{"id":12018,"date":"2015-02-14T16:26:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T21:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=12018"},"modified":"2015-02-14T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T23:57:01","slug":"hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=12018","title":{"rendered":"Hard Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’ve mostly been doing since Thanksgiving is researching radio stations I’ve never been able to find. One of the tools that is helpful is Google Earth Street View. It’s my belief there are 1000 radio stations that have ceased operating and not told the FCC, or perhaps just have an unattended computer – not complying with the spirit or the letter of the law about having a studio and a staffed business office.<\/p>\n

Here is the location of WRJL-FM 99.9, located in Eva, Alabama (Population 491). Information from various sources suggests they play Southern Gospel music.<\/p>\n

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So I see two flagpoles with no flag, three satellite dishes, an antenna that is an FAA hazard as it isn’t being painted, a sign out front for the Olive Branch Christian Music Store.<\/p>\n

Active radio station or zombie? You be the judge.<\/p>\n

Doing a little more research than normal, the station is owned by the widow and children of a man who died in 2004<\/p>\n

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