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Public Safety Bureau Grants North Miami Beach Travelers Information Station Waiver

The FCC Public Safety Bureau granted a waiver and application from the city of North Miami Beach for a new Travelers Information Station (TIS), said an order Thursday. North Miami Beach needed a waiver of agency separation rules due to…

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the geography of the area where the station is to be located and a lack of alternative frequencies, the order said. The bureau said the waiver wouldn’t cause interference problems because the new station’s signal will reach too close to existing stations’ only over water, the order said. “The separation of 19 kilometers to the contour’s closest point on land gives us confidence that the TIS station will not result in actual harmful interference,” the order said. The TIS station will serve the public interest by enhancing emergency communications, the order said.