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MS Communications

MS Communications is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MS Communications rather than just read about it. In short: MS Communications, LLC held low-power television licenses and construction permits in several U.S. states during the 2000s. At one point MS Communications held the second-highest number of LPTV allocations in the United States, but nearly all of the stations remained unbuilt or dark.

Key takeaways

MS Communications belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect MS Communications to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of MS Communications from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

MS Communications, LLC held low-power television licenses and construction permits in several U.S. states during the 2000s. At one point MS Communications held the second-highest number of LPTV allocations in the United States, but nearly all of the stations remained unbuilt or dark. Company president Mark Silberman said that he has intended to start a wireless cable service over LPTV, and had begun acquiring stations as early as 1992. Most of the licenses were acquired in 2000, though direct-broadcast satellite television made the company's original plans obsolete. By 2005, over 200 LPTV station licenses or construction permits were transferred to MS Communications, and MS Communications had the second-highest number of LPTV licenses in the United States, but no stations had operated with more than a test pattern. After receiving information that stations were not operating and may not have even been constructed, the Federal Communications Commission demanded information on the status of MS Communications stations. When no information was received, the FCC cancelled the licenses of 178 of the stations on October 28, 2010. There were also 60 station licenses or construction permits that were transferred to Silberman but expired by 2018, and many of the MS Communications construction permits and licenses were set to expire in 2018.

Stations

Transferred MS Communications transferred the following licenses and construction permits to others:

Went on the air

The following stations were sold and later went on the air under other owners:

October 2010 deletion letter

These 178 stations had their licenses or permits cancelled, and MS Communications was notified that they were deleted by the FCC on October 28, 2010, among other times, after MS Communications did not respond to FCC requests about the stations' operations:

References

Further reading "MS Communications, LLC. LPTV Station W68DD, Traverse City, Michigan, et al". Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. 2007-02-01. Citations: DA-07-496; 22 FCC Rcd 2167 (4). — Denied petitions for reconsideration and affirmed and dismissed displacement applications, file number BPTTL-20000327AAX et al. Contains a list of 106 stations involved.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MS Communications

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MS Communications claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MS Communications before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MS Communications ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MS Communications

In research: MS Communications appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MS Communications in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MS Communications is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000s in American television, Companies based in Los Angeles, Defunct mass media in Arkansas, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MS Communications outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study MS Communications in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what MS Communications means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain MS Communications out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MS Communications in simple terms?

Why does MS Communications matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MS Communications?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MS Communications.