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Post by Druid Hills Radio on Jan 23, 2020 19:49:04 GMT
I routinely see comments about "Godcasters" hogging up LPFM allocations and while it's certainly correct that religious entities hold LPFM licenses, the ratio compared to others is relatively small. Here is a sampling from an LPFM Database of licensees in Virginia: lpfm.us/?state=VA&sort=1 |
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Post by Boomer on Jan 23, 2020 23:07:02 GMT
Opinion to follow
I didn't think that religious associated stations were hogging LPFM allocations either. I've not looked at format totals (I don't think I could find those statistics), but in website searches, most stations seem to be volunteer run-community oriented, and connected with schools.
What I thought it might be is that analysts are confusing translators with LPFM stations, as both are in the low power class, and both types of station seemed to pop up on radio dials at the same time. LPFM was first when spacing rules were changed, and then soon after, the translator window was opened for AM stations.
It also seems that most religious stations are national network affiliates, which wouldn't fit the LPFM model of originating local programming.
Boomer
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Post by sparepart on Jan 23, 2020 23:37:03 GMT
Out of the 20 LPFM listed for New Jersey, 12 are religious.
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Post by Boomer on Jan 25, 2020 4:08:41 GMT
Yeah well, Jersey needs all of the prayers it can get..  |
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Post by sparepart on Jan 25, 2020 13:33:42 GMT
Just like Jon Bon Jovi said - "livin on a prayer"
BTW, Dorothea and Jon Bon Jovi, opened the JBJ Soul Kitchen at Rutgers University-Newark to address college students' food insecurity. Family is giving back for sure...
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Post by Druid Hills Radio on Jan 27, 2020 16:06:02 GMT
Out of the 20 LPFM listed for New Jersey, 12 are religious. Out of 164 LPFM stations in Florida, 28 are religious. |
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Post by thelegacy on Feb 2, 2020 5:08:48 GMT
I still think there is enough God casters. If ever there is going to be a service on AM with some relaxed rules for hobby broadcasting such as may be no ground lead rule and no antenna length rule I think we should have other types of radio stations on that service besides a bunch of God casters.
in the early days of part 15 broadcasting on the am broadcast band you had users like Kentucky fried Chicken using it simply to advertise. That did not go too well with the general public. And if you remember some of those radio stations got reported for breaking certain rules.
We already know what 10 watts on am does because of The travelers information stations so I think something between 100 milliwatts and 5 watts would be fine simply getting rid of the restricted antenna length and ground length would do quite nicely even at a hundred milliwatts.
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