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Re:Bring Back Shortwave by don-code on Sunday March 09, 2025 @09:21PM (#43315907)
While admittedly not at all the same, there was a certain romance shared by all listeners of a Boston-local FM radio station, WFNX. Whereas many commercial radio stations broadcast with tens of thousands of watts, FNX made do with a Class A broadcast license, limiting them to around 3000 watts of power. This made picking up the station a challenge for all but the closest listeners.

My particular romance was taking a pair of TV rabbit ears and hanging them out the window by the twin-lead cable, much to my mother's chagrin.

Re:Bring Back Shortwave by cbarrick on Monday March 10, 2025 @12:15AM (#43316963)
In college, I would listen to WPPP in Athens, GA (100 watts). These days I listen to WPTS in Pittsburgh, PA (16 watts).

Low power college radio is great! The broadcasts are always so varied, and there's never any commercials.