Tis the season for Part 15 'Light Display' stations?

[ThaDood]

Anyone seen these out yet? Signs that say, "TUNE IN TO ----" for music to various X-mas light displays. Most seem to be those FM ones, but someone might try AM as well. Usually, you will see them at an event like this,   https://salights.com/   However, folks that have their houses decked-out might display a sign for accompanying music.

[tybee]

I don't know if I've seen that particular link you posted before but I do see similar every year online.. Here you have ten different news stories from within the last 30 days, that feature using radio and Christmas light synchronized:

Recent Radio and Christmas Light Synchronization Stories In the News

[tybee]

Speaking of Christmas.. here's a Christmas  song I've been working on that seems to have gained some positive reception from those who heard it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bbajcWr12gI0H-ksvFIdDJpOhNJG9gy/view?usp=drivesdk

Free to air
That link is the mp3, let me know if you want the wav file (which is a huge 86mb)

[tybee]

An old story (December 2018) but still relevant

Feds shut down Ontario man's Christmas music light show
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/feds-shut-down-ontario-man-s-christmas-music-light-show-1.4225345
(Excerpts)
An Ontario man’s Christmas music light show has been shut down.. after reports that a radio transmitter may have been interfering with aircraft landing at a nearby airport...he used a radio transmitter that broadcasts about 150 feet so people who pull up outside his property can hear music synchronized to the flashing light display....."It’s kind of like watching a movie with no sound,” he said. “Not the best experience for people that are pulling up... .It’s definitely a big Bah Humbug,” he said.

[ThaDood]

Yep... To take such a true quote from the movie The Boat That Rocked / Pirate Radio, " That's the good thing about being in government. If there's something that you don't like, you simply make it illegal."

[tybee]

..." That's the good thing about being in government. If there's something that you don't like, you simply make it illegal."

That's funny.

[tybee]

Well Christmas has passed but this is still an interesting article. He touches on the subject of how Christmas lights displays can be comprised, but what it's about is how he got into and so forth. It's an entertaing interview. One interesting point is that in the UK it's illegal to broadcast music for Christmas lights, so they just place speakers outside in the yard for the music/light synchronization.

Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights.
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/12/25/joyce_christmas_lights/
In 2018, Rob Joyce, then Donald Trump's White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, gave a surprise talk at the legendary hacking conference Shmoocon about his hobby. As the former head of the NSA's Tailored Access Operations squad – the people who crack systems and gather intelligence for the US government –
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