In the coal fields of eastern Kentucky, WMMT-FM preserves and promotes both traditional and evolving mountain music. Outreach and education efforts that go farther. In West Virginia, projects like Ready to Learn can take on enormous importance in educating child care providers, many of whom are unlicensed and may not be well educated, said Ray. In extreme cases, personal messages. Even those who do have home phones often spend weeks at a time fishing offshore, where radio is the only way to reach them.
People can use code words and code names for personal messages.
Sometimes you hear somebody's dirty laundry. A few weeks ago we had two people going back and forth at each other because one of their dogs got the other's dog pregnant. Alaska stations have a dispensation from the FCC to air personal messages, he said. According to Abbott, KFSK boasts an astounding 87 share of the listening audience, largely because the only other station that can be picked up at all is a commercial station affiliated with the Christian Broadcasting Network. Although some people in Petersburg get cable, those who live more than three miles outside of town, like Abbott, can't get it, or broadcast TV either.