Troubadour 1710 AM
An FCC Part 15 compliant low power AM radio station in Shirley, Massachusetts USA.
A local community service of Minimum Wage Media
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Welcome to Troubadour 1710 AM An FCC Part 15 compliant low power AM radio station in Shirley, Massachusetts USA. A local community service of Minimum Wage Media |
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The
name "Minimum Wage Media" says it all. Troubadour 1710
and Liberty & Justice 1640 were founded and financed on a
shoestring by a very busy man who (barely) finances the stations and
his
life through gig economy work. Please support this media "seedling"
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FCC Docket 25-133: "Delete, Delete, Delete"- My Submitted Comments April 15, 2025 From
March 12th through April 11th, the Federal Communications Commission,
under the direction of Brendan Carr, offered a rare opportunity
for the public to comment on outdated, excessively restrictive, and
cumbersome rules and practices of the agency that need to be eliminated
or changed. The solicitation of comments was a response to a series of
Executive Orders from President Trump calling on administrative agencies to unleash prosperity through deregulation and ensure that they are efficiently delivering great results for the American people.
Needless to say, I had a lot to suggest in that regard. The biggest reason I have remained a Part 15 broadcaster and not obtained commercial licenses is due to the FCC's poor management of resources, their restrictive rules and paperwork, and the associated expense this causes. On March 19th, I submitted my comments and they were disseminated through the FCC's website. Anyone wishing to reply to my comments has until April 28th to do so. Here is a brief summary of my suggestions: 1) Eliminate the current filing window system and revert to the original first come, first served, apply-when-you-are-ready policy. 2) Completely eliminate nonsensical, time wasting EOE requirements for radio stations. 3) Get the FCC out of the business of promoting certain parts of the media spectrum over others (i.e. FM over AM and shortwave). 4) Put all dark and deleted AM stations into a pool where they can be claimed by new applicants rather than permanently deleting the license. 5) End the pre-internet restriction against new, daytime-only AM stations. 6) End all digital broadcasting in the AM band, promote analog AM stereo, and explore the possibility of using the now empty long wave band for digital-only simulcasting of AM stations. 7) Raise the current license-free, Part 15 power restrictions in the expanded AM band (1610-1710 kHz) from 100 milliwatts to 1 watt and designate the frequency of 1710 kHz for Part 15 broadcasting only. 8) Ease enforcement of language restrictions for all broadcasters to enable on-the-fly use of internet program sources. 9) Explore the possibility of domestic broadcast use for parts of the shortwave spectrum with a license-free option of power up to 10 watts. 10) Promote and publicize the Media Bureau's Incubator Program for Radio Broadcasters, which was instituted in 2018. You can read my full comments as a PDF at the following link: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10318280823916/1 |
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