Start an FM Commercial Radio Station
Many people have dreamed of being a popular radio disc-jockey on their favorite radio station as children. As an adults, it is easy to grow frustrated with the status-quo of the industry, commercial breaks that are too long and with marathon of hits you've already heard before. You can change that with a radio station of your own.
Instructions
Acquiring Your Broadcast License Paperwork
1. Fill out Federal Communications Commission Form 175. This form allows you to participate in an FCC auction. These auctions grant licenses to qualified bidders who can demonstrate better use of the license.
2. Fill out FCC form 601 to file initial applications, as well as most licensing requests and notifications.
3. Fill out and file form 603 to provide information in regards to license ownership. This is required by FCC rules.
4. Fill out form 854 to file your Antenna Structure Registration.
5. Fill out form 605 for applications in commercial, amateur, ship, aircraft and restricted operations.
Placing Your Antenna And Transmitter
6. Acquire land in the town where you are licensed by the FCC to transmit your signal from.
7. Go to your town's governmental building and zoning department to see if your location is zoned for a radio antenna.
8. Receive your permit to erect a broadcast structure at that location.
9. Hire a reputable construction firm to properly erect your antenna and transmitter on your site.
Organize Your Station
10. Lease or find space to make your studio area and business office. This can be a storefront or office tower.
11. Hire a firm to properly install your studio components. This is sophisticated audio equipment that has to work in concert with your transmitter to produce quality sound.
12. Employ your sales staff. Your sales staff is going to sell commercial time on your station. Commercial sales are going to determine the cash flow of the radio station.
13. Find disc jockeys to play music (if you wish) on your station. DJs can bring programs to your station that can spur commercial sales for your sales staff, as well as listeners.
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