The FCC occasionally reserves
commercial-band FM allocations for Non-Commercial / Educational (NCE)
use. If there is no viable NCE interest in an allocation, the allocation
may be released for commercial use. The FCC has concluded that the
following channels should be released for commercial use:
State |
City |
channel |
class |
freq |
AZ |
Pima |
296 |
A |
107.1 |
CO |
Olathe |
270 |
C2 |
101.9 |
CO |
Olathe |
293 |
C |
106.5 |
FL |
Otter Creek |
240 |
A |
95.9 |
ID |
Weiser |
247 |
C1 |
97.3 |
IL |
Cedarville |
258 |
A |
99.5 |
IL |
Greenup |
230 |
A |
93.9 |
IL |
Pinckneyville |
282 |
A |
104.3 |
IN |
Columbus |
228 |
A |
93.5 |
IN |
Fowler |
291 |
A |
106.1 |
IN |
Madison |
265 |
A |
100.9 |
IA |
Asbury |
254 |
A |
98.7 |
IA |
Keosauqua |
271 |
C3 |
102.1 |
IA |
Moville |
246 |
A |
97.1 |
IA |
Rudd |
268 |
A |
101.5 |
KS |
Council Grove |
281 |
C3 |
104.1 |
LA |
Golden Meadow |
289 |
C2 |
105.7 |
MA |
West Tisbury |
282 |
A |
104.3 |
OK |
Cordell |
229 |
A |
93.7 |
OK |
Weatherford |
286 |
A |
105.1 |
PA |
Liberty |
298 |
A |
107.5 |
TX |
Denver City |
248 |
C2 |
97.5 |
TX |
Van Alstyne |
260 |
A |
99.9 |
VI |
Charlotte Amalie |
275 |
A |
102.9 |
WA |
Oak Harbor |
233 |
A |
94.5 |
WI |
Ashland |
275 |
A |
102.9 |
WI |
Hayward |
232 |
C2 |
94.3 |
WY |
Jackson |
294 |
C2 |
106.7 |
These now-commercial allocations will
be available only during future filing windows The timing of the
windows is yet to be determined, but it is always good to plan
ahead.