Radio-Locator Help Page
Types of Stations to Include
You can limit your search to specific types of radio stations. You
may search on any or all of the follow types of stations:
- Licensed Stations
- This includes radio stations who are licensed to broadcast in the
United States or Canada.
- Construction Permits
- This includes all stations who have valid
constrution
permits with the FCC. These
stations may also have licenses and they may be operating under the
parameters of either the license or the construction permit.
- Unlicensed Stations
- This includes
carrier-current AM
stations,
cable FM stations,
micro-power stations, or any other type of unlicensed
broadcaster.
- Full Service Stations
- These are regular AM or FM stations that do not fall into
one of the categories below.
- Low Power FM (LPFM) Stations
- These are specially licensed FM stations that operate at no more than 100 watts of power.
Look here for more info.
- FM Translators
- These are FM transmitters that rebroadcast the signal of another FM
station on a different frequency.
Look here for more info.
- FM Boosters
- These are FM transmitters that rebroadcast the signal of another FM
station on the same frequency.
Look here for more info.
