Commercial station works with Public Radio 90 to clear translator signals UNDATED (wnmu) - Listeners in Delta and Menominee counties are having a hard time hearing Public Radio 90 loud and clear, due to interference from a new commercial station in the area. Radio Eagle has entered the market at an adjacent frequency to those Public Radio uses as translators--or points that push the signal further. As a result, the two stations are interfering with each other, producing a bad signal.

Eric Smith is the General Manager of WNMU-FM and TV. He says the FCC grants two types of frequency classifications: primary and secondary. Public Radio's 90.1 frequency is primary and cannot be moved. But since the new station has established its own primary frequency in the Escanaba-Stephenson-Menominee area, Public Radio 90's translators are now considered to be secondary, and are no longer protected from being bumped off the air so they don't compete with other stations.

Smith says Radio Eagle is helping Public Radio 90 make an application to the FCC to move the translators to frequencies that won't interfere with the commercial signal. He expects to receive a decision within the next two months.
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