[BC] Sign of the times?

[khcs@juno.com]

Mike summarized:

>None the less, the owners of this station are extending their necks out 
pretty far into the guillotine if they are in violation of the main studio rule. 

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Uh ... yeah.  A couple of years ago I got a call from an outfit that was putting a new station on the air in our area.  They asked if we had any studio space to rent.  I asked, how much space, and it boiled down to about a square foot for a cheap Mackie mixer, a mic, and a CD player that could be connected to the transmitter site via phone line to somehow satisfy the FCC requirement for a studio.  They also asked if I could be the "Manager" and I put that in quotes because the station is nothing but a glorified satellator, with absolutely no local content, and there would be really nothing to manage.  They have a satellite dish, receiver, transmitter and a 1-bay antenna up on the hill.  That's it.  Last I heard, their Public File was at the Riverside County Library in Palm Desert.  Somehow I don't quite see this as fulfilling the "public interest, convenience and necessity."

Oh -- I told them "no" on both offers.


Glen Kippel
KHCS
Palm Desert, CA