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Articles in this issue include:
Re: Inactive frequencies (Tracy K. Wood)
Re: Inactive frequencies (Mark Roberts)
Re: Inactive frequencies (Dan Bammes)
Indecency review (WEOS-FM )
Internship (ALAN BEZOZA )
Re: Spectrum Leasing/Microradio and freedom of speech (Carl M Kadie)
Re: Micro Radio (Robert Casey)
Re: Question. (Jeff Billman)
recording radio shows (Greg Wendel)
Re: AM Stereo Walkman (Rob Schaller)
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Subject: Re: Inactive frequencies
From: @usceast.cs.scarolina.edu:wood@math.scarolina.edu (Tracy K. Wood)
Organization: University of South Carolina - Columbia - Computer Science
Surprisingly, one of the local silent stations just fired up their signal
and have begun regular broadcasting on AM. They had been off the air for
almost five years . It's the same ownership....
My question.... How can they do that? After a given time period don't
they lose their license? I didn't even see any traffic on change of
studio location when they turned their xmtr site into a full studio/xmtr.
I am not going to name the station just yet.... (It may be a bootleg
in a sense.......)
Tracy Wood USC-Columbia parttime studenT
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Subject: Re: Inactive frequencies
From: ucsd!tyrell.net!transvox@uunet.UU.NET (Mark Roberts)
Organization: Tyrell Corp.
BDM2@psuvm.psu.edu wrote:
: Hmmm....890AM in Gladstone would be full time at 1.1 kW? Wouldn't that
: interfere with 890 WLS-AM from Chicago at night? Usually in the KC area
: (I'm a former resident of Lawrence, KS), WLS comes in clearly at night.
Yes, it would interfere with WLS, and, yes, WLS comes in well here at night,
but it has been authorized and somebody's had the CP for three years (if
it hasn't been deleted by now).
Clear channels aren't what they used to be. WLS comes in even better in
Columbia, MO, but nearby KFAL (900 kHz, Fulton, MO), has fulltime authority
now. I'm not sure what the nighttime power is, but it's enough to get it
20 miles to Columbia, and it's enough to cause interference to 'LS.
Daytime power of KFAL is 1 kW.
: Also, how has 1250 WREN Topeka's nighttime directional changed. I remember
: several years ago they broadcasted at 5000 watts day and night (I think),
: but at night they seemed to beam their power to the west so that it came in
: weaker in the Lawrence or KC area, but stronger in central or western
: Kansas.
I'm sure you're right; nowadays, it's inaudible at night in Kansas City.
Not sure about Lawrence. Before World War II, WREN was licensed to Lawrence
anyway (though it no doubt functioned as a Topeka station).
Radio stations that have gone dark can lose their nighttime coverage rights.
Before KWK in St. Louis (1380 kW) went off the air in 1973, it was clearly
audible at night in St. Charles County, Mo., the far northwestern suburbs.
It was off the air for six years. When it finally returned, it was barely
audible in St. Charles County during the daytime, and quite inaudible at
night. It also had to change transmitter sites (and, in fact, go to two,
one for daytime, one for night).
By the way, that should have been 1380 kHz, NOT kW. Oooops.
(This was the same station that, in 1979, advertised its dial position
as "13.8". I'm sure its painful 14-year history has something to do
with that.)
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Mark Roberts -- Kansas City, MO -- in an orbit of mine own....
E-Mail: transvox@tyrell.net, mark808@delphi.com V-Mail: coming sometime?!
I never met a technology I didn't like (except for 8-track cartridges).
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Subject: Re: Inactive frequencies
From: Dan.Bammes@m.cc.utah.edu (Dan Bammes)
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center, Salt Lake City, Ut.
What puzzles me about the proponents of microbroadcasting is their
emphasis on the transmitting facilities. Generally, those are among the
lowest costs a broacaster has to deal with. Staff and programming are the
budget items that destroy most broadcast operations -- so tell me how
they're different for microbroadcasters?
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Subject: Indecency review
From: WEOS-FM <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:BLACK%HWS1@HWS.bitnet>
Organization: NONE
Since Howard Stern is on in most markets from 6AM until he feels like he's
done, the infractions occurred between the 6AM - 8PM "enforceable Safe Harbor"
That the FCC has been going after all along. They dropped cases filed on
stations airing material in the 9 - 11 slot (remember the TV stations that
were being cited for airing uncut R rated movies?). Until the FCC & the courts
come up with a compromise, the 6AM - 8PM rule still exists, as the courts
have not overturned that authority (yet) to enforce the rules.
Remember, all along the courts have agreed with the FCC that protection of
children is legal and has not chosen to overturn either the language or the
concept of Safe Harbor. They have not been able to agree with a time. While
the FCC and conservatives want 24 hours, it looks like they may have to
settle on a 6AM to 8PM or 9PM safe zone. If this eventually passes, than the
fight will be to interpretation of the FCC definition. That is another court
case.
In the meantime, as I have had to tell our students, the rules stand, and
our policy will stay in effect (we have a 10PM -6AM window for indecency)
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|Michael R. Black |BITNET: BLACK%HWS1@HWS |
|General Manager, WEOS-FM | or BLACK@HWS |
|Hobart & William Smith Colleges|PHONE: 315-781-3456 |
|Geneva, New York 14456-3397 |FAX: 315-781-3916 |
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Subject: Internship
From: ALAN BEZOZA <ab03@lehigh.edu>
Organization: NONE
Hey. though I never posted before, I am always reading to see what is written
on this network. I am a student at Lehigh University and am active in the
school station WLVR. I have been a DJ for two years and am now the Assistant
Business Manager. I am looking for an internship with a radio station doing
anything I can. I was wondering if anyone can offer me any suggestions with
this procedure. Thanks.
