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Touch FM 106.1 Roxbury

NABOB (National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters) might beg to differ with your rather uninformed statement.
 
Thanks for the tip. The NABOB (National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters)just might help these guys get an STA
(Special Temporary Authority).
 
I will watch this thread for just a bit; however, I have a feeling that smart money might be on the Dutchman.
 
Are you serious? No way in hell will NABOB or any other legitimate broadcaster group "touch" a pirate. Why would they condone breaking the law? Just by being a pirate they have disqualified themselves from ever holding a legit FCC license. The Commission still considers character when deciding to grant a license and Touch is legally a scofflaw who has already defied them.
Also, STA's are available only to licensees. For someone who claims to have owned stations before I'd think you'd know that.

Flying-Dutchman said:
Thanks for the tip. The NABOB (National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters)just might help these guys get an STA
(Special Temporary Authority).
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Touch-FM The Best Music station in Boston !!!! But this thread make me want to LOL !! If Boston a country , Dorchester is a great big State . I was born in the great State of Roxbury . Thank god there was no civil war in the Country of Boston, when part of Boston wanted to change its name to Mandella .
 
rapking said:
Touch-FM The Best Music station in Boston !!!! But this thread make me want to LOL !! If Boston a country , Dorchester is a great big State . I was born in the great State of Roxbury . Thank god there was no civil war in the Country of Boston, when part of Boston wanted to change its name to Mandella .
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Like the City of "Mandella", an temporary operating permit (STA for short) for the pirate on 106.1 "ain't going to happen". Mr. Clemons would be better off paying the fine and then try to buy one of the "has beens" AM sticks on the Boston area. Or he could wait until a new LPFM window for 10 watts in Boston proper materializes (100 watts won't fit). There is a procedure that should be followed in getting a bona-fide station on the air. He just bypassed a few of the relevant stages of doing it. Hey, if anyone like Mr. Clemons could set up shop on 106.1 without a license, there's nothing to stop another person to fire up on 106.1 in the same neighborhood. There is no license and thus there is no station to stop another person to do so. Mr. Clemons should save his money and try to get a station the old fashioned way....... "EARN IT", like anyone one else!
 
Flying-Dutchman said:
Money lovers and big corporations have ruined radio in America. I am not afraid to stand up for those who broadcast
in the public interest.

There is already a precedent case for this STA. In Goldfield NV, the FCC determined a pirate was
serving the public and gave him an STA. Recently they also gave him a CP (Construction Permit)
to build a Class A FM station.

http://radiomagonline.com/currents/fcc-sta-pirate-fm-0205/
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Yeah.... and what did this person in question in Goldfield, Nevada do with his Temporary Permit? Allegedly, he let it lapse. To add insult to injury, he actually tried to SELL it with no takers. Frankly, he had no right to try sell it. First, it was only a temporary permit, not a license. Secondly, he did not "own" it. He never totally applied for the operating permit, a non-commercial operation (LPFM) mind you. Legally, you CANNOT sell an LPFM in the literal sense. Only bona-fide "non-profits" can possibly take it over. And that requires a lot of paperwork. (Believe me, I know!) And even then, the FCC takes a very dim view on anyone to sell LPFM's. And frankly, there are more coyotes in Goldfield than there are people. At last check, only 2000 souls live in Goldfield. And that is the largest town within 30 miles of that part of Nevada. This guy was looking for an easy way out and try to make a profit by selling it, including his trailer and what little parcel of property he had to put it on. Be real. So much for your "public service". At last check, Radio Goldfield is silent.
 
Did you ever read a book called "The Mouse That Roared"? It tells us something about our character as Americans.
I think this case is winnable for Touch FM in Roxbury!
 
Flying-Dutchman said:
Did you ever read a book called "The Mouse That Roared"? It tells us something about our character as Americans.
I think this case is winnable for Touch FM in Roxbury!
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"Flying-Dutchmen", I have no question of about the strong spirit that best describes us as Americans. But, rules are rules. If you want to change them, you go have through the normal procedure of change.... rich or poor. That's what separates us from the law abiding citizens that we Americans try to be, as compared to the Hugo Chavez's of the world who want to have it all for themselves. If the rules change (and who knows?), maybe there will be room for more LPFM's to take the air in Boston, with a real FCC license. Mr. Clemons is basically shooting himself in the foot by not paying the fine. By by not paying it, he basically will deny himself a chance for actually applying for a real LPFM in the next window. The FCC will not be amused by his "touring the country" for the cause of LPFM. His grandstanding will not cut it. He should pay the fine. Get it over with. Get a good FCC attorney with backing of the City of Boston and see what happens. He should bring his station back to Part 15 compliance and stream his signal to the Internet. Do the right thing and the returns might be positive.
 
Yes! Our forefathers fought and some died to make this a nation based on law. But,
our forefathers never intended for the means of mass communication to only be in the hands
of the wealthy. You have to be a multimillionaire to own a radio station today. This is not
fair.

I think this radio station can be turned into a rule abiding licensee if given a chance.

I’ll bet they can get an STA
 
Flying-Dutchman said:
You have to be a multimillionaire to own a radio station today. This is not
fair.
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You have to be a multimillionaire to own a McDonald's franchsie as well.

Last time I read the constitution, I didn't see a right of every citizen to have their own broadcast station.


Flying-Dutchman said:
I’ll bet they can get an STA
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I'll bet they don't.
 
Flying-Dutchman said:
Money lovers and big corporations have ruined radio in America. I am not afraid to stand up for those who broadcast in the public interest.
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How nice of you to arrogate to yourself the decision as to what's in the public interest. Fortunately, you don't make the rules or the law.

Flying-Dutchman said:
There is already a precedent case for this STA. In Goldfield NV, the FCC determined a pirate was serving the public and gave him an STA. Recently they also gave him a CP (Construction Permit) to build a Class A FM station.

http://radiomagonline.com/currents/fcc-sta-pirate-fm-0205/
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If you had actually bothered to READ the article you linked to, you would have understood that the FCC was pressured by Harry Reid, a US Senator who obviously understands nothing, and doesn't give a damn, about obeying the law. There was no finding that the station was serving the public. The STA grant was a violation of their own rules, but it wasn't a surprise, since that agency, just like every other one over the past administration's tenure, was thoroughly politicized. There was a time when the FCC would have laughed in Reid's face, told him to go bleep himself and upheld its own rules. Let's hope the FCC of the new administration returns to sticking by its principles.

Flying-Dutchman said:
But, our forefathers never intended for the means of mass communication to only be in the hands of the wealthy.
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Yes, they certainly did. The original system of licensing broadcast stations insured, from its infancy until relatively recently, that the station would pay its own way for at least one license term. That takes financial acumen, plenty of money and a firm plan, which had to be submitted to the FCC prior to the grant of a license, and insured that only those companies and individuals with lots of financial backing were granted licenses. The very first broadcast licenses, back in the 1920s, were granted to large corporations, and it's always been that way.
 
Sounds like the Dutchman is another one of these who don't understand how the law works, and could care less. I'd personally like to see the pirates thrown in jail with long sentences and hefty fines. But, sadly, that won't happen....as the unlicensed trample on the rights of the licensed.
 
 
Flying-Dutchman said:
For our form of government to work, good citizens stand up to be counted. So, I am sure that all of us answered
the call when the FCC asked for our coments on important rule changes.

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520004675

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6519871212

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6518614477

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6518359464
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First of all, define "good citizens". I would say those breaking the law are not "good citizens", but I digress. Second, I like this statement from one of the links you have here "In cities like Indianapolis half the people don't even use radio anymore". Priceless!!
 
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