One decade ago, Tom Birch had a big headache on his hands. For his Lakes Media, which serves an area of Virginia just over the North Carolina state line, a co-channel FM translator designed to serve listeners in Durham, N.C., was creating unacceptable interference. As November 2018 began, a two-year battle ended with the silence of W234AR.
Then came tiny W252EL at 98.3 MHz in Cary, N.C., creating in fall 2024 a second interference headache for Lakes Media. Three attempts to attract the Commission’s attention were conducted, with a renewed call for help in November 2025. At long last, Birch has his third interference win.
