Christian radio is drowning out my NPR
Granted, much of NPR's progam day is spent apologizing for being too Liberal, but I stl prefer it to most of what's available in western PA. But driving he from work tonight I found that the three public radio stations I can access during my commute were almost entirely overwhelmed by shitty Christian radio. What's this about?
The public atations ce in fine this morning and were obviously still broadcasting in spite of the unholy interference. Why do stations sometimes come in so clearly and other times not at all?
It's not as though I'm driving a different route, either. It's the same stretch of I79 evrry day.
And why in the world are there so many crappy WGOD stations out there? I've counted well over a dozen accessible between Pittsburgh an Meadville!
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WGOD briefly succeeded in knocking NPR off the air entirely in Lake Charles, La., which was served by a translator station repeating the NPR station in nearby Lafayette. FCC rules state that a full-power station takes precedence over a translator, so bam! NPR out, WGOD in. 
(The Lafayette station soon moved its antenna so as to cover Lake Charles.)
WGOD has lots and lots of translators of its own, too. Many of them rebroadcast "The Effect" from Twin Falls, ID. There are even a few of these in Hawai'i! Bear in mind that the original intent of translators was to cover areas within or at the fringe of a station's normal coverage area. Also, of course, those frequencies are supposed to be reserved for noncommercial educational stations. I guess it's "educational" to learn that I'm going to H-E-double hockey sticks. 
So your problem may be that one or more new WGOD translators have popped up along I-79, right next to the beleaguered NPR stations.
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NPR "apologizes for its Liberalism" because it can't wean itself from government funding -- and
Congress controls that. Lean too far to the Left -- and conservatives start messing with the
funding. Yet another way they control the media.
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10-15 years ago, a lot of low-end FM frequencies became available (through technological
advances, I think -- the ability to broadcast without overlap from more frequencies on the dial).
Christian churches (think MONEY) would have loved to have sucked up ALL those new freqs --
and would have, if not for the hard work and dedication of a lot of liberals in the community
radio and low-power FM station areas. People you have never heard of -- and most probably
never will.
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But if you HAVE a community station ANYWHERE nearby, give it your support -- they're one
of the few defenders of OUR access to the public airwaves.
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And the best ones (read "most left-leaning"
aren't DEPENDENT on gov't funding.
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around sundown, effing xtian shit interferring with the community station from Tucson. I have complained but it doesn't do much good.
they are allowed to buy up stations on the left end of the spectrum and they have the $$ for good equipment. it SUCKS.
when we had a battle over the management practices of our station the entrenched PsTB even used that fact in one of their various attempts to shut the dissenters up - "oh if we air all this dirty laundry or have democratic elections some religious group might take over the station"
ugh, thanks for the shitty memories of that crap
