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This is kind of a big deal. The biggest obstacle for most AM radio stations isn't the low fidelity or increased interference. It's the land required to install an AM antenna.

It’s 100,000 watts ERP with a 6 bay antenna. The higher gain antenna means the transmitter output power would be much less (about 35 kw), although at still extremely dangerous leve…

WBCQ in Monticello, ME (USA) says it broadcasts to outer space via a modulated laser. From http://www.wbcq.com/ >: WBCQ’s laser broadcasting service is available to beam your progr…

Not all moms are good people. People with good moms often have trouble understanding or respecting that.

Maybe Friendster has the right idea.

Just a thought: you could incorporate a non-profit to run the site, like Wikipedia or public radio/media, and be the president of that organization. For me, donating to a non-profi…

I think this might be as simple as a QR Code I can show to my friends!

Many years ago, someone created an unauthorized app for a public radio station I worked at. We were overwhelmed with work, and we didn’t have time to build our own, and we didn’t h…

Cool! I recommend setting up RadioDNS first. DTS Autostage will pull your initial info from there, so all their data will be from what you put in the .si file.

Even with a smaller pool of listeners compared to 10 years ago, there are still a lot of people listening to FM. Within your coverage area, you’re one of maybe 60 stations. That’s …

I get a weak signal of it over the air, but that’s what turned me on to them originally.

Thank you, I love this reply! I will do this!!

I’m at a loss of what to watch as far as television goes in the US, between the government threatening to intervene in content, corporations that own television networks with littl…

Clarification: it was CPB funding that was cut, headline is a little off.

Update: back up now!

This could turn into a telecommunications infrastructure-disrupting story if it continues for long.

I've actually been trying to figure out where this station was coming from for a few years, thinking it was a pirate radio station setting up camp in the Nevada desert during the '…