One of the other major disadvantages of lacking creative non-corporate-owned radio stations in NEOH is the fact that Cleveland is jammed between several other radio radio markets that can also be heard on the local frequencies.
Depending on what side of town you are in, and how close you are to the lake, not only do you pick up all the Cleveland/Akron-market stations, but also selected stronger stations from Toledo, Detroit, Canton, Youngstown and Erie. Nearly every one of those markets has their stable of iHeart (etal...) cookie-cutter genre stations as well as religious stations. Throw in your rimshots in the rural stretches between these neighboring markets, and your low-power repeaters gobbling everything else remaining, and there's not much room on the commercial side.
Then on the far-left end of the dial, what non-commercial frequencies you have available are also being jammed with local area college, NPR and religious stations which compete with the neighboring markets.
Good luck finding any community-supported non-commercial radio stations anywhere around here that don't carry a school/college, NPR or religious banner.
Out in the more rural states, Colorado for instance, Community non-com stations flourish due to more vacant space on the FM frequencies and the less you find the usual 6-10 conglomerate-owned formatted stations within such close distance from each other's market (except for the I-25 Cheyenne/Denver/Colorado Springs corridor).
Depending on what side of town you are in, and how close you are to the lake, not only do you pick up all the Cleveland/Akron-market stations, but also selected stronger stations from Toledo, Detroit, Canton, Youngstown and Erie. Nearly every one of those markets has their stable of iHeart (etal...) cookie-cutter genre stations as well as religious stations. Throw in your rimshots in the rural stretches between these neighboring markets, and your low-power repeaters gobbling everything else remaining, and there's not much room on the commercial side.
Then on the far-left end of the dial, what non-commercial frequencies you have available are also being jammed with local area college, NPR and religious stations which compete with the neighboring markets.
Good luck finding any community-supported non-commercial radio stations anywhere around here that don't carry a school/college, NPR or religious banner.
Out in the more rural states, Colorado for instance, Community non-com stations flourish due to more vacant space on the FM frequencies and the less you find the usual 6-10 conglomerate-owned formatted stations within such close distance from each other's market (except for the I-25 Cheyenne/Denver/Colorado Springs corridor).