Birmingham has 2 Limbaugh affiliates

I'm sure Birmingham, Alabama, isn't the only market plagued by such a waste of wattage, but it has to be one of the larger ones.

Clear Channel has more than its fair share of stations in Birmingham (at least 5), and now it's using 2 of them to simulcast the exact same rightist talk-shit programming - even though the stations have virtually the same coverage area.

In doing so, Clear Channel kills off a rock format on the FM side. Not like most of their rock stations are any damn good either, but that's not the point.

Because of this change, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck now have 2 stations covering the same area.

Why is an AM/FM simulcast even necessary in 2009, when almost all radios now receive both AM and FM? Furthermore, the FCC ruled at least 30 years ago that AM/FM combos in large cities (such as Birmingham) were required to carry separate programming.

Who at the FCC can folks in Birmingham complain to about this abuse of their public airwaves? Will they have to wait until the stations' licenses come up for renewal and the comment period begins?