Post by thelegacy on Aug 4, 2017 19:40:57 GMT
Well I did "Sort of" get off topic but there was a method to my madness. All of these translator stations that clog the dial is actually changing what the FCC first mandated as NO COMMERCIAL stations were below 92.1 Mhz. The Public/educational stations were assigned down there for a reason. But not anymore as Translator stations are now allowed to spew their AM Radio programming onto the FM band and worst of all down on the what would be PBS/Educational part of the spectrum.
My vision was to try and sell the FCC the idea that Hobby Broadcasting is Educational because your learning how to broadcast/maintain/program in the event you'd be hired by a commercial station one day. Not only does this give us what we want but may give the public diversity and even the playing field whereas there is not a monopoly over the airwaves.
Keeping the idea that I've been taught early in my pursuit in Radio was that the airwaves belong to the people. This was brought up when someone in the class mentioned UHF on air (scrambled) subscription TV and how these broadcasters wanted to prosecute TV repairmen for building and selling descramblers to receive the service for FREE (I had one). The FCC refused because they said that the airwaves belong to the people and the mat of the story was they were not going to stop them (if they knew how to) from decoding the signal. The broadcasters kept on and on till the FCC said "No More Scrambled signals were to be allowed on the UHF and VHF bands meant for regular TV.
Keeping this very theory in mind we could impose the same threat to the big wigs wishing to stomp out Hobby Broadcasting. A rule could hammered down like an iron fist that says "No One group or entity owns the Radio Waves. Therefore every station on the FM band is hereby limited to a 250 Watt TPO with an expected range of around 40 miles till fade out to a car Radio. The antenna would be vertical.
The second part would say that if a frequency is "Blank" its first come and first serve and that big wigs must allow so many hours of amateur broadcasting whereas there would be quiet hours that they have to leave the air to allow an amateur broadcaster to be on the air.
The idea that one should have to spend $85K to rent land to erect an antenna to broadcast is only to stop individuals from doing it. All you need is a vertical polarized antenna like a ground plane and 40 Watts and you can go 40 miles just having the antenna 20 feet up in the air.
But selling this idea means re educating the masses and stopping their notion that one entity should "Own" 87.7-107.9 Mhz. Maybe the public should have a "Vote" after a 3 week trial of each station that goes on air. If the public doesn't vote for it BAM your off the air and the 3 week trial goes to someone else to try on that blank frequency.
How does this benefit the public? They get the specialized programming needed for their 40 mile area. Places like Deltaville, VA would have their own group of stations that follow the suit for the people living in that area. This opens opportunity for a tailored Radio environment that fits small communities as well as big ones and gives travelers a "feel for that community they drive through based on what is on the Radio".
My vision was to try and sell the FCC the idea that Hobby Broadcasting is Educational because your learning how to broadcast/maintain/program in the event you'd be hired by a commercial station one day. Not only does this give us what we want but may give the public diversity and even the playing field whereas there is not a monopoly over the airwaves.
Keeping the idea that I've been taught early in my pursuit in Radio was that the airwaves belong to the people. This was brought up when someone in the class mentioned UHF on air (scrambled) subscription TV and how these broadcasters wanted to prosecute TV repairmen for building and selling descramblers to receive the service for FREE (I had one). The FCC refused because they said that the airwaves belong to the people and the mat of the story was they were not going to stop them (if they knew how to) from decoding the signal. The broadcasters kept on and on till the FCC said "No More Scrambled signals were to be allowed on the UHF and VHF bands meant for regular TV.
Keeping this very theory in mind we could impose the same threat to the big wigs wishing to stomp out Hobby Broadcasting. A rule could hammered down like an iron fist that says "No One group or entity owns the Radio Waves. Therefore every station on the FM band is hereby limited to a 250 Watt TPO with an expected range of around 40 miles till fade out to a car Radio. The antenna would be vertical.
The second part would say that if a frequency is "Blank" its first come and first serve and that big wigs must allow so many hours of amateur broadcasting whereas there would be quiet hours that they have to leave the air to allow an amateur broadcaster to be on the air.
The idea that one should have to spend $85K to rent land to erect an antenna to broadcast is only to stop individuals from doing it. All you need is a vertical polarized antenna like a ground plane and 40 Watts and you can go 40 miles just having the antenna 20 feet up in the air.
But selling this idea means re educating the masses and stopping their notion that one entity should "Own" 87.7-107.9 Mhz. Maybe the public should have a "Vote" after a 3 week trial of each station that goes on air. If the public doesn't vote for it BAM your off the air and the 3 week trial goes to someone else to try on that blank frequency.
How does this benefit the public? They get the specialized programming needed for their 40 mile area. Places like Deltaville, VA would have their own group of stations that follow the suit for the people living in that area. This opens opportunity for a tailored Radio environment that fits small communities as well as big ones and gives travelers a "feel for that community they drive through based on what is on the Radio".
