ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on straightforward ideas that can be implemented by any radio or TV station to allow for innovative and up-to-date methods to monitor and control a TV or radio facility. In 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules that permitted radio and TV broadcast stations to operate without a person standing by on-site to monitor the transmitter operation. In 1957, the FCC further relaxed the rules, permitting high power and directional stations to operate via remote control, providing that these stations submit logs demonstrating reliable and stable operation. The FCC also provides rules that explain the guidelines for connections to the transmitter site. Electromechanical stepper switches at the transmitter site were used to select the meter sample to be transmitted to the operator. In many cases, main/alternate transmitters may be employed at a transmitter site for redundancy or backup.
