A system (100) and method (200) for providing a multiple channel site for
supporting talk group activity is provided. The method includes
determining (202) an arrival time (141) of a plurality of Vehicular
Repeater System (VRS) (101-103) to a vicinity (140), identifying (204)
talk group activity among the plurality of PSUs (171-176) in the
vicinity, and assigning VRSs to talk groups in order of arrival time and
talk group activity. A master VRS maintains and updates (322) a list of
recently active talk groups (TG), orders (324) the list by frequency of
use of a talk group, forwards the list to slave VRSs and PSUs, and
allocates (326) single channels in view of the list to the slave VRSs.
PSUs in the vicinity can read the assignment list and update their
communication channel based on a selected talk group in the list.