[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[Brian]

As WC Fields once said, "There's a sucker born every minute."

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> On Apr 15, 2014, at 7:18 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, they pay no property, income, or inheritance taxes and contributions
> are tax deductible. And there are folks who believe in the message and
> have very deep pockets.
> 
> Just look at all the property owned by churches of all sorts. They have
> accumulated the wealth of the ages. It must be hundreds of billions in the
> US alone.
> 
> YMMV,
> 
> -John
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>> I know there are some folks here who worked in SWBC.
>> As you know, most of it's gone now. |
>> But there are still a few big stations out there in the
>> U.S. running multiple 100KW transmitters 24/7 and
>> all they broadcast is religious "fringe" material.
>> One old guy who claims to have a personal
>> hot-line to God is on several of these all day,
>> every day.
>> 
>> I do not understand the economics of running
>> these stations. They've got big maintenance costs,
>> staffing and monster electric bills, yet one source
>> tells me that the "Jesus Radio" audience runs about
>> 200 people on a good day and many hours with
>> no one listening at all. The charge for hours of
>> programming on these stations isn't very high,
>> but 24/7 can amount to a lot each month.
>> 
>> I don't get it. The math just "don't add-up."
>> How do these stations afford this?
>> Surely "Brother Stair" doesn't get enough from
>> the 200 people listening to him to support
>> multiple 100KW transmitters, 24/7?
>> What am I missing here?
>> 
>> 73 Dave AB5S
>> 
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