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10. The police is also why the UK FM band used to stop at 97 MHz.

Sat Mar 13, 2021, 02:18 PM

Mar 2021

97 to 108 was used by the police. It took a long time to clear them out of this band.

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Thank You for posting. Dawson Leery Mar 2021 #1

The reason your TV starts out at Channel 2 jmowreader Mar 2021 #2

The police is also why the UK FM band used to stop at 97 MHz. mwooldri Mar 2021 #10

Reading this suddenly reminded me of our TV when I was growing up. Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #3

We had one of those. BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #7

I like the Zappa song. Bird Lady Mar 2021 #16

Before Satellite and Internet Radio modrepub Mar 2021 #4

The road is better now. twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #5

+1. Thanks for sharing. n/t John1956PA Mar 2021 #8

The "Clear Channel" stations (Class A, 50kW) are still there. mwooldri Mar 2021 #11

Ducting is a lot of fun jmowreader Mar 2021 #12

Interesting! I thought I read years ago that one of the most intense ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #9

interesting . we had rabbit ears where we lived . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #15

To my provider, 37 is a sports channel Wolf Frankula Mar 2021 #17