Radio station not to blame for car alarm failures

Car alarms going off can be annoying, but for a broadcaster it’s even worse when your radio station gets blamed for it.

Take the case of WRBQ-FM in Tampa Florida. According to the Tampa Tribune, the FCC says that the station which operates on 104.7 MHz uses a frequency that may contain a harmonic. One that could possibly be the same as the
frequency used by some car alarms.

The Tampa Tribune reported last week that a radio station's signal may be causing some alarms to either go off or stop working.

But says the FCC, the station is not in violation of any law since it says that the car alarms in question are required to be designed to accept and reject any interfering signals.

However, not everyone is convinced that WRBQ is the cause. The newspaper said that some think the problem could be traced to a local police radio system or even wireless phones.

Well let you know if we hear more.

Source: ARNewsline, RW