20-401: REC files comments in FM Booster "Geo-Targeting" proceeding. New boosters must follow LCRA.
REC Networks has filed comments in MB Docket 20-401, which calls for changes to the rules for FM boosters to permit “geo-targeted” or independent programming. FM boosters are available to FM and LPFM stations in order to provide FM service into areas where the station is unable to be heard due to terrain by synchronously rebroadcasting the primary station’s audio over an additional lower powered transmitter. The booster rules require that the service contour of the FM booster remain entirely inside the service contour of t