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“ I'm hoping it takes into account the progress I made before the end of the event.
I was just shy of getting it for free. But I'd still buy it at an 80% discount.
If I have to pay full price though.
I'll pass. ”
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“ In my opinion and one that's clearly shared. We would be better served attempting to promote the podcast as a means of recruiting vs trying to get a full blown radio station going.
I have plenty of options when it comes to music and none of them require the community to pony up for them.
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“ To put it simply, the answer is NO! ”
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“ I have no clue where you got 10,000 annual listeners from, or £5,000 revenue.
If it was a profit making station, so had adverts, then it means getting someone to deal with taxes. If it wasn't for profit, then it'd require a lot of donations.
Not to mention all the legal issues needed to... ”
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“ I admire your enthusiasm, but Community Gaming has no intention of opening a radio station at the moment or the near future. ”
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“ They'd need to have a good reason to invite us onto a pre-existing radio station to hold even an interview with us, let alone affiliate with us in any meaningful way.
Why would they do it? What benefit do they get for doing it? What benefit do we get doing it? Who is the intended audience? ”
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“ And to do a “UFPlanets-affiliated show” that is to say a program presented by you on an existing radio station? ”
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“ My main question is still "What extra does it offer beyond the podcasts we can do for free"? What sort of actual content (we will likely need many hours' worth) would we put out? We already have writers for FNS but that doesn't always translate well to a spoken medium. ”
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“ It doesn't negate the fact that the UFP does not have £218.40 to throw at this idea, especially for as Bedders rightly highlighted - zero return on investment. We make enough through incredibly generous donations now to keep the lights on for our website. We do not have a slush fund to throw around... ”
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“ Thank you all! ”
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“ Don't you need a "Linear Webcast License" for this radio? the price of £644 + VAT is rather for another type of license, the "On-demand clips of recorded music".
Regarding the cost, maybe we could do crowdfunding to finance this radio. We could also ask non-profit organizations if they can... ”
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So you want to hear a story, eh?
A tale of Vaults filled with riches and incredible powers — too bad the mega-corporations, vicious bandits, and annoying, unhelpful robots want it all for themselves! ”
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“ Don't you need a "Linear Webcast License" for this radio? the price of £644 + VAT is rather for another type of license, the "On-demand clips of recorded music".
Regarding the cost, maybe we could do crowdfunding to finance this radio. We could also ask non-profit organizations if they can... ”
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“ Thanks Three! It's already running, but if we get serious interest beyond what my hardware can cope with then sure!
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“ I love the enthusiasm and the original idea
Unfortunately I've dabbled in HAM Radio and I'm VHF Marine certified here in the UK, so I know some of the pitfalls we'll have to deal with. Especially since the UFP is a UK registered company.
Ofcom don't need a license for online-only stations... ”
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“ I do have to agree with Three and Nova on this one. Online radio stations have a lot of drawbacks and the biggest one is licencing the music which could cost a lot of money (I'm not an expert in this).
While I've done this in the past, it was a very informal thing and not broadcast widely.
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