{"id":8259,"date":"2013-09-07T03:46:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T07:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=8259"},"modified":"2013-09-07T03:46:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T07:46:03","slug":"what-does-it-cost-to-run-a-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=8259","title":{"rendered":"What does it cost to run a radio station?"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.wjib740.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a peculiar radio station – it’s an 250 watt (5w at night) AM station in Cambridge Mass (where the police behave stupidly). <\/p>\n

It plays nostalgia music on a low frequency AM station. It’s a one person operation and he asks for donations (it’s not a non-profit company)<\/p>\n

For 2007 (the most current info), total expenses were
\nT O T A L …………………………….87,913.51
\nLISTENER CONTRIBUTIONS ..100,126.40
\nSURPLUS……………….. ………….12,212.89 <\/p>\n

Almost half of the expense was music licensing, rent was most of the rest.<\/p>\n

The antenna sits right in the middle of a self storage warehouse
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