AM Translator Window Should Be Open to all AM Stations, iHeart Says

Any window for FM translator applications for AM stations should be open equally to all classes of AM stations, said iHeartCommunications in a Sept.1 meeting with an aide to Chairman Tom Wheeler, according to an ex parte filing in docket 13-249. “All AM stations have been impacted by interference issues,” said the filing. Such a window “should be of a set duration and capable of quick implementation,” the filing said. Any proposal to reduce interference protections for Class A AM stations should be part of a separate process and include a further record, iHeart said.