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It’s not often that we talk about all the above at the same time. This is though one of those thorny problems in managing the spectrum in which many different players have a stake in the outcome and for which there is no solution allowing all the users to go home happy.

What’s the Problem, Doc?

In short, it’s all about 87.75 MHz. That’s the point where the lower end of the FM band in the U.S. meets the top of the former lower analog VHF TV band. As many older readers may recall, in the

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