A translator receives a weak signal from an FM broadcast station, translates it onto another frequency and then broadcasts this signal with greater power to its local community of license. Translators are limited to a maximum power of 250 watts.
Translators receive their signal two ways.
One is directly from the original FM station, picked up with an FM antenna. The other way is to pick up the original signal from a satellite feed using a satellite dish. A station in the broadcasting service operated for the purpose of re-transmitting the signals of an FM radio broadcast station or another FM broadcast translator without significantly altering any characteristics of the incoming signal other than frequency and amplitude, in order to provide FM broadcast service to the general public. Commercial FM translator. An FM broadcast translator station which rebroadcasts the signals of a commercial FM radio broadcast station.