To the mods......if you view this post as being off base please feel free to move it or to remove it.
It was originally a reply on the streamtuner and streamripper thread.
But..... what ho banquo!!
The problem that I, personally, have, "on the net" is that, since I am almost "centrist" I am viewed by "either side" as being either ....right ........or left!! in my commentary on the RIAA etc. However, since the first day that I taught, I have been an advocate of "low power" radio, it was in the school where I taught.
And, since I do "english as second language" I have also been involved in getting a "hispanic" low power station working, which quickly went to "normal power" and commercial(it is not the one in this link).
But....be that as it may............YOU.........could start a "low power station" if you want to pour blood, sweat and tears into it.
Today, the congress approved a low power station bill that was started under BUSH.....
Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ).
http://knoxviews.com/node/15218
Here is a list of the stations which presently have been started by the Prometheus foundation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Radio_Project
I will save folks the trouble of checking each of the stations....here is the "leaning/slant" from the stateions staements in Wikipedia;
neutral: 5
conservative: none
liberal: 5 (one self stated as socialist and one as "social justice")
no link: 1
Now, I could care less about their "leanings"..........the MORE INFORMATION THE BETTER..
Here is a link to the Prometheus Project.
http://www.prometheusradio.org/
So....what's the point behind this post and a thread about streamtuner and streamripper?
The "point" is that...... if Sony through the RIAA can stop you from listening to "streaming radio" except in a way that THEY want...or even to close it down because it does not generate "enough" revenue then "somebody" be it conservative or liberal...can shut down..........
did you know that there are TALK radio staions on the net?
Did you know that YOU..............YOU.........could start a radio station on the net? Take a look at Shoutcast's site. There is an OBVIOUS link that you.......you can start a station..........the problem is that "most folks" think in terms of music on the station and that requries....that you.....ummmm PAY THE RIAA....to play the music, unless you can get free music from some place...
BUT YOU...........could start a "talk radio" to advocate YOUR POSITIONS....about stuff ....on the net....
And...as an aside.... the total equipment to do a "low power" station can fit on a table and costs about ten thousand bucks....
For which..........you can get a GRANT from the U.S. government....OR a small business loan.... then you just have to find or put up an antenna...
BUT...............YOU..........YOU............coul d do a low power radio station OR an internet station....
BUT............oooohhhh the BIG BUT!! hmmmm .....oopsie...."they" the "all powerful they" could shut down YOUR .... internet....talk....radio.........because....
"they" do not want you to hear that "wrong" information.
woodsmoke
It was originally a reply on the streamtuner and streamripper thread.
But..... what ho banquo!!
The problem that I, personally, have, "on the net" is that, since I am almost "centrist" I am viewed by "either side" as being either ....right ........or left!!
in my commentary on the RIAA etc. However, since the first day that I taught, I have been an advocate of "low power" radio, it was in the school where I taught.And, since I do "english as second language" I have also been involved in getting a "hispanic" low power station working, which quickly went to "normal power" and commercial(it is not the one in this link).
But....be that as it may............YOU.........could start a "low power station" if you want to pour blood, sweat and tears into it.
Today, the congress approved a low power station bill that was started under BUSH.....
Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ).
http://knoxviews.com/node/15218
Here is a list of the stations which presently have been started by the Prometheus foundation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Radio_Project
I will save folks the trouble of checking each of the stations....here is the "leaning/slant" from the stateions staements in Wikipedia;
neutral: 5
conservative: none
liberal: 5 (one self stated as socialist and one as "social justice")
no link: 1
Now, I could care less about their "leanings"..........the MORE INFORMATION THE BETTER..
Here is a link to the Prometheus Project.
http://www.prometheusradio.org/
So....what's the point behind this post and a thread about streamtuner and streamripper?
The "point" is that...... if Sony through the RIAA can stop you from listening to "streaming radio" except in a way that THEY want...or even to close it down because it does not generate "enough" revenue then "somebody" be it conservative or liberal...can shut down..........
did you know that there are TALK radio staions on the net?
Did you know that YOU..............YOU.........could start a radio station on the net? Take a look at Shoutcast's site. There is an OBVIOUS link that you.......you can start a station..........the problem is that "most folks" think in terms of music on the station and that requries....that you.....ummmm PAY THE RIAA....to play the music, unless you can get free music from some place...
BUT YOU...........could start a "talk radio" to advocate YOUR POSITIONS....about stuff ....on the net....
And...as an aside.... the total equipment to do a "low power" station can fit on a table and costs about ten thousand bucks....
For which..........you can get a GRANT from the U.S. government....OR a small business loan.... then you just have to find or put up an antenna...
BUT...............YOU..........YOU............coul d do a low power radio station OR an internet station....
BUT............oooohhhh the BIG BUT!!
hmmmm .....oopsie...."they" the "all powerful they" could shut down YOUR .... internet....talk....radio.........because...."they" do not want you to hear that "wrong" information.
woodsmoke
There is no commercial radio in the valley so I come in under the radar, as it were. I dream of upgrading to a more decent setup and having a real community radio, but haven't got there yet. I've got most of the fixins and know the theory. I'm not afraid of doing a bit of soldering so the price should actually be minimal. Because of the terrain and my particular building I can even get great antenna siting using my building, and an easy to design vertical j-pole would give the right propagation pattern - it's all perfect. I've gone through all the commercial broadcast regulations and forms with a fine tooth comb and it would work well. However I'm a little leery of signing any kind of federal government papers. 8) Perhaps I'm better off "under the radar".
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