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Re: LPFM - Tech Question



All agreed... the question, then, would be whether LPFM is affordable
enough (in its present non-comm mode) for stable operators, or would a few
bucks help.

At 06:06 PM 1/21/00 -0500, Dib9@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 1/21/00 5:02:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>djbroda@mindspring.com writes:

>Maybe, but someone has to pay the bills.  There is a reason that most 
>not-for-profit stations are associated with some organization that helps pay 
>the bills.  (A college, church, or they receive a government subsidy.)  WERU 
>in Maine is one of the few stations that I can think of that is not 
>associated with an organization that helps keep the station a float.
>
>Also, many of the people who put stations on in rural areas were not looking 
>to get rich.  They simply needed enough advertising support to pay the bills 
>and staff the station.  In many cases, the money just isn't there.
>

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