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jim goettler
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Hi - here is a blurb for the discuss list - any feedback will be
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I want to post it today or in the next day or so.
Subject: Low Power FM at the Fair!
Hi folks - this is the real deal.
The FCC is about to - after a dozen years of hard fought negotiations with corporate media, congress, and every special interest you can think of - about to actually release the new rules and application details for next year's Low Power FM Frequency opening.
It will be a 10 opening - probably in late spring/early summer - meaning planning needs to begin now if we are to make the application.
The Fair - if we can get past a few hurddles - would stand an excellent chance of getting a frequency - especially if done in strategic partnership with the local Veneta community - to really live our ideals of love and cooperation - plus it would be very cool!
Management has already expressed support in concept - realizing the tremendous outreach vehicle a radio station would present - not simply to sell tickets, but when combined with a full internet presence, really share our ideals and dreams and sense of community that IS the fair with a global audience.
Once up and running - something that will take about 2 years from now - the station should be self sustaining - even able to return the admin fee to the fair for the fiscal sponsorship!
Oh sure - it would be a project of the Fair - probably as an independent entity under the fiscal sponsorship of the fair - done all the time by established non profits to protect the parent group, etc - and as the application is absolutely free , less engineering costs which we may even be able to secure in trade - the initial costs can be kept very low - details we can figure out as a group as we move forward.
There is a task force currently in a formative stage to research all the details and have something to bring to the board by spring - as this is one of those unique situations where we need to operate on world time as opposed to fair time! The task force is made up of a few elders - a few not even close to being elders - and is open to anyone interested in making this happen
We have a google group, and are using google docs to store documents for anyone in the group to review.
If anyone wants to get serious and learn a lot about LPFM - I urge a thorough read of 2 websites.
First - the FCC's LPFM site: < http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/low-power-fm-broadcast-radio-stations-lpfm> - which includes channel search tools -
I don't want to get too far into the weeds on this list, but there are strong reasons to go for Veneta and not Eugene - with or without the new rules.
Second - the most amazing site maintained by the most amazing people who are directly responsible for the rule changes and the FCC's soon to be enacted action, the Prometheus Project - < http://www.prometheusradio.org/>
Most, if not all questions anyone can think up are being addressed by the task force (we're all long time fair folks - we know how everyone thinks!) - we have both full proposal drafts as well as a brief synopsis on the google group.
To quickly acknowledge , if not answer some of the main questions that always come up -
Our first need will be for general Board endorsement - - so 'we' can speak on behalf of the fair -
Re money - the application is free - there will be an engineering cost, for which we may need to either seek board support (in the hundreds of dollars) - or work out a trade - I've got my SO if need me!
Re who's gonna run it? - We have at least 2 years to get that together - - but the committee will be set adrift to find its way - which includes - after some minimal loan to ourselves raising the funds to make this thing happen - so there will never ever ever be a drain on ocf resources - nada.
Won't this jeopardize the full power stations who broadcast from the fair?
Of course not! We are talking a 100 watt station, as opposed to 90,000 watts!
Are the Eugene or Portland or Seattle daily papers threatened by the Fair Family news?!
Whereas the larger stations carry our content - stages, talks, whatever - our radio station would BE us - no intermediary - no filter...plus would operate year round - using the massive audio files we have accumulated over the decades, teaching people to use the equipment - fostering story telling and song writing and jokes and so forth.
Will it be difficult and challenging and prone to mis steps at every turn?..Of course - but they will be our challenges as a community.
Would certainly love to discuss any of this on this list - as well as talk/email anyone off list who wants to get plugged in and help make this happen...get oin the google group - and see what's happening.
We only have a few months to do a lot of work -
Peace n love n stuff
jim
I want to post it today or in the next day or so.
Subject: Low Power FM at the Fair!
Hi folks - this is the real deal.
The FCC is about to - after a dozen years of hard fought negotiations with corporate media, congress, and every special interest you can think of - about to actually release the new rules and application details for next year's Low Power FM Frequency opening.
It will be a 10 opening - probably in late spring/early summer - meaning planning needs to begin now if we are to make the application.
The Fair - if we can get past a few hurddles - would stand an excellent chance of getting a frequency - especially if done in strategic partnership with the local Veneta community - to really live our ideals of love and cooperation - plus it would be very cool!
Management has already expressed support in concept - realizing the tremendous outreach vehicle a radio station would present - not simply to sell tickets, but when combined with a full internet presence, really share our ideals and dreams and sense of community that IS the fair with a global audience.
Once up and running - something that will take about 2 years from now - the station should be self sustaining - even able to return the admin fee to the fair for the fiscal sponsorship!
Oh sure - it would be a project of the Fair - probably as an independent entity under the fiscal sponsorship of the fair - done all the time by established non profits to protect the parent group, etc - and as the application is absolutely free , less engineering costs which we may even be able to secure in trade - the initial costs can be kept very low - details we can figure out as a group as we move forward.
There is a task force currently in a formative stage to research all the details and have something to bring to the board by spring - as this is one of those unique situations where we need to operate on world time as opposed to fair time! The task force is made up of a few elders - a few not even close to being elders - and is open to anyone interested in making this happen
We have a google group, and are using google docs to store documents for anyone in the group to review.
If anyone wants to get serious and learn a lot about LPFM - I urge a thorough read of 2 websites.
First - the FCC's LPFM site: < http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/low-power-fm-broadcast-radio-stations-lpfm> - which includes channel search tools -
I don't want to get too far into the weeds on this list, but there are strong reasons to go for Veneta and not Eugene - with or without the new rules.
Second - the most amazing site maintained by the most amazing people who are directly responsible for the rule changes and the FCC's soon to be enacted action, the Prometheus Project - < http://www.prometheusradio.org/>
Most, if not all questions anyone can think up are being addressed by the task force (we're all long time fair folks - we know how everyone thinks!) - we have both full proposal drafts as well as a brief synopsis on the google group.
To quickly acknowledge , if not answer some of the main questions that always come up -
Our first need will be for general Board endorsement - - so 'we' can speak on behalf of the fair -
Re money - the application is free - there will be an engineering cost, for which we may need to either seek board support (in the hundreds of dollars) - or work out a trade - I've got my SO if need me!
Re who's gonna run it? - We have at least 2 years to get that together - - but the committee will be set adrift to find its way - which includes - after some minimal loan to ourselves raising the funds to make this thing happen - so there will never ever ever be a drain on ocf resources - nada.
Won't this jeopardize the full power stations who broadcast from the fair?
Of course not! We are talking a 100 watt station, as opposed to 90,000 watts!
Are the Eugene or Portland or Seattle daily papers threatened by the Fair Family news?!
Whereas the larger stations carry our content - stages, talks, whatever - our radio station would BE us - no intermediary - no filter...plus would operate year round - using the massive audio files we have accumulated over the decades, teaching people to use the equipment - fostering story telling and song writing and jokes and so forth.
Will it be difficult and challenging and prone to mis steps at every turn?..Of course - but they will be our challenges as a community.
Would certainly love to discuss any of this on this list - as well as talk/email anyone off list who wants to get plugged in and help make this happen...get oin the google group - and see what's happening.
We only have a few months to do a lot of work -
Peace n love n stuff
jim
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