{"id":3608,"date":"2011-12-13T05:50:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2011-12-13T05:54:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:54:51","slug":"lets-play-find-the-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=3608","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s play &#8220;Find the Radio Station&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=30%C2%B0+23'+8,-81%C2%B0+40'+4%22&amp;layer=c&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;t=h&amp;ll=30.385556,-81.667778&amp;spn=0.000019,0.006577&amp;z=14&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;cbll=30.383892,-81.669494&amp;panoid=aCkdoxAgWBGXXVVxVrkiSg&amp;cbp=12,50.39,,0,-0.44&amp;source=embed&amp;output=svembed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=30%C2%B0+23'+8,-81%C2%B0+40'+4%22&amp;layer=c&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;t=h&amp;ll=30.385556,-81.667778&amp;spn=0.000019,0.006577&amp;z=14&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;cbll=30.383892,-81.669494&amp;panoid=aCkdoxAgWBGXXVVxVrkiSg&amp;cbp=12,50.39,,0,-0.44&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Has the FCC abandoned the Main Studio Rule?   I have a long standing suspicion that many licensed radio stations don&#8217;t even exist other than on paper.<\/p>\n<p>This is the location of WNNR-AM in Jacksonville Florida.  I&#8217;m not picking on them, it was just one of the first stations where I tried to find the transmitter and\/or studio.   <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a 1000 watt AM station playing Regional Mexican music.  I recognize the name of the owner as an operator of a number of Spanish language radio stations that have a minimal presence to the public.<\/p>\n<p>This subdivision is fairly new &#8211; this dead end street used to be the dirt road that leads to the transmitter for the station.  Back in the back, I think you may still be able to get onto the dirt road &#8211; it&#8217;s the only way to get to the transmitter (once you move the basketball hoop blocking the street).<\/p>\n<p>The radio station is in front of you.   Let&#8217;s say you wanted to drop in and ask to see the &#8220;Public Inspection File&#8221;, which is your right as an American.<\/p>\n<p>The only contact information on the license renewal application is a PO Box in Tucker, Georgia.    The prior owner had a PO Box in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The station has a remote audio link, which lists the address as being at<br \/>\n2427 N. UNIVERSITY<br \/>\nJACKSONVILLE, FL<\/p>\n<p>but I only found that out by tracking breadcrumbs through the databases.    That address matches WVOJ-AM, which is owned by the same owner and is the simulcast partner of this &#8220;La Raza&#8221; station (located in Fermandina Beach)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oe=utf-8&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;q=oasis+salon+jACKSONVILLE,+FL+spa&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=oasis+salon+jACKSONVILLE,+FL+spa&amp;cid=0,0,14977177869076583497&amp;ll=30.347772,-81.602432&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=30.347504,-81.602464&amp;panoid=fELuBVxMEUe_8XUdE4txQA&amp;cbp=12,167.67,,0,3.36&amp;source=embed&amp;output=svembed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oe=utf-8&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;q=oasis+salon+jACKSONVILLE,+FL+spa&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=oasis+salon+jACKSONVILLE,+FL+spa&amp;cid=0,0,14977177869076583497&amp;ll=30.347772,-81.602432&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=30.347504,-81.602464&amp;panoid=fELuBVxMEUe_8XUdE4txQA&amp;cbp=12,167.67,,0,3.36&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>That little building appears to be the &#8220;Studio&#8221; end of the STL link.<\/p>\n<p>So do you think the people in the parking lot know where the public inspection file is?<\/p>\n<p>The FCC has too much work as it is, but if someone points out violations of the Main Studio requirments (it has to be staffed with a human during regular business hours), warehousing of station licenses would become cost prohibitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View Larger Map Has the FCC abandoned the Main Studio Rule? I have a long standing suspicion that many licensed radio stations don&#8217;t even exist other than on paper. This is the location of WNNR-AM in Jacksonville Florida. 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