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

[Steve Newman]

Wouldn't the owner who takes a salary count as the second? You only need 
two.

Steve

Steve Newman
Steve Walker Productions
Opp, Alabama
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "engineermike" <engineermike at mindspring.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: How A Station Can Stay Afloat...


> 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
>>
>>
>>  Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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