I see lots of Part 15 as well as pirates naming their stations "Radio Free xxxx." Doesn't Free Radio imply the area or town is free of radio? If so why transmit to an area where no one is listening?
Is freedom ever free?
What is the cost of free speech?
A radio free zone exists somewhere in West Virginia, so I've heard, and part 15 hobbyists are out of luck there.
You are free to go.
Use your free time.
I guess it's radio without rules, free to play whatever, clear channel.
Heard of radio free Europe ever since I can remember.
Mark
I think it's radio that's supposed to be radio free of rules or other ties to licenses, maybe commercial free, that's the feeling I get when coming across a station like that. I don't think it's to be like the typical advertising speak, such as sugar-free.
I do think of Radio Free Europe and sea-going pirates of old, like Caroline, and it's kind of nice to hear, tied to an area, like Radio Free Berkeley. Hey, the new guy to my right, Radio Free Detroit!
Radio Free Europe has no radios!
Here's a nice article with some perspective on the orgins of "radio free..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty
When my station went on the air three years ago the local paper did a front page article about it and the headline was "Radio Free Bovey". I did not give them that name for the station, nor idea for the article. Apparently the concept is well enough known that it was their inspiration for a headline 🙂
TIB
That was a good read.