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The only problem with LPFMs, is that you have to go through the FCC for all the technical BS. Plus sometimes you have to wait for the filing windows to open up, and that can take months if not years to achieve a window. After filing you sometimes have to wait another year while the FCC processes your request to see if there will not be any intereference to major market radio stations, the works.

 

The only reason I know this, is because quite a while ago, I called the FCC and they gave me that exact information.

 

I'm not real sure how it works in the UK, but for LPFMs here the FCC rules all of that. Best bet, use KWDservices' recommendation and get the AM1000Rangemaster. It's a little expensive, but for the price of multiple XMitters, and a potential discount, you don't have to worry about fighting the FCC for a license, I believe if reading things right, all you would need to do is register the station, pay your licensing rights, and get your call letters...other than that...it's an easy peazy lemon squeezy thing

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LPFM's though if I read right are a tad more expensive though from the FCC, they need proof of everything being low key which involves engineers and whole nine yards....if things go right, I can grab an engineer for relatively inexpensive pricing, and it would be all good...cause i've known the guy for upwards of 4 years now, and he's really good at his craft....

 

I look at it this wya, if things go right Monday I'm gonna make the jump to get a few pieces of equipment, like the console and new automation program I've been looking at, which in total is 2K, but the board has all the stuff you need, 2 mic channels, 8 inputs with the 9h channel the only pot you worry about to put the music out, and channel 10 being the phone hybrid line....really easy and the other 6 inputs are controlled by RCA jacks so there's no muss no fuss, and the mic channels are the typical XLR connector, and if i ever get sattelite stuff, for an extra thousaned i can get the 16x3 switcher that comes with it, but i doubt i'll need it....we wont plan on doing anything satellite automated for a while as all of our talent is live and in demand by our listeners

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so 7 places at 650 a month then thats 4550 dollars for one monthe u got the cost of internet in each place thats i know is 55.00 reg cable comcast and 85.00 for bizznes comcast thats 7 times thats 385 for cabel for one month so thats allmost 5.000 a month just to get started with out any tramsitters lol if it was that simple then every dj that has a pirate radio in south fla woudl be doing it the legal way and there is about 15 pirate rap radio stations in the local fort luaderdale & miami area
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but if u got two miles how many people do u think u can really cover 200 300 the most that's if u promote it right but why spend all that money when in year from now every 1 on a phone will be able to listen right on the net so why not just invest in fliers promos cd advertzing a few wrap vans and pay people to just drive them around post up buy clubs that play your kinda music and had out flyers that's what u have done that how i had 1.4 million listeners 3 months ago if i had 50.000 laying around to try to get 15 miles i would rather spend that money ont he hole world kinda make more sence lol and since ive already been busted for pirate radio lol i cant even touch any kinda fm or am airways radio
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i already had a pirate radio stations with 500watts with 90 foort antanna and it cover 25 miles

 

You have a pirate station? :doh:Or you had one? 500 watts? Is it AM or FM. Where did you get your transmitter and equipment from? I have been very interested in opening up an FM station in the last four years, whether it be pirate or LPFM. internet radio doesn't cut it for me, I want a terrestrial radio station badly.

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Oh okay thanks for the info ;).

 

If anyone is interested in opening up a LPFM whether it's pirate or legal, progressive-concepts.com has an LPFM Transmitter Package that comes with a transmitter, an antenna and cable. There's the 10 watt package and the 100 watt package. The prices are $2299 and $3299, kinda high, but hey, it's all the basic stuff you need for an LPFM!

 

I would honestly go with the 100 watt package because in my opinion 10 watts is tiny and crazy small, even a little pointless in my opinion, because you cant even conver a mile! for only 1000 more you can cover 3-5 miles with the 100 watt.

 

Click here for it!

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