Even if you aren’t interested in volunteering, there is something you can do.<\/p>\n
There are about 750 stations that have so little information about them – no web page, no Facebook, no mention in a local newspaper, contact address is a PO box, station used to exist but vanished suddenly (owner died?)<\/p>\n
These I push into the category Vewy Quiet Wadio Stations.<\/a><\/p>\n What would be helpful is to select your state and look at the list (sort by city might help) and turn on a real radio and tune to that frequency for stations in your city or very close by. Listen for the actual signal, which can only be done by someone physically near the radio station. Looking at Wikipedia cannot tell us that. Keep in mind that most AM stations cut power or go off completely when the sun sets. That’s normal.<\/p>\n Either way, post a message here with the callsign, what signal you heard and the type of programming. A lot of these will likely be Spanish or other languages. If you happen to know for a fact the station is turned off and why, that would be useful information. An example might be “they tore down the antenna in 2007 and sold the land to a developer who built a subdivision on the land”<\/p>\n For extra credit, choose “No Web Site” and head deep into the underbrush. Be aware you may run into zombies in the woods – web sites still alive from a prior owner. Be Vewy careful.<\/p>\n Duck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even if you aren’t interested in volunteering, there is something you can do. There are about 750 stations that have so little information about them – no web page, no Facebook, no mention in a local newspaper, contact address is … Continue reading