 1968, KMMJ was issued a telegram for presunrise
> authority to commence operation with its licensed facilities at the local
> sunrise time of cochannel station WSB, Atlanta. The authority was
> conditioned subject to the outcome of a rulemaking proceeding (Dockets
> 17562, 18023, and 18036) relating to the “status of Class II stations [here
> KMMJ] assigned to US I-A clear channels.”
>
> Ultimately, the Commission settled on a 500 watt limitation on presunrise
> operation nationwide. That was less than KMMJ’s regular operating power
> (10.5 kW directional away from WSB). It appears too that WSB opposed
> letting KMMJ keep the higher power presunrise authority (see paragraphs 31
> and 32 at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-69-844A1.pdf ,
> July 29, 1969).
>
> The solution the staff came up with was to issue the license for KMMJ with
> “limited time” of operation. In effect that replaced operation of the 500
> watt presunrise limit applicable elsewhere in the country. See the
> Memorandum of June 12, 1974:
> https://apps2int.fcc.gov/admin/api/download/attachment/25076f9170b21d4a0170bfdedcc90169
> .
>
> The changes on the license were included on the next renewal of license
> authorization (BR-676, dated May 20, 1977). The changes made KMMJ into a
> “Limited Hours” station and specified the on-air times. As a practical
> matter, however, KMMJ continued to operate unchanged. (This is the
> origin of the comment in the AM Query: LIMITED TIME OPERATION: SEE BR-676,
> MAY 20, 1977.) BR-676:
> https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f9170b21d4a0170c009b0480176
>
> KMMJ is still licensed to operate in this manner.
> It is likely that there is no other station in the country licensed in
> this manner.
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