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A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals. This classification exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws.
CLEAR CHANNEL STATIONS. A List of current US Clear Channel Stations. SOME HISTORY The original purpose of clear channel stations in the US (as opposed to the company of the same name) was to provide coverage, especially at night, to the "white areas" of the US, where there were no stations at all.
The AM band frequencies are divided into three categories: Clear, Regional, and Local channels. The allowable classes depend on a station's frequency, in addition to other variables. On the Clear channels certain stations are specifically classified as Class A stations or as Class B stations.
Clear Channel Radio, or Clear Channel Communications, is one of the most iconic radio powerhouses in broadcasting history. Today, the company is better known as iHeartMedia Inc – the most prominent radio parent company in the United States.
From the 1930s to the 1950s, the nation’s clear channels dominated the radio world. All were owned by or affiliated with the rapidly expanding national networks. Because they brought in the most advertising revenue, clear-channel stations could produce higher-quality and more original content.
AM Clear Channel Radio Frequency Table This table indicates which AM broadcast frequencies are clear channel designations, as mandated by the FCC . These are regional (class A) channels, and local (class B) channels.
Clear channel stations (Class A) can use 50,000 watts of power. They use both non-directional and directional antennas. In the past, there were fewer clear channel stations at one time as only one station was assigned to each frequency.
Clear-channel stations — radio stations whose nighttime skywave signals have a high level of protection from interference.
This is the sixth in a series of six articles about the history of clear-channel AM radio stations. When we left our clear-channel story, it seemed obvious the proponents of AM super-power were going to be left out in the cold, and the remaining 1-A channels were going to be duplicated.
Those skywave signals from the “Golden Age of Radio” are actually still on the air. The longer nights of fall and winter provide more opportunity to hear them, though instead of Jack Benny or Dragnet, the old “clear channel” stations are mostly now carrying talk, sports, or news.