From: ser@netcom.com (Steve Rubin)
Subject: Re: pirate radio in the south bay
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: ba
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:05:04 GMT

In article <44000@zygot.ati.com> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:
>
>Is San Jose City College full of a bunch of unenlightened morons or
>what? Have you ever heard of KCEA (formerly KMAH) in Menlo Park? This
>is a fully-licensed station in the educational band operating out of
>Menlo-Atherton High School. Money? The district has not spent one
>single dime supporting the station. The students and faculty advisor
>hustled grants, donations, and even put in a little of their own money.
>

Well.. you said it not me (morons..)...  But that is my feeling also.
This is my feeling on it, myself and most of the other (station) staff
members would be all over the city looking for pennys it if would help
get us a license.  

>The station is now equipped with emergency power, has a very nice
>studio facility, and owns quite a bit of RPU equipment (for which it
>also holds licenses). Now I look at it this way: If a bunch of high
>school students can get an act together and create a real, FCC-licensed
>FM station from nothing, there is no excuse for "KJCC", an uninspired
>bootleg attempt if there ever was one.
>

Well, we don't have an advisor that is willing to work like this for a 
station.  Sure, we are.  But..  We are the students :).  I am going to
have a serious talk with him tommarow after class and see if we can
start the paperwork to file for a license. 

>Attitude? You bet. As a broadcast engineer I am painfully aware of the
>line my clients must tow to keep from getting fines and worse from the
>FCC. When a bunch of radio wannabees just short-circuit the process
>claiming poverty, and then whine when someone finally blows the whistle
>after one of my REAL stations is gigged because of a simple logging error,
>you can bet I cop an attitude.

ACually, I had a short-circuit of my own when I sent the orignal message
to Tim.  I am going to call and apologize to him tommarow.  but in any
instance, I am sorry for most of what I said.
>
>What's the matter over at SJCC? No creativity? No inventiveness? No
>inspiration? So no one wants to bother with the formalities of a
>broadcast license. Do they teach courses in embezzlement over there for
>those who do not want to bother to learn how to work?
>
Embezzelment.. well.. acually.. oh never mind :)

As far as getting everything together.  To be frank, hardly anyone in that
program knows anything about "how it all comes together" licesing, etc..  
to even know where to begin.  But, I am going to try my hardest to try
to push the paperwork through the "morons" at the school, and see what we
can come up with. 

>
>
>Whatever it is, license it. Or don't you have the powers and abilities
>of a bunch of high school students?

John, you missed my point.  We dont have an advisor that will LET us
do what you described.  I think its time to find a new one :)...

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