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

[Naomi Most]

Why? So you can inflict a $20,000 fine on Sudo Room as quickly as
humanly possible?



On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Gregg Horton <greggahorton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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