[BC] Mobile streaming - who needs IBOC?

[Mark Humphrey]

On 6/29/06, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:

> For those of you that are running both on air and internet streaming, what
> are your costs per listener for distribution? On the radio side, I'd
> include the costs of electricity, transmitter site rent (or equivalent
> costs), transmitting equipment depreciation and maintenance, etc. For the
> internet side, I guess it's mostly bandwidth costs.

For on air radio, shouldn't we also consider the cost of buying a
license?  Major market FM "sticks" have recently sold at multiples of
$20/person within the primary service contour.  (That's total
residential population of all ages, not just those age 12 and over or
AQH persons.)  So, just to play the game in a market like Los Angeles,
you need to come up with a few hundred million in advance.

Mark