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- Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
- Subject: Re: Radio Station
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.101933.2375@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 10:19:33 CST
- References: <1993Jan8.163825.4495@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University
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- In article <1993Jan8.163825.4495@odin.corp.sgi.com>, labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson) writes:
- > 1) Anybody know how can one start his/her own radio station, what's
- > involved, how much, etc..??????? where to get inquiries ?????
-
- I obtained a book from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) about
- five years ago entitled 'Building or Buying a Broadcasting Station', or
- something close to that... it provided an exemplary overview of the process,
- including the decision of whether to build or buy (probably a moot point now -
- when I left radio in 1989, the number of available licences was dwindling at a
- furious rate).
-
- Minorities and women receive preferential treatment from the FCC when
- applying for a license (even if you buy an existing station, you must still
- apply to the FCC to assume ownership of the license).
-
- The biggest problem with buying a station is the financing... since the onyl
- thing a station really 'owns' that's worth anything is it's FCC license, and
- since the licence can't be transferred without FCC aprroval (i.e. banks can't
- take posession of the license in a foreclosure), most lending institutions are
- extremely reluctant to make loans for this kind of purchase. There are
- exceptions, and even a few that specialize in loans of this type - but you'll
- need help finding them. My list is more than five years out of date.
-
- I would suspect that the NAB still has publications of this type available;
- my copy cost about $65 US back then.
-
- The NAB is located in Washington, DC; that's about all I remember.
-
- Ty Willis
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- a_willisgt@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
-