[sudo-discuss] there are no LPFM slots on the FM band in the bay area, period.

[Gregg Horton]

No, stop.

Just put a big fucking antenna on the roof and start broadcasting, if 
you don't, i will, god damnit.

also no one has fm radios anymore anyway, get a satellite and crash it 
into the TV ones.

Stop overthinking things and do it.


On Fri Nov  1 17:56:00 2013, GtwoG PublicOhOne wrote:
>
> (Replying to list):  There's a potentially interesting strategy that
> might be worth pursuing, though probably not for SR:
>
> Much of the radio spectrum is crowded with religious radio stations.
> Most of these are versions of right-wing evangelical Christianity: one
> very narrow denominational slice of the huge spectrum of diversity about
> religion (by which I also include atheism and agnosticism since these
> are espousing _beliefs about_ religious subject matter).
>
> The case could be made, and should be made by an organization with the
> backing to do it, that this state of affairs contravenes FCC policies by
> failing to provide adequate representation for more diverse religious
> viewpoints: in effect, an "establishment of religion by default."
>
> What I'd love to see happen, somewhere, is for a strong organization,
> representing a wide range of minority religious views (again, also
> including atheism and agnosticism, which are actually pretty large
> pluralities in the Bay Area), to challenge the licenses of one or more
> of the existing religious broadcasters in an area, and seek to gain a
> license to replace it.
>
> This wouldn't be low-power, it would be a conventional higher-powered
> station with a wide reach and full-time broadcast schedule.  It could be
> operated as a commercial or non-commercial station.  The general plan
> for the station would be to represent a wide slice of the religious and
> philosophical viewpoints in the coverage area, minus those that already
> have their own stations.
>
> -G.
>
>
> =====
>
>
> On 13-11-01-Fri 5:33 PM, Jake wrote:
>> For everyone who has been hearing this talk about getting an LPFM
>> lisence for sudoroom (which would be absolutely impractical,
>> impossible and inappropriate) you can stop wasting your time by
>> acknowledging one fact:
>>
>> the LPFM rules currently require "2nd adjacency" meaning there have to
>> be at least two empty notches on the radio dial (each odd tenth is a
>> notch)
>>
>> it is _possible_ to apply for a waiver of 2nd adjacency, but the only
>> way it is accepted is in extreme circumstances where there just
>> happens to be overlap in an UNPOPULATED area.  This does not apply to
>> the bay area.
>>
>> If you want to read about it, here's the link:
>> http://home.recnet.com/lpfm-second
>>
>> there are zero FM slots in the greater bay area without a 2nd adjacent.
>>
>> as someone who has helped several LPFM stations get started and stay
>> on the air, and who personally lobbied the FCC for the Local Community
>> Radio Act, I can tell you unequivocally that even if there were a
>> frequency open for sudoroom, we would be very foolish to apply for,
>> let alone accept, such a thing.
>>
>> i really don't want to talk about it so please don't reply to me.
>>
>> thank you
>> -jake
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