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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on August 05, 2011, 1405 UTC

Title: Radio World editor chuckles at Matthew’s economic analysis of pirate radio...
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on August 05, 2011, 1405 UTC

Radio World editor chuckles at Matthew’s economic analysis of pirate radio, but forgets his radio history...

"We would not have LPFM if it were not for the pirates and microbroadcasters who forced the FCC’s hand. They demonstrated that there was room on the dial for low-powered community stations not through lobbying and engineering studies, but simply by showing their communities that it could be done, and without interference or harm. This could only have been done without a license, the FCC would have endorsed no exception or trial."

Full article here:

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/08/04/radio-world-editor-chuckles-at-matthews-economic-analysis-of-pirate-radio-but-forgets-his-radio-history/comment-page-1/#comment-4271 (http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/08/04/radio-world-editor-chuckles-at-matthews-economic-analysis-of-pirate-radio-but-forgets-his-radio-history/comment-page-1/#comment-4271)

Title: Re: Radio World editor chuckles at Matthew’s economic analysis of pirate radio..
Post by: Zoidberg on August 06, 2011, 2153 UTC

Interesting article.  And reaffirms how different the FM and shortwave pirate/free radio scenes are from each other.