How much would it cost to run a small radio station?

Question

I would like to run a radio station out of the attic of my garage and I was just wondering the following prices for an area range. If you could help me please list the following prices:

1. A house

2. A town

3. A county

4. A tri-county area

5. New york state

6. The united states.

Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Need more information as geographic location of said station determines cost... Wyoming on Am is cheaper than say anywhere near New York City.

But basics

1 A house is about $200 for a good transmitter and about $100 for a cheap mixer,$100 for a microphone, And about $50 for a good program to run the music ... Direct off the computer I've fed a playlist off say winamp and fed it into a radio and broadcast like that.

2/3/4  All will run you about the same, depends upon the power level of the station only.... But expect a few Million for a average station and add on that either a agreement with a current radio station or you need approval by the federal Government (FCC)

5/6 - Unless you run a network of stations (meaning about $100 million to start) or lease transmitter time (starting usually about $ 1-2 Million a month)  So basically , you can forget it terrestrially...

Sat radio is even worse in the Billions

As BeeBee said, try Internet radio where costs are way cheaper to broadcast to a devoted listening audience

Answer 2

hi i'm from New Orleans, and i met this young guy in Los Angeles last summer that had his own radio internet show, i performed for him on his show, contact him on the cost at tkbmusicgroup  and when you get start play my music    http://www.myspace.com/berthenab