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LPFM station to go off the air?

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From an email list. He typed it in all caps and I did not have the time nor patience to convert it:

WELL GOODBYE FROM LPFM WSHG FROM THE AIR WAVES AT THE END OF THIS SEASON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES. WE HAVE DECIDED TO TURN IN OUR LICENSE. tHE FCC KNEW ABSOLUTELY WHAT IT WAS DOING WHEN THEY CREATED IBUZ. IT WILL BE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR US TO CONTINUE. AND THE FCC AND THE NAB KNEW THIS. JUST WAIT A WHILE AND THEY WILL DISAPPEAR.
THE ONLY LPFM LEFT WILL BE THE PREACHER JESUS FUNDED ONES WITH PLENTY OF MONEY. wE DO NOT FEEL IT WORTH WHILE TO FUND THE BIG EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS. WE WERE THE FIRSST SC LPFM ON THE AIR AND HAVE SERVED WELL FOR OUR ALMOST 6 YEARS AND NOW WE WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE. bIG MONEY WINS. wE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE IBOC WHICH NOBODY REALLY WANTS BECAUSE THEY CANT HEAR THE QUALITY THATS OUT THERE NOW. 8 MORE WEEKS OF HS FOOTBALL GAMES AND GOODBYE. \\cLARENCE jONES, W4DTW
pRES WSHG LPFM ST GEORGE SC.
 
I've always been a firm believer that good grammar and diction goes a long way in making your point...

Anyway, does anybody have any thoughts on those comments? I'll reserve mine, simply because I have very STRONG opinions about LPFM, and sometimes they offend folks. So, I'll keep my mouth shut :) I'm curious to know what everybody else things though...
 
Me and a friend(a 40 year broadcast vet) emailed him, offering to help find a new "licensee" or someone to take over the station.

However, not only has he copped an attitude to members o nthe list, but he's ignored me. Oh well...
 
Sorry to hear they decided to go.

It's all about programming, and location.

WSHG is an a small town that is blanketed by all the Charleston stations. There's simply no way you could be self-supporting in that environment. There aren't enough listeners or potential underwriters.

They are way too far away from any signficant population, even with the two translators. Otherwise, we'd be interested.
 
I reply on this topic only because I helped put the station on the air run it and take it off the air. Clarence could have transfered the licensee to someone else and sold the equiment but if he didn't get his price it wouldn't happen and to this date(11-11-07) it still hasn't. I would have bought his equiment and tried to keep WSHG on the air but we could never meet in the middle on price, oh well. We are still friends WLRE Radio.
 
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