>On Friday, July 16, 1999 at 21:24:12 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
> >mike wrote:
> >
> >>So let Berry, Chadwick and the other generals have their radio
>station. KPFA
> >>really consists of its listeners. Have a big fund drive called "Starting
> >>Over" and buy another frequency and another transmitter and start over.
> >>Maybe buy a couple of each. Leave the Pacifica board holding an empty bag.
> >
> >Do you know how much it costs to buy a radio license in the Bay Area
> >or NYC? $75-120 million. That would have to be a very big fund drive.
>
>How much in smaller cities? Say Austin?
Dunno, but it's probably roughly proportionate to population. Metro Austin has a population of around 1 million, compared to 18 million for metro NYC. If you figure the NYC license at $120m, then Austin, with 5-6% the population, would come in at $6-7m.
Doug