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1: being in compliance requires lots of money -> lots of money requires advertising -> advertising to be effective requires finding as many listeners as possibl

1: being in compliance requires lots of money -> lots of money requires advertising -> advertising to be effective requires finding as many listeners as possible -> finding most listeners requires broadcasting trash -> bye bye small local station broadcasting interesting stuff. If there was a way to be in compliance without shelling out loads of money that would be awesome and we'd see pretty much every station becoming legit without being forced to ditch Zappa in favor of Bieber and the like. The way it works is the reason why, save for a few rare gems, you turn the knob only to hear the same rubbish pretty much everywhere. And by the way, if anyone likes the genre, my favorite radio station is TMB (The Musical Box) which streams progressive rock from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thanks to the Internet for making it possible. Easy to search for. Direct link to the stream for the impatient: vlc http://142.4.217.133:9740 http://142.4.217.133:9740 2: That is actually the other way around. Yes, there are bad apples, and they should be prevented from operating, but there also are loads of people behind pirate radio stations who are sensitive about interference problems and other issues; lots of them are well trained and equipped engineers who fulfill their dream of getting on air with the best intentions. Many also are licensed HAM operators, though for obvious reasons they can't reveal their callsign. Radio Frequency is what hackers did when there weren't computers available; the practice is old. Interesting forum on the subject: http://darkliferadio.proboards.com/ http://darkliferadio.proboards.com/

Cougher 7y ago
Years ago, I would have loved a good prog station. It would have been similar to a good pirate station "back in the day", or even like a lot of FM stations were back in the late 60s/early 70s. But I've long developed my own interests and moods over decades and I find it hard to want to listen to someone else making selections for me. Especially as I prefer listening to older music and I'm much less prog-exclusive than I used to be.
- squarefoot 7y ago
  I also listen to different genres (70s pop rock, some punk and light jazz, old style metal, 80s disco and more modern stuff etc.) though I found prog to be more interesting as a wannabe musician; much easier to grasp than the hardest jazz and closer to my origins (Rock&Roll, 70s-80s Hard Rock etc). I also have a thing about swing and big band sound; one of my dreams is hopefully being able one day to take many well known tunes and play them swing-style using rock and big band instruments together. I often hum "normal" songs swing-style while driving my bike and I found that the number of them that could be rearranged as such is surprisingly high.

Cougher 7y ago

Years ago, I would have loved a good prog station. It would have been similar to a good pirate station "back in the day", or even like a lot of FM stations were back in the late 60s/early 70s. But I've long developed my own interests and moods over decades and I find it hard to want to listen to someone else making selections for me. Especially as I prefer listening to older music and I'm much less prog-exclusive than I used to be.

squarefoot 7y ago
I also listen to different genres (70s pop rock, some punk and light jazz, old style metal, 80s disco and more modern stuff etc.) though I found prog to be more interesting as a wannabe musician; much easier to grasp than the hardest jazz and closer to my origins (Rock&Roll, 70s-80s Hard Rock etc). I also have a thing about swing and big band sound; one of my dreams is hopefully being able one day to take many well known tunes and play them swing-style using rock and big band instruments together. I often hum "normal" songs swing-style while driving my bike and I found that the number of them that could be rearranged as such is surprisingly high.