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Riverhead teen looks to raise money to buy his own radio station. The owner of 98.3 FM agreed to sell the station’s license for a $10,000 down payment and then a percentage of the monthly ad revenue, he said. The station would be called NOW 98.3 and would play contemporary hit radio.

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Happy Holidays! Nexus has a special gift for new LPFM clients. Now through December 31st, take 10% off your application fee with Nexus Broadcast!

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WGRV-LP mourns the loss of morning show DJ Perry Marc Pisani http://ow.ly/1g2NxH

There's a new thing ... ATM's where you don't pay a usage fee but you have to watch commercial. What would you rather do. pay or watch?

South Carolina station files renewal seven years late - Then misses http://ow.ly/1fXx6H

RENEWAL TIME - AL, GA, AR, LA, MS - Don't forget! - License Renewal Status: Alabama & Georgia: Renewal applications ... http://ow.ly/1fXx6J

RENEWAL TIME - AL, GA, AR, LA, MS!

Alabama & Georgia: Renewal applications were due in by December 1st. Its now time to run your Post-filing announcements.

Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi: Pre-filing announcements begin December 1st, then on Dec. 16, Jan. 1 and 16. Renewal applications are due February 1, 2012. Florida Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are finishing off their Post-filing
this month.

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South Carolina station files renewal seven years late - Then misses again!

Apparently, Hope Broadcasting's WFGN, Gaffney, SC, does not like to file forms with the FCC. The 2003 License Renewal Application was not filed until May 2011 - after the FCC notified the station the license had expired seven years
before.

http://ping.fm/cgLrn

Technology used shoppers’ cellphones to track movements through malls

Technology that uses shoppers’ personal cellphones to track their movements through a mall or store should not be used without their consent, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday.

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A new frontier for Google Maps: mapping the indoors

“Where am I?” and “What’s around me?” are two questions that cartographers, and Google Maps, strive to answer.

http://ping.fm/hmNcy

High Stakes for LPFMs & FM Translators

The FCC is seeking to license more low-power FM stations while at the same time reducing a backlog of roughly 6,500 pending translator applications — and developing a way that these secondary services can coexist.

The commission is now reviewing approximately 200 comments filed in its Third Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, RM-11338.

http://ping.fm/EvRdg

For nine days in January, the FCC Media Bureau will not accept FM minor change applications.

Jan. 3–Jan. 12 is the filing window for Auction 93 Form 175 applications. The actual auction begins in late March and involves 119 vacant non-reserved band FM allotments.

http://ping.fm/Cq2Kv

Engineers boost battery strength with small holes. Batteries built from the novel material mix could be fully charged from flat in 15 minutes. Using viruses to do our manufacturing Batteries for phones and laptops could soon recharge ten times faster and hold a charge ten times larger than current technology allows. http://bbc.in/vxlhoa

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I am working on a series of articles for Radio-Guide Magazine and other broadcasting media about LPFM station's, their operators, struggles, success and failure.

We want to hear your stories - please submit them to me with as much detail as possible. Please send your stories to lpfmstory@nexusbroadcast.com - please do not post as a reply to this message.

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Three locations to serve you! Nexus - 'Broadcasting Outside the Box' (tm)

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Our latest project - The best voice-over exchange - voiceover artist mecca - help us beta test the new site - this is your official invite. http://ping.fm/mky3E Be sure to go to the facebook page and click like to receive your invite!

FCC Grants CAP-EAS Extension - New Deadline June 30 - 2012 http://ping.fm/xh4g7

EAS-CAP Group Power buy for limited time. Nexus Broadcast has arranged a group buy with BSW for all Nexus customers to be able to purchase the new EAS-CAP equipment required by the FCC. The equipment must be installed by September 30, 2011. This group buy represents a large discount off of list price. No clubs or membership fees needed. http://yhoo.it/nidryI

EAS-CAP Group Power buy for limited time. Nexus Broadcast has arranged a group buy with BSW for all Nexus customers to be able to purchase the new EAS-CAP equipment required by the FCC. The equipment must be installed by September 30, 2011. This group buy represents a large discount off of list price. No clubs or membership fees needed. http://yhoo.it/nidryI

I have 150 google+ Invites - click this link to get yours, or send me your email and I'll get one out while they last. http://ping.fm/uwN3a

Well I've been blocked from adding friends to Facebook for four days! Google+ - that doesnt happen. Facebook just wants to annoy you - come on over to google+ the water is fine and much less arrogance. http://ping.fm/8CiRa

Breaking News: The FCC has extended the comment deadline til 9/6 due to Irene-related interruptions. Not too late to take action!

