Not to better one of exectutive rank, but the FCC did produce 15.239 completely unchecked in an arbitrary short-hand sort of way.
In that context my "Pirate Radio" referred to pirate radio as a whole -- e.g. encompassing all existing pirate radio operations.
Maybe it's a Minnesota thing.
Anyway, i'm doing this coming week's Oompah Hour. Li'l Wally, probably the most ever recorded Polish Entertainer, is singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" in my headphones.
Tune in next week to hear it....
Oh, and yes, I'm thinking a link to HB on the form would be good. It IS a nice overview right on the front page. And not everyone insists on using an antique browser like me. (If I'd ONLY get around to unpacking the new computer I bought 5 months ago...)
TIB
Remember when FM first came out it was considered a Hi-Fi service. As such the FCC moved to protect it from the interference issues that had begun to plauge the AM broadcast band.
Mighty recalled: "Remember when FM first came out... "
In my case I was working on FM stations back then but didn't watch the FCC rules, yet now I take your recollection as good authority.
That was back then. Now the FCC seems to have dropped the reigns on protecting FM from getting "junked", with all the low power cramming.
As many have already said the population centers are full with FM, but outlying areas have plenty of room for a part 15 FM upgrade.
I'm about to go quiet on the subject since I personally am not seeking an increase, and have only been trying to support a fair argument by others.
When I was a wee boy in SW Michigan we had a Magnavox HiFi that had FM. I could pick up only 1 station in Kalamazoo. It played classical music. BORING.
A neighbor woman told me she had never seen the newly refurbished Symphony Hall, so I gave her tickets and she got to go check it out.
The next day she said the Hall was beautiful, but the music was the BORINGEST thing she'd ever heard.
We must defend Part 15 from being falsely accused.
Not to go too far off topic, but any genre of music can be boring. Oldies, a format which I highly enjoy, can be boring if you only play the same old (that's a pun) #1 hits over and over.
Classical can be boring. It can also be highly entertaining, and even, dare I say it, exciting, if it's put into the proper context. Who can find the William Tell overture by Rossini boring? Or, understanding that Beethoven was almost completely deaf when he wrote it, listen to the final movement of his Symphony #9 in the same way?
I remember listening to opera, REALLY listening to it, for the first time. I was bored, and took Wagner's Ring Cycle albums (yes, vinyl!) out of the library. As I listened I followed the storyline. It was amazing! A perfect melding of music and narrative almost put me into a transcendental state, and I never looked upon opera in the same way again. Can I listen to some operas and almost fall asleep - of course. But in the proper context, with the right opera, no way.
I particularly enjoy the Baroque period - the tentative title for one of the shows I plan is 'If It Ain't Baroque...' (don't fix it).
Vivaldi is a composer that is best known for his instrumental music. But he claims to have written over 90 operas, of which around 50 have been identified, and scores for 20 have survived. Just like that instrumental music, his operas are melodic, vivid, and passionate. And yet they are rarely performed.
For the show, I'm attempting to work out exactly how to provide that context for each piece of music that is played (including operas) that will (hopefully) allow the listener to enjoy it as much as I do putting it all together and broadcasting it.
True, the word "class" is the fundamental source of the word "classical" and I'm glad Mr. Artisan Radio speaks for the qualities and benefits of exploring classical music.
The name "Vivaldi" was mentioned and it's interesting to know that Antonio Vivaldi was a Catholic priest who taught music at an all girl's school. His music is mostly very happy and good natured, as he wrote the compositions for his female musicians to play. His concertos are very popular on classical radio morning shows.
Is classic rock classy? Frankly, I don't think whoever started using that description really knew much about the word. It's ok though, most Americans don't know much about words.
I'm having breakfast here with Snoopy and Romney Vandeventer, so I'm saying haughty things in an effort to impress them.
Part 15 is legal, and I'm just about to explain it over omelletes.
The point is that as a Part 15 broadcaster, I want to make my station unique. I want to play music that is different than that played on other radio stations, even when it's classical. There are far too many 'classic rock' stations already.
I'm sure that pirate radio stations feel the same. They're just going about it the wrong way, and it impacts all of us - licensed stations and legal Part 15 broadcasters.
A Part 15 station probably does sound like a typical pirate in terms of content, and that's where some of the confusion comes in. Tim's posting is a step in the right direction, as is Bill Defelice's open letter to the FCC. As a group, we need to be better at public relations, and highlighting the differences between legal unlicensed broadcasting and pirates.
it was pointed out elsewhere that Tim's document is very similar to this one here,,,
https://www.hobbybroadcaster.net/pirate-part-15-radio-fact-sheet.php
Bill has a very excellent page posted there, indeed.
And you must admit that Bill has an awful lot of well written articles out there, and is quite active in many radio forums doing much to protect and advance the Part 15 mission.
I hadn't seen Bill's recent Pirate vs Part 15 post until just now. It should be made into brochures and sent to everyone the FCC sent a letter to.
I intentionally tried to keep mine much more basic, aimed at the average guy.
TIB
Part 15 Engineer noticed that: "...it was pointed out elsewhere that Tim's document is very similar to this one here..."
Perhaps the folks elsewhere overlook the fact that two messages aimed at making the same points and delivering the same message are naturally going to be similar.
Certainly they are not imagining that Tim "lifted" their version of the message?
Tim, with usual grace, let the whole thing glance off.
According to the interwebs, The sheet at HB was first uploaded 2 days ago, on March 9th.
My original pdf was created from a word processing document on March 7th. I converted the titles to color on the 9th and was it was then also uploaded on the 9th, the same as the one on HB. The last time I was at the HB site was when I posted the 100th show of the Oompah Hour, and this week is show #103 so it's been 3 weeks. Until today.
Apparently great minds think alike 😉 FWIW I think his is written much better and it's certainly much prettier. But it's not going to do a lot if it's left on the web. I'll be mailing next week, with accompanying letters to the list of recipients the FCC sent their notice to.
Worth noting too, the notice the FCC sent went to "headquarters" of various organizations. It will be some time before that information trickles down to the troops, if it does at all.
Not to worry. Either way we're all going in the same direction even though we all seem to refuse to go together.
TIB