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Originally Posted by KentTeffeteller
And to add to this, co channel interference in that era was a very real problem, especially for viewers in between the two affected station signal. Those viewers had more interference issues than people living closer to either station. Short spacing is not good band planning, the recent years FM band debacle is a major reason why. Stations on a frequency need 50-100 miles or even a bit more depending on ERP, and also there needs to be reasonable interference protection. I think directional antennas are going to be a reality in practical terms for the FM broadcast band to have a chance at being usable. Especially for listeners who live between the two signals equally apart.
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I know, I live 8 miles north of Wheeling, WV on the Ohio side of the Ohio River and one station that plays a lot of 70's and 80's music, I love the 80's, is on 105.5 Mc, WUKL Bethlehem, WV, but when I drive to work in the Pittsburgh area, I get about 4 or 5 miles into PA and the translator they have on 105.5 Mc in Pittsburgh takes over and it is from 104.3 Mc, a Froggy country music station.
When Mom and I went to California in 1987 and drove from Frisco to LA on I-5 in the San Jouquin Valley, there were many FM stations going back and forth on the capture effect, the FM band was a pain in the butt to listen to.