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unusual facts about Subsidiary communications authority


Subsidiary communications authority

For data broadcasting: Microsoft's now defunct DirectBand service (used by MSN Direct) relied on SCA FM subcarriers; Data Broadcasting Corporation's Signal service used SCA for sending real-time stock quotes.


Northwest Public Radio

KFAE also broadcasts the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library's Evergreen Radio Reading Service to blind and handicapped listeners on its 67kHz subcarrier.

Utility station

Some utility stations are on other frequency bands, including NOAA Weather Radio, traveler information stations, and the like; other utility-type signals are piggybacked on FM broadcast subcarriers.

WOJO

Radio Maria Chicago, a Spanish language unit of Radio Maria USA, a Catholic radio network is also broadcast on WOJO's FM subcarrier.


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