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There's lots of obscure oldies for sure, but I'm also hearing a lot of 80s hits.
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robertsez
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" As soon as the letter comes the brief life of 87.9 JoeFM will become a memory"
I'm sorry, Joe, but your story keeps changing. First you state that this is a Channel 6 low-power television station, and the audio subcarrier is centered on 87.75 MHz. Now you're stating it's "87.9 JoeFM." If that's the case, you're operating a radio station on FM Channel 200, and since you aren't a displaced Class D FM NCE, you don't qualify. In fact, even if you were, you're airing commercials for Attorney Eric Dick, as well as promotional spots for Roy Henderson, and both are not Kosher. Plus, you're operating under a cancelled LPTV license of which you are (or were) not the licensee, and the license authorizes operation on a completely different channel.
If you have applied for an Experimental license, is it Developmental or Research? You're operating a commercial radio station with music, liners, and commercials. That doesn't fall within the defined purpose of the Experimental Radio Service. Not even close.
I find it very hard to believe that Steve Lee would allow you, as a unlicensed pirate broadcaster, to continue to flagrantly an illegal, but unenforced action. Especially by someone who at one time called himself the "Houston radio police" and is now wallowing in the mud with the very pigs that he claimed were dirty.
I'm sorry, Joe, but your story keeps changing. First you state that this is a Channel 6 low-power television station, and the audio subcarrier is centered on 87.75 MHz. Now you're stating it's "87.9 JoeFM." If that's the case, you're operating a radio station on FM Channel 200, and since you aren't a displaced Class D FM NCE, you don't qualify. In fact, even if you were, you're airing commercials for Attorney Eric Dick, as well as promotional spots for Roy Henderson, and both are not Kosher. Plus, you're operating under a cancelled LPTV license of which you are (or were) not the licensee, and the license authorizes operation on a completely different channel.
If you have applied for an Experimental license, is it Developmental or Research? You're operating a commercial radio station with music, liners, and commercials. That doesn't fall within the defined purpose of the Experimental Radio Service. Not even close.
I find it very hard to believe that Steve Lee would allow you, as a unlicensed pirate broadcaster, to continue to flagrantly an illegal, but unenforced action. Especially by someone who at one time called himself the "Houston radio police" and is now wallowing in the mud with the very pigs that he claimed were dirty.
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robertsez
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Sigh.
Jose, you have once again totally missed the point. You are advertising that you are operating a radio station on 87.9, which is FM Channel 200. You are clearly not eligible per Part 73 to do so.
You have also "made very clear" that you are operating a television transmitter with the audio subcarrier off-frequency by 100 kHz. Which means you are operating this outside the technical specifications of that channel. Which is a technical violation.
You are also operating with a cancelled license of which you are not the licensee.
All of this points to piracy.
I understand you have had a visit from Steve Lee, and you have stated what transpired from your perspective (which is often fantasy, rather than reality). I find it extremely hard to believe that Steve would allow a pirate to continue to light up an illegal transmitter on an unauthorized frequency using a cancelled that he is not a party to. To do so would bring a great deal of heat from officials beyond his pay grade, and he's too close to retirement for that to happen.
So let me get this straight...this station is operating as a "ministry," but the content on the station is a commercial classic hits station?
Am I missing something here? What's next for this so-called ministry? A brothel? Won't be the first time for such a thing in Texas.
Forget the FCC...this is for the IRS
Am I missing something here? What's next for this so-called ministry? A brothel? Won't be the first time for such a thing in Texas.
Forget the FCC...this is for the IRS
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Looks like the Facebook thread has been pulled.
How does playing classic hits music help your so-called ministry?
I'm getting to a point where there needs to be a serious investigation into all these so-called ministries playing the devil's music using back-beat and promoting a heathen culture and getting tax-exempt status as some kind of church. That's stretching the rules with my taxpayer dollars.
The problem I have with that is the airwaves belong to the people, not to your ministry. You're co-opting the airwaves for your own interpretation of some religion that isn't federally recognized. To receive tax exempt status, you need to get federal recognition. Otherwise, Larry Flynt could say pornography is a religion. Understand?
It doesn't matter to me that other so-called fake ministries are also using federal resources for personal "religions." Using federally licensed airwaves for religion contradicts the 1st Amendment, with the government, and an agency of Congress licensing a religion, and then using it as a cover to play classic hit songs. In other words, it's a religious scam. The whole entire thing, not just your station, but all similar operations, should be investigated and then shut down.
It doesn't matter to me that other so-called fake ministries are also using federal resources for personal "religions." Using federally licensed airwaves for religion contradicts the 1st Amendment, with the government, and an agency of Congress licensing a religion, and then using it as a cover to play classic hit songs. In other words, it's a religious scam. The whole entire thing, not just your station, but all similar operations, should be investigated and then shut down.
That's not up to you. Just because you don't like a law or the way it's being implemented doesn't give you the right to break it.
You can call it "civil disobedience," like pornographers call it art, but it's simply breaking the law.
Maybe Joe is the reincarnation of L Ron Hubbard?
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rbrucecarter5
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The original purpose of the FRC - predecessor of the FCC - was to limit interference by too many stations coming on the same frequency. My, we have come a long way since then! The original FRC commissioners would probably be appalled at the glut of stations these days.
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robertsez
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"The broadcast you are hearing is figuratively a demonstration, an act of civil disobedience to bring attention to what's going on, make a point, and hope the FCC will..."
Something funny is going on here. We have a self-admitted pirate broadcasting in a major market claiming authorization associated with a local management agreement connected to a low-power television license which was canceled years ago, and never authorized operation on the channel Donalson is squatting on. Rumors have been flying left and right, including one involving cash under the table passing from one of his advertisers to an FCC enforcement agent, in return for lack of enforcement.
I need some more popcorn. I think the show is nearing a climax.
Something funny is going on here. We have a self-admitted pirate broadcasting in a major market claiming authorization associated with a local management agreement connected to a low-power television license which was canceled years ago, and never authorized operation on the channel Donalson is squatting on. Rumors have been flying left and right, including one involving cash under the table passing from one of his advertisers to an FCC enforcement agent, in return for lack of enforcement.
I need some more popcorn. I think the show is nearing a climax.
That is what is referred to legally as an "Act of God". I tend to agree.
Pretty funny given this station is owned by a "ministry." Perhaps the Big Guy is sending a message. He might not approve of the ministry of classic hits.
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robertsez
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Or perhaps God doesn't approve of a convicted felon masquerading as a "minister" who is openly violating the law by operating a pirate radio station, airing paid commercials on a frequency designed for non-profit, educational stations, causing willful and malicious interference, airing profane and indecent messages on the public airwaves regarding a licensed broadcaster, and bribing government officials.
Time to pop another bag of popcorn.
The final "s" in that term is placed at the wrong end of the word.
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robertsez
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The plot thickens. Or, stated another way, where there's smoke, there's fire.
I wonder to what extent KSBJ is involved. $9,500,000 is a large chunk of change.
Who also isn't licensed to play any music at all regardless of format.
Sorry, but once convicted always convicted unless a the decision of the court is reversed, which did not happen. Expunging clears the paper trail, but does not change the facts.
You do not have a license. The previous licensee does not have a license. No license = pirate.
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