Patent ID: 8412167

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system to broadcast using Frequency Modulation (FM) in a Very High Frequency (VHF) band, the method comprising: in a first base station system, wirelessly exchanging first wireless communications with a first plurality of user devices wherein the first wireless communications comprise first user media requests for a first live event and a first media stream for the first live event; in a second base station system, wirelessly exchanging second wireless communications with a second plurality of user devices wherein the second wireless communications comprise second user media requests for a second live event and a second media stream for the second live event; in a control system, processing the first user media requests to determine that demand for the first live event exceeds a first threshold, and in response, to identify the first user devices that requested the first live event to the first base station system and processing the second user media requests to determine that demand for the second live event exceeds a second threshold, and in response, to identify the second user devices that requested the second live event to the second base station system; in the first base station system, wirelessly broadcasting the first media stream for the first live event using FM in the VHF band and wirelessly notifying at least some of the first user devices that requested the first live event of the first media stream FM broadcast responsive to the control system; and in the second base station system, wirelessly broadcasting the second media stream for the second live event using FM in the VHF band and wirelessly notifying at least some of the second user devices that requested the second live event of the second media stream FM broadcast responsive to the control system.