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permits, if approved, cost the applicant on average around $5,000. And
currently the FCC does not issue permits to FM radio stations of low power,
such as my own. And coincidingly, moderate to high power FM transmission
is very expensive. It can cost approx. $100,000 in construction and equipment
costs just to begin. There in lies the catch, or a "brick wall to free
speech," both an ethical and physical dilemma that should concern us all.
Low power broadcasting is generally legal in most areas of the world.
And there is allot of "airspace" of several different mediums that should
be available to us all.
American society is supposed to draw the line when it comes to any such
activity (in a form of speech or not) which results in detriment to the
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness of any citizen. For example, terrorist
violence, i.e. the Unibomber (whose primary motive was speech, Kazinsky
was killing to be heard). It's a shame there wasn't a radio station nearby
to outlet his frustration through free speech. Call in talk shows usually
hang up on guys like Ted Kazinsky. A pirate radio station would likely
have given him an hour show of his own!
 and so Radio Free Monterey . . .
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