This is kind of a big deal. The biggest obstacle for most AM radio stations isn't the low fidelity or increased interference. It's the land required to install an AM antenna.
It’s 100,000 watts ERP with a 6 bay antenna. The higher gain antenna means the transmitter output power would be much less (about 35 kw), although at still extremely dangerous levels to mess with.
WBCQ in Monticello, ME (USA) says it broadcasts to outer space via a modulated laser.
From <http://www.wbcq.com/>:
WBCQ’s laser broadcasting service is available to beam your program into outer space via our high-powered, modulated, laser system. So in addition to broadcasting worldwide over shortwave radio, you can transmit into space over our high-powered lasers. It’s a lot of fun. The cost for this service is $50 an hour.
Just a thought: you could incorporate a non-profit to run the site, like Wikipedia or public radio/media, and be the president of that organization. For me, donating to a non-profit is much easier than a voluntary subscription to a for-profit corporation.
Love the app, I’ve already had some photos shared with me!
Many years ago, someone created an unauthorized app for a public radio station I worked at. We were overwhelmed with work, and we didn’t have time to build our own, and we didn’t have time to take it down. So we nervously let it stay up.
It turned out they were hijacking our donations. People thought they were donating to the station, but the app developer was pocketing the money. They may have made off with thousands. IIRC, someone needed a receipt for their taxes, and that’s how we found out.
I would consider removing the Spotify link. You’re sending listeners to their chief competitor.
Cool! I recommend setting up RadioDNS first. DTS Autostage will pull your initial info from there, so all their data will be from what you put in the .si file.
Even with a smaller pool of listeners compared to 10 years ago, there are still a lot of people listening to FM.
Within your coverage area, you’re one of maybe 60 stations. That’s far better than being one out of 150,000 discoverable internet radio stations.
When you get on the air, be sure to set up RadioDNS and DTS Autostage, with service following, and Amazon Radio Skills Kit. They are great tools for converting on-air listeners into “captured” online listeners.
I’m at a loss of what to watch as far as television goes in the US, between the government threatening to intervene in content, corporations that own television networks with little regard for journalistic integrity, and PBS downsizing. I’m pretty much exclusively watching NHK from Japan through a Roku app.