FCC to get tough on property owners over pirate stations.

[R.D.P.]

Wish you would go for a LPFM broadcast, Mr. Frank. Your radio station would bring a breath of fresh air to your local community, provide something no one else is doing and be a voice for those that didn't already have one. Already doing these things and I'm still having success. Fixing to turn 5 years old, next month. Excited over it.

Dan <><

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[R.D.P.]

And...In some places the LPFM broadcasters are serving a purpose. In Omaha Nebraska, for instance, they didn't have a full blown Urban radio station, till a few LPFM stations started up. Now they has several, that serve this audience. In Jonesboro Arkansas, they didn't have a full blown Urban station, till the LPFM broadcast came along. Now that audience has one too. In these two cases, the LPFM stations are indeed filling in a format hole, that had been in existence for a long time now. My own LPFM station is bringing to Selma a daily broadcast of CCM and SG styled music. The other radio stations, we have, still play little to no Christian styled music at all. I was able to fill in two format holes, with one radio station and things are still going great for me. Another great example of LPFM serving a purpose is in Shelby County Alabama. They have several that cater to the Classic Hits format. Those stations are filling in a hole, that had been in existence for a long time now and are having major success. I tend to listen to them, when I'm traveling through that area. These stations are very professional sounding and know exactly what they're doing.

Dan <><

P.S. I believe your LPFM station would do very well, if you were to use it to fill in a format hole and give a voice to those that didn't already have one. ​

 

[Kelly A]

P.S. I believe your LPFM station would do very well, if you were to use it to fill in a format hole and give a voice to those that didn't already have one. ​

That's what about several dozen now-silent LPFM's thought going in too. A handful of enthusiast's aren't enough to support it in the long haul.

 

[Harvey_Dogg]

I went into broadcasting because I loved radio. I didn't do it for love of money.
However, knowing how to manage money is essential to survival.

 

[Harvey_Dogg]

In 1970 the FCC had perhaps 10 whiz-kids playing pirate radio in the US. Today there are dozens of adults doing it in NYC alone. These guys don't have the expertise to search for a decent frequency or filter harmonics. They simply go on Ebay and spend $50 for a cheap transmitter. They can't and won't pay the fine.
So going after the landlord puts the heat on them as most of these pirates are broke as a joke and have no money to move either.

 

[kenglish]

Google those apartment buildings' real estate ads. They don't look like low-income tenement housing. The people living there must have some money.
Meanwhile, the pirate that blankets the Salt Lake Valley operates from a multi-million dollar, tax-exempt building that they own.

 

[Harvey_Dogg]

What frequency are the Salt Lake pirates using?

 

[kenglish]

What frequency are the Salt Lake pirates using?

95.7 MHz, which is between a local booster (KYFO-FM1, 7 watts on 95.5), and a translator in Provo, K240EP (250 watts on 95.9).
Previous pirates often used 99.9, which is now assigned to numerous LPFM stations along the Wasatch Front.

 

[Harvey_Dogg]

There are 2 frequencies open for translators. But, 95.7 is certainly harmful interference. I read online there is an anarchist group on 95.7 in Salt Lake City.