[BC] seattletimes.com: Asset too valuable to sell

[Craig Bowman]

Brother, I have a story of a little station at a college in Asheville 
which I too can tell.  As much as I loved the station it was far from a 
public treasure.  I do not believe that any broadcast(er) is a public 
treasure.  Niagra falls, now that is a public treasure.

Fortunately, now any school with the budget to buy a little equipment 
can stream to the world without having to invest in Broadcast.

Craig Bowman



Fred Gleason wrote:

>On Thursday 05 May 2005 18:01, Craig Bowman wrote:
>  
>
>>Personally, I think a dance station is the farthest thing from a "public
>>treasure"!  Lets keep things in prospective, this is likely a luxury the
>>school system can no longer support.  Do all the classes have enough
>>books?  How many kids per class?  Should I continue?  Yes, this might be
>>a short term financial problem, and selling the radio station will mean
>>that it is gone forever  How many students might do without in the
>>absence of this money and what is the value of that.
>>    
>>
>
>This is a subject close to my heart, seeing as I got my start at WVPH 90.3 
>Piscataway ('The Voice of Piscataway High') in Piscataway NJ.  At the time 
>(late seventies) it was one of only 14 high school based stations in the 
>country, with the flamethrowing power output of 10 W (since upgraded to 200 W 
>ERP), and sharing time with WVHP ('The Voice of Highland Park') one town 
>over.
>
>If it were not for this station, I would very likely have never gone into 
>broadcasting, as it was a field that was not even on my radar screen until I 
>happened to discover WVPH in my freshman year.  As it was, I got my First 
>Phone in my sophomore year and as they say, 'the rest is history'.  :)
>
>Ironically, as a student at the station I can remember having to fight this 
>very same budget battle with the local Board of Education, being one of the 
>students delegated to go speak before the Board as to why funding for WVPH 
>should not be cut.  I have no idea whether anything we students said made any 
>difference, but the Board voted to keep the station.  AFAIK, it's still there 
>today.  OTOH, WVHP didn't make it, the Highland Park Board voting to let it 
>go dark rather than spend the money to upgrade it to Class A when the 80-80 
>docket hit.
>
>Don't shortchange these little stations.  They are a great way to interest 
>young people in our field.  It sure beats having folks put up a pirate signal 
>someplace.
>
>Cheers!
>
>
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Craig Bowman
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