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.
<walkerbroadcast...@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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