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From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <[log in to unmask]>
> The saving grace may be the low power radio stations that have popped up
> all over the place. The Feds freed up licenses for LP stations about 8
> years ago and they have been proliferating. We have at least two
> currently on Maui, both of which have a whopping 50 watts of broadcast
> power (which means line-of-sight reception only). One of them, Mana'o
> Radio - KEAO-LP 91.5 FM - not only allows it's sometime quirky DJs to
> program all their own material, and has a streaming website, but has a
> studio where they not only broadcast live but record material both live
> and for release as well. No disc cutters, though! Yet.
>
Note that virtually ALL FM-band reception is "line of sight!" The frequency
is too high for any "skip" to exist!
Steven C. Barr
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