ALAN BEZOZA (215)882-2193
or just E-mail me back
[Moderator's Note: Good luck, ALAN, but be prepared for a lot of
thankless work and low (or no) pay. Be prepared to kiss the butt of a
lot of so-called stars on the way. BUT if you 'gotta be there', then
go for it and never ever giveup! Bill]
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Subject: Re: Spectrum Leasing/Microradio and freedom of speech
From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M Kadie)
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Harold Hallikainen <hhallika@tuba.aix.calpoly.edu> writes:
>The Fairness of Spectrum Leases?
>
>by Harold Hallikainen
>San Luis Obispo, CA
[...]
I think subleasing could do more than leasing in promoting free
expression in broadcasting. A station owner/leasee should be allowed
to sell airtime on a common carrier basis. With common carrier a
broadcaster sells time to any able buyer and is not liable for the
buyers' content. Currently the only people who can legally buy airtime
on a common-carrier like basis are politicians. That is not fair.
Imagine what the telephone would be like if the phone company was
liable for everything anyone said.
Imagine what UPS would be like if it was liable for all the printed
material anyone shipped.
Imagine what meeting halls would be like if their owners were
responsible for the content of every speech given in them.
Think about what broadcasting is like.
- Carl
--
Carl Kadie -- I do not represent any organization; this is just me.
= kadie@cs.uiuc.edu =
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Subject: Re: Micro Radio
From: wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey)
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Seems to me that a radio station needs to transmit enough power to be
listenable to enough people to make it viable to sell enough comercials
to pay the jocks, engineers, and sales and management types and still
have enough money left over to make it worthwhile for an owner to have
bothered in the first place. As DJs and other staff have to be paid
at least the going rate for their services (at least minimun wage!),
this implys that the number of listeners to support the station has to
be at least larger than some critical mass. The FCC knows this and wants
to license stations with enough power to reach enough listeners to
survive. And have enough stations to be around to broadcast in emergencys
to a public that decided to buy radios to listen to entertaiment on the
radio and are thus equiped to recieve the emergency info (floods, hurricanes,
nuclear war, etc).
I suspect that micro radio won't cut it here.
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Subject: Re: Question.
From: jbillma@opie.bgsu.edu (Jeff Billman)
Organization: organized???
In article <2dej8s$rav@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, prmount@attmail.att.com wrote:
> > I have about 4 months experience on college radio, and loved it. I'd like to
> > know were I could go to get into commercial radio, and format wouldn't matter
> > much. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> Well you could probably get a job at Y-107 driving the prize
> van looking for people with the bumper sticker on their car,
> in the dead of winter
>
> Or maybe you'd like to parlay your 4 months of experience
> into a research assistant job. Duties: Answer the request
> line and log all requests plus demographics.
> (Yes boss I just had 87 calls in a row for either Janet Jackson or
> Mariah Carey, all of them were 8-16 years old, but I love my job!)
>
> If you could stand to do this on a fulltime basis you might
> make close to $10,000 a year.
Believe it or not, there are those of us who _could_ stand to do this on a
full-time basis! Granted, we should probably have been sent to the funny
farm a long time ago, but (speaking for myself) I'm so enamored by radio
that the dirty work won't bother me.
> This is not a personal attack. It is an indication that starting
> salaries in radio are not much to live on.
Heard this one a million times over. Not that I don't believe it (oh, do I
believe it!), but for most of us starting out in radio, we're too set on
our futures in radio to care. When the light at the end of the tunnel is
very dim, you do a lot of squinting. To those of you who want to flame me
with naysaying, let me tell you that I'm not naive. My father had a brief
career in radio, and is now a computer systems analyst. I'm sure his
experience in radio helped slightly (believe it or not). Failure in radio
can lead to success in another field. And success in radio... well,
that's paradise.
> Printed salary surveys show that experienced fulltime jobs in smaller markets
> aren't much better.
Same argument applies. After working in radio for 2 years on a volunteer
basis, I'd be happy just to get paid! To be able to work in radio _and_
get paid for it, that seems like a sweet deal. Again, maybe I should be
committed. We'll see.
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Subject: recording radio shows
From: 43wendel@cua.edu (Greg Wendel)
Organization: NONE
I am interested in taping radio shows, such as Howard Stern, Rush
Limbaugh, Bruce Williams and Don and Mike. Can someone let me know where I can
get some type of system to record for relatively long periods, such as three
hours. I am currently limited to 60 minutes. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Greg Wendel
43wendel@cua.edu
ps. after listening to many shows I sometimes wonder if I am rare in that I
enjoy both Stern and Limbaugh.
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Subject: Re: AM Stereo Walkman
From: C12019@email.mot.com (Rob Schaller)
Organization: Motorola Inc.
In article <2dej7q$r9o@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, schuster@panix.com (Michael
Schuster) wrote:
>
> Earlier this fall there was talk that, by Christmas, SONY would be
> shipping an AMAX-compliant personal portable which receives AM stereo
> (their first in 10 years). Was this just rumor, or is there really such
> a radio in the wings? Model number?
ABOUT a month ago a visited a Sony products display center in Chicago and
asked them about the new AM stereo Walkman and they confirmed that they
were still expecting its arrival. I have also visited several electronics
stores and they have been getting numerous customer requests about this new
Stereo Walkman. Haven't been able to get much details about the new unit
(ie model number, features etc.) from the stores I've visited. I am
keeping a constant check for this new unit as I do my Christmas shopping.
As soon as I find it available I will post to this newsgroup.
Rob Schaller
Email: C12019@email.mot.com
AOL Email: rob1raam@aol.com
Work Phone:(708) 576-7081
Form a bikepool today...ride a tandem to work!
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