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Yelp reports this location as no longer being used as a church, and the domain for the church has expired. Beyond that, the article did not comment on what exac
by lax4ever 3y ago
Yelp reports this location as no longer being used as a church, and the domain for the church has expired. Beyond that, the article did not comment on what exactly was being broadcast from this particular location, just the frequency. It's a bit pretentious to assume that this is a religious broadcast just from it being in a closed down location.
Also, a quick search for radio stations using 90.5 FM in Portland shows there isn't anything broadcasting on that frequency in the area. The FCC regulates this both for licensing and to avoid signal contamination. It's not doing any physical or mental harm when it's being broadcast on an unused frequency in a range of frequencies that are designated for exactly the purpose of radio broadcast. The operators of this broadcast station, whether it is actually the church or not, are not causing physical or mental harm but they are ignoring the FCC regulations around licensing a particular frequency for public broadcast use.
Disagree with another's beliefs and viewpoints all you want, but let's try to avoid assigning motive and/or blame as well as spurious accusations where they are not due.
- RF_Enthusiast 3y agoI'm on another forum that has been discussing this station for many months. It's been interfering with KBOO. The shoulders of this analog signal on 90.5 overlap with the licensed signal on 90.7. It's also blocking out a licensed low power FM signal on 90.3. It's Radio Faro de Luz, and they were running a Spanish language religious format. The church is currently abandoned and owned by another church in Salem, Oregon. As the landowner, the church in Salem is being threatened with the fine.
- lax4ever 3y agoSee, now that is valuable information to have, and I wish the article's author had included these details. I had not looked up the FCC registrations when I did my quick search, but this makes total sense. I'm all for making sure that you have a license when you do these things to avoid the problem that is happening here, which is the shoulder overlap. I don't care what your content is, if you need a license, get a license.