[BC] The Mom and Pop Store

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

At least before auctions, if you found the freq and did the preliminary
filing, you at least had a shot at having a bigger player buy you out and at
least you got your money and a few dollars back.  I had that happen to me
here about 15 years ago.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Scott Cason
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:19 PM
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: [BC] The Mom and Pop Store


>>Will someone please explain to me how THIS is in the public interest,
convienence and necessity?

Dana, you know as well as I do that the FCC doesn't care about this aspect
of being a licensee anymore.  All the FCC cares about is the bottom line.
Why do you think they went to this ridiculous "auction" system for new
permits?  Today at lunch, my girlfriend, who's aware of how much I want to
be an owner someday, asked how a new station gets on the air.  So I
explained to her the process of getting a new FM on the air.  Paying for the
frequency studies.  Then if there is a frequency available, paying for
filing the paperwork (only after a filing window opens), waiting for years
for the allocation to be approved, then the frequency going into an auction
where companies with deeper pockets than myself can bid on the frequency I
spent the money to get allocated in the first place.  I said there may not
be any frequency available  in the Louisville area anyway because of the FCC
cramming the band full in the first place.

So she asked the obvious, why would anyone bother trying to get a station on
the air in the first place?  Indeed, why?

Scott Cason
LaGrange Communications, LLC
502-213-0024
www.lagrange-com.com


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