[BC] Re: How A Station Can Stay Afloat...

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Then if I'm in violation, so are tons of other stations... I can't count how
many statiuons I've seen, know of or have heard of that only have one full
time employee.



On 3/27/07, engineermike <engineermike at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Yes but doesn't the FCC require more than one full time employee per their
> rules?  Not to burst your bubble but rather to warn you to be careful what
> you
> claim in public.
> Might want to check that out.
> Mike
>
>
> Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> > How can a station in a market of 50,000 stay afloat?
> >
> > Quite easily, actually..
> >
> > For one thing, I'm the sole employee.. I do everything but sales and
> > engineering. I have a Contract/Chief Engineer who lives 3 hours away and
> > visits once every 2 weeks. I also have a retired electrician/ham
> operator
> > who helps out with very minor stuff and several on this list who
> graciously
> > provide me with LOTS of advice,
> >
> > Secondly, the "other" station in the county, a Class A FM "tries" to
> serve
> > Greenwood, 15 or 20 miles away. I'm not knocking what they do as it
> works
> > well for them..... but with 1KW, our strongest coverage area includes
> most
> > of Abbeville County, which is about 26,000 people. We are improving what
> we
> > do, but we are paying attention to the little towns and issues around
> here
> > that the others dont
> >
> >
> >