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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: atrainradio on February 09, 2016, 1627 UTC

Title: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: atrainradio on February 09, 2016, 1627 UTC

http://swling.com/blog/2016/02/the-mighty-kbc-is-seeking-sponsorship/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSwlingPost+%28The+SWLing+Post%29

If they can't get the funds, they too will need to call it quits.

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: ff on February 09, 2016, 2116 UTC

Quote from: atrainradio on February 09, 2016, 1627 UTC

If they can't get the funds, they too will need to call it quits.

It always gets down to this eventually, atrain...

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on February 10, 2016, 0117 UTC

Commercial SW doesn't work. The numbers never add up, the market is way too small.

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: atrainradio on February 10, 2016, 0342 UTC

It's my dream to set up an international network of SW transmitters to cover the globe in good kick ass music and news. I would call it "Radio Free Thinker International".

I would literally cut off my legs to make it work.

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: Chanter on February 11, 2016, 1218 UTC

Oh no!  I love this station.  *crosses two hands' worth of fingers* 

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: CoolAM Radio on February 11, 2016, 1630 UTC

Eric (owner KBC) = also the firm "K-PO" in the Netherlands

http://www.k-po.com/ (http://www.k-po.com/)

Hope he will get it all work out!

As "old pirate" he has done a great job!

André
CoolAM Radio
the Netherlands

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: ff on February 11, 2016, 1715 UTC

This is precisely why I am so amazed at what Allan Weiner and his crew have managed to pull off at WBCQ.  Damn near impossible to keep a "free" shortwave outlet running and they've done it for nearly 20 years.  Maybe Eric could also find a way for a Bible thumper to pay the freight...

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: Pigmeat on February 11, 2016, 1845 UTC

Brother Stair in multiple languages? Sheesh!

I wonder how things are going down at the Walterboro Motel and Commune?

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: SW Observer on February 11, 2016, 2358 UTC

KBC ought to change relay sites, they should stop wasting money with Media Broadcast and utilize WRMI, WBCQ or WTWW for their North American service.

That should save them quite a bit of money right there.

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: Pigmeat on February 12, 2016, 0201 UTC

Yup. When they started rates were at 275 bucks an hour on the transmitter they were using. WBCQ is what, 50 bucks an hour?

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: Chanter on February 13, 2016, 0348 UTC

Somehow I can't see Eric throwing in with some huckster Bible thumper just to pay the freight.  Therein lies one fundamental (pun totally intended) difference between KBC and BCQ.  My feelings on both stations, and my great flipping bias, are all fairly well-known by now, I imagine. 

Title: Re: The Mighty KBC needs sponsorship.
Post by: ff on February 13, 2016, 1613 UTC

Quote from: Chanter on February 13, 2016, 0348 UTC

Therein lies one fundamental (pun totally intended) difference between KBC and BCQ.

I agree with your concerns Chanter but there is a second fundamental difference between the two.  KBC is hemorrhaging money and is nearly off the air.  Sometimes you gotta swallow hard for the greater good.  KBC is a class act and I'd hate to see it disappear.  Maybe there's another way to solve their money problems but I don't see it.