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Category: Ask NorthPine
Ask NorthPine: What Are The Types of Distant Summer Reception?
Summer is heating up and that means more fun kinds of distant reception on the FM dial. What are the different types?
Ask NorthPine: How Are Radio Markets Defined?
A reader asks how radio markets are defined. Information is not publicly released, but some data does occasionally come out in FCC filings.
Ask NorthPine: How Far South Have Canadian Stations Reached?
A reader asks how far south Canadian stations reach into the U.S. Only one Canadian network has much coverage south of the border, and its reach is limited.
Ask NorthPine: Why Are Some Radio Stations Excluded from Ratings?
A reader wonders why some radio stations are excluded from publicly-released ratings data. A change several years back removed some stations but added others.
Ask NorthPine: Why Aren’t There More Alternative Formats?
A reader asks why there aren’t more Alternative formats, specifically in Green Bay. The city lost its commercial Alternative station five years ago and has no non-comm Alternative outlet.
Ask NorthPine: How are TV Markets Assigned?
TV markets aren’t assigned by station owners or Washington regulators. Viewers are actually the ones who made the choice, even if they don’t realize it.
Ask NorthPine: Why Aren’t There More TV Translators?
Some populated areas are missing a major broadcast network, such as NBC in Brainerd and Bemidji. A reader asks why stations don’t seem to be interested in building translators.