[denotational]

> Translators are a secondary service that must only rebroadcast their primary service.

I must be missing something, because this seems an arbitrary rule that has no purpose except to increase the FCC’s licensing revenues by allowing them to charge more for “real” spectrum allocation that for a “translator” allocation.

[MichaelZuo]

The US Code of federal regulations, Congressional records, and media reports from around the time of enactment are on the public record, why not take a look yourself to check if you are ‘missing something’?