What Is Needed For Starting A Radio station?

I'm interested in starting a radio ststaion, and I wondered what exactly i need, how expensive it is, what a liscence costs, how far I can broadcast, etc. Anyone here know abouyt any of that?

 

Depends on where you are (local and national regulations) and if you want to be legit or pirate.

 

Pirate you need a big ass transmitter with a large anttenna and stuff... I'll look around... I used to have a doc

 

Well, for anything with range you're going to need a large transmitter. What you can do is get a small kit. You can actually buy kits from ligitimate sources like radio shack that are very powerful, with range up to 2-5 miles. You really need a big(note: really fucking big) antenna and a powerful transmitter to broadcast a signal any significant distance. If you live in the city, with a small set up 2 or three miles is actually quite a bit of distance. There's alot of potential listeners in those 2 sq miles. Really think about this though. Also, the chances of you being able to legitmately broadcast a signal is slim. If you're in college, ask if they have a radio station you can get some slots in.
Also, I don't think you can get an fm frequency. I mean, you can, but it's really hard.

 

Dont forget to advertise. Print out your station name and frequence with "PIRATE FUCKING RADIO" under it and throw them off a high place into a crowded area

 

^^yeah, like off your radio tower

 

When I was a kid, we used to have one of those big ´ol aerial antenas on the roof of our house. I would switch the cables on the back of my VCR so that whatever tape I was playing would be broadcast out thru my antena instead of being piped down to the T.V. On a good day I could cover about 4 square blocks.

Now I know that this is very ilegal and it´ll get anybody that tries it into a mess of trouble.