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Low Power Radio Triumphs over Big Broadcasters in Washington: Local Community Ra

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Flying-Dutchman

Now, I can promise that Springfield and Urbana will have local FM radio. If Interested,
feel free to contact me. [email protected] A change is gonna come!
Bruce

By the way, I am a community radio advocate not a consultant looking for a check.
 
The big question: would Springfield give a crap if you gave them a community station. My experience with that town is no.
 
Urban Light made a huge mistake when they withdrew their LPFM application the last time.
They would have been awarded the license grant for free.

Had you guys been on FM, your station would have been a success. And, it would have
been $300,000 ahead.

Springfield listeners switched to FM back when I was in high school in the 1970's.
 
Was curious if we could have gotten (or if current ownership still could) get an AM to FM translator for night ops. Would have made a lot of difference for sports at least. It's not only FM IMO, I'm not convinced the current generation of Springfielders remembers Springfield being a somewhat distinct media community. They didn't grow up with Smilin' Bob and just listened to Dayton stations.
 
The answer is yes. 1600 AM could purchase one of the currently licensed Springfield translators.

WULM was one of the last surviving black owned independent stations in America. If it could have
held on a little longer, you likely could have gotten an STA from the FCC for FM.
 
Perhaps as many as 3,000 new LPFM stations will sign on by the end of 2010 in the USA.
This will be an opportunity for many of you to realize your dream of becoming station owners.
 
The new rules will open enough frequencies so that everyone who is capable of building and operating a station
can have one. There will be 2 channels in Springfield. There are several in Urbana. There are many in
Lima. There is one in Montgomery County for 10 watts. I have not searched the whole State of Ohio.

So these groups can cooperate or they can compete for frequencies. 97.5 is not the only channel.
 
Send me an email and I will pass on the info. As for Lima, I think they have more than enough stations
with all the move ins. Just because there is a frequency does not mean there is a financial base to support
the venture. A church or school would do OK there though.

I am finding lots of available frequencies all over Ohio.
 
Flying-Dutchman said:
The answer is yes. 1600 AM could purchase one of the currently licensed Springfield translators.

WULM was one of the last surviving black owned independent stations in America. If it could have
held on a little longer, you likely could have gotten an STA from the FCC for FM.
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1600 WULM is now owned by Radio Maria USA...it was sold to them by Urban Light Ministries in the spring of 2008. I cannot speak for Eli if he wants to own a low power FM community station or not... but don't rule it out..at least not yet. Eli still produces Urban Light Radio for WCDR so he still loves being a broadcaster.
The Springfield translators (96.7 and 107.1) are currently owned by K-LOVE while 98.7 (WUFM's translator) is owned by Radio U.

I heard some talk a while back about the possibility of an LPFM in St. Paris..anytrhing new on that? I'm also happy that Urbana will have an LPFM since WKSW is no longer an Urbana station and since WUHS(Urbana High School) went defunct twenty some odd years ago.

Wonder if Gene Kirby up at Indian Lake's WRPO may want to expand his little Gray Fox low power chain to that area as well?
 
This needs to be coordinated so all all these communities get stations. It would be bad if everyone
applied for the same channel. That would mean many years delay as the FCC has to decide between
the best applicant and community. One guy gets the CP. Everyone else gets thrown out. Frequencies
go unused and communities without service.
 
Great , just what we need..more stations NO ONE wil LISTeN to! It's all about ipods and the internet guys! C'mon! Wake up! This is an assult to full power stations! The interference will be staggering. More religous stations(repeaters) and crappy community stations NO ONE cares about! What a shame. And Thanks for making impossible to listen to stations I want to listen to when I listen. If you want to start a station, start podcasting or start up an internet station. Maybe then you'll have a following. So far, LPFM is a joke. LPFM should have no rights compared to full power stations and 3rd adjacents should be protected.
 
I'm not sure how, in reality, you are going to get hundreds of people with vastly different agendas to agree on providing LPFM service for still a limited number of frequencies. OK, I want to do Christian rock, someone else wants to do fire and brimstone preaching, someone else wants to do big band, oldies, polka, left winfg political talk, right wing political talk. How does that all come together?
 
"This is an assult to full power stations! The interference will be staggering."




Oh DARN! Let's not DARE interfere with CORPORATE radio! They're so good, and I love the way they care about their communities!!!

As for interference, how 'bout turning-off I-Block?
 
wilson1000 said:
Great , just what we need..more stations NO ONE wil LISTeN to! It's all about ipods and the internet guys! C'mon! Wake up! This is an assult to full power stations! The interference will be staggering. More religous stations(repeaters) and crappy community stations NO ONE cares about! What a shame. And Thanks for making impossible to listen to stations I want to listen to when I listen. If you want to start a station, start podcasting or start up an internet station. Maybe then you'll have a following. So far, LPFM is a joke. LPFM should have no rights compared to full power stations and 3rd adjacents should be protected.
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The report that the FCC just recently commissioned indicated interference will be minimal.

And yes, an LP, if run correctly, could gain a reasonable audience within its small sphere of influence. That...not interference...is what some of the big commercial broadcasters are worried about.
 
This is not a good thing. It will change the way we use radio. You will no longer be able to hear a full power station
on an hour long drive in the car. LPFM is the worst thing to ever happen at the FCC.
 
Re: Low Power Radio Triumphs over Big Broadcasters in Washington: Local Communit

OMG, as I shake my head. It will be a good thing not to HAVE to hear a Cookie Cutter full power for an hour! Cold Coffee, once IBOC interference is removed, then I will listen to your complaint about LPFM interference. That's already been proven will RARELY be an issue.
 
cold_coffee said:
This is not a good thing. It will change the way we use radio. You will no longer be able to hear a full power station
on an hour long drive in the car. LPFM is the worst thing to ever happen at the FCC.
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You forgot the Telecommubnications Act of 1996 which solidified all of this insanity called "clusters" which turned a certain Texas-based comapny(W's state)into the big corporate bullies that they are...and is the worst thing to ever happen to radio as a whole!

Thank you Dr. Fine!!!
 
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