RichPowers

Years ago I was inspired by KENC’s accomplishments with his part15 station, in that it had a substantial and consistent on-air listening audience.

Years ago I was inspired by KENC’s accomplishments with his part15 station, in that it had a substantial and consistent on-air listening audience.

Later, I was greatly disappointed to see the poor little flea get crushed and eliminated from existence.

Yet, like Elvis (..and why I would ever invoke Elvis into this topic, I have no idea, there is absolutely no connection, or is there any way to even remotely associate flea-powered broadcasting or KENC’s part15 demise to Elvis, but I’m relaying my thoughts in sync as I type, and the King somehow got in there.. so I’ll leave it there, because to stop my ramble and edit it would alter the flow of my ramble and.. oh, forget it.. it’s there, deal with it, and I’ll resume)

Yet, like Elvis, KENC will live on in infamy as king of a once upon a time large listening audience of a Part15 station..

ANYWAY — I keep searching around seeking “successful” part15 stations – and I what I mean by “successful” is those who actually have a consistent, and substantial number of community listeners on their local on-air radio dial.

Finding them however appears to be a rather elusive quest. Either they are very rare, or it could be that they intentionally shy away from making themselves known, to avoid putting their station in the limelight and drawing attention that might cause undesirable results.

About the only one I’ve noticed that currently appears to be “successful”, I suppose, would be Radio Brandy. He seems to have a very unique thing going on there that I find to be admirable and interesting.

But, what influenced me to make this post is a staion I have stumbled across, that is an all-kids part15 (supposedly hmmm..) station, which utilizes a Ramsey FM-100 transmitter for their broadcast. Apparently they have been on the air for a quite while, and appear to have a top-notch array of gear that any part15 broadcaster would drool over..

And an interesting side note, upon further research, I come to find out that they’ve evidently been previously visited by an FFC agent, who went ahead and gave them a green light to continue, even though their station is to say the least.. questionable.
But I, like that compassionate agent, am all for them, and wish them the very best of everything, and feel enthusiasm for their venture.

The station I am referring to is WKID 96.7 FM located in Clearwater Florida. “The only FM radio station in the world owned and operated by kids.”, and their website is http://www.wkid967fm.com Check em’ out! Very cool.

So, that makes 2 in operation with large audience Part15 stations.
WKID FM: http://www.wkid967fm.com/
and
RADIO BRANDY: http://www.radiobrandy.com

Can anyone add to this list?

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Incidentally, I feel inclined to mention that I’m suddenly beginning to wonder if my post sounds off-center.. and if it does, allow me to confess that tonight (oh.. it’s morning now) I have drank numerous scotch and tea’s.. (very odd, because I am not a scotch drinker at all, but a guest to the evening made it readily available!)
I hope this has not been inappropriate, and mostly hope what I wrote above all makes sense – which at the moment it seems to me, it has.
But– if the part15.us forces that be.. thinks this shouldn’t be here, than by all means remove it, just don’t ban me, cause I need ya-all!
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So, that makes 2 Part15 stations.
WKID FM: http://www.wkid967fm.com/
and
RADIO BRANDY: http://www.radiobrandy.com

Can anyone add to this list?