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President Signs The Local Community Radio Act

On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, the President signed into law:

H.R. 6533, the “Local Community Radio Act of 2010,” which modifies current restrictions on low-power FM radio stations;

Next the FCC will need to open a rule making proceeding which would take aproximatly 60 days after which time a filing window would be announced!  After more than ten years waiting many new LPFM radio stations across the country will now have an opportunity to file this year!  Now is the time to act if you wish to apply for an LPFM station for your community  in the upcoming window.

Check back for details on this developing story.

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FCC News Flash:  The FCC Plans to open a new filing window in 2011!  Act now to have your application prepared and ready to file. The windows can be short (5 days) and notice limited (30 days).  Engineering companies get busy with LPFM clients once a window is opened.  Radio engineers availability is difficult and pricing increases substantially. Get started now if you want to operate a new LPFM station in 2011!

Start a Low Power FM (LPFM) Radio Station!

Nexus has set up hundreds of low power FM (LPFM) and commercial FM radio stations across the United States, and also supports hundreds of other installations in other parts of the world. We can assist you or your organization to start a new Radio Station - either broadcasting on a low power basis, on a commercial full power FM frequency or the internet.  If you're interesting in starting up a new LPFM radio station or an FM radio station, you're in the right place!

Experienced Broadcasters and
Engineers Make the Difference!

We are broadcasters ourselves, and are one of the very few  LPFM broadcasters that have made the progression to obtaining a full power FM frequency and operating commercially, enabling us to offer unparalleled support through all the stages of building and operating a radio station.

Nexus offers complete service to help you start up a licensed FM or AM radio station in the United States, or anywhere else in the world for that matter. We can take care of the entire project - from licensing with the FCC to determining the best studio and antenna location, supplying all the equipment for the station, setting up the radio automation software, installing the studio equipment,  to providing training on how to use all the equipment.

Simply stated - we help you with starting a FM radio station from start to finish!

Testimonials for Nexus Broadcast!

If Nexus Broadcast has provided satisfactory service to your organization – please let others know – fill out the quick form located here.  Thanks!

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“I have had over 10 years experience working with Leo. He has technical and regulatory competence as a leader in the LPFM Community. He assisted KGCA-LP obtain its CP. Leo has a passion for Community Broadcasting. He has focused on how to provide affordable services to broadcasters with limited resources. His dedication and efforts are known to the FCC and the LPFM community from the very beginning of LPFM broadcasting service. I recommend that anyone wanting to obtain an LPFM discuss their project with Leo. I am not aware of anyone with more commitment and expertise in LPFM..” February 27, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value

Robert Kelley,  
hired Leo as a Broadcast Consultant in 2001, and hired Leo more than once

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“Leo At Nexus Broadcast can be a great asset to you if you are thinking of starting a new radio station. From LPFM Radio to full power commercial he can handle it all. Nexus is for a friendly, courteous, knowledgeable broadcast engineer , thanks Mike” March 3, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value

Michael Brandt,  
hired Leo as a Radio in 2010

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“Leo: Has done a great job everytime for our stations. If you want results then you need to call Leo!” February 23, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

Frank Patterson,  
hired Leo as a Broadcasting Eng. in 2001, and hired Leo more than once

Listening to the Radio like doing Cocaine

Well now, this explains a few things.  Always interested in carrying science forward, I read with interest the article on Gawker which cites a study from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.  The gist of the article states that we seek out music we enjoy because of a chemical reaction in our brains:

Ever had goosebumps or felt euphoric chills when listening to a piece of music? If so, your brain is reacting to the music in the same way as it would to some delicious food or a psychoactive drug such as cocaine, according to scientists.

The experience of pleasure is mediated in all these situations by the release of the brain’s reward chemical, dopamine, according to results of experiments carried out by a team led by Valorie Salimpoor of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, which are published today in Nature Neuroscience.

Music seems to tap into the circuitry in the brain that has evolved to drive human motivation – any time we do something our brains want us to do again, dopamine is released into these circuits. “Now we’re showing that this ancient reward system that’s involved in biologically adaptive behaviours is being tapped into by a cognitive reward,” said Salimpoor.

If music-induced emotional states can lead to dopamine release, as our findings indicate, it may begin to explain why musical experiences are so valued. These results further speak to why music can be effectively used in rituals, marketing or film to manipulate hedonistic states. Our findings provide neurochemical evidence that intense emotional responses to music involve ancient reward circuitry and serve as a starting point for more detailed investigations of the biological substrates that underlie abstract forms of pleasure.

By extension, radio has previously been the venue for most new music discovery.  Although this continues today, it is being supplanted by “new media” sources such as youtube.  As a point of reference, studies on cocaine addiction show that dopamine levels increase by about 22% during use.  When a listener is exposed to what is perceived as good music (a subjective term), average dopamine levels increased by about 21%.