"-=jd=-" wrote in message
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On Fri 11 Jun 2004 05:40:28p, "Brian Hill" wrote in
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"-=jd=-" wrote in message
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On Fri 11 Jun 2004 04:58:29p, "-=jd=-"
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On Fri 11 Jun 2004 04:46:24p, "Frank Dresser"
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Oh - I thought the poster intimated the "less than mainstream" SW
preachers, ala "Profit Stair", etc.
-=jd=-
I suppose he was, but I'm thinking of the all the religious
broadcasters who've set up shop on the SW bands in the last 20 years
or so. They have demonstrated a measure of political clout in that
the old rules against domestic SW broadcasting are now freely
ignored. These guys have a significant investment to protect,
particularly those guys who buy another 100 kW transmitter every 18
months or so.
Frank Dresser
Wholly-Cow! They must be realizing a fair bit of success when they
"pass the plate".
-=jd=-
Now I'm trying to google up the price of a 100kw xmitter without much
success..
-=jd=-
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Well over a million jd and probably more like 2-5mil
Even with amortization, that's a fair chunk of cake to have to realize
every payment period when your revenue stream is somewhat reliant upon
shortwave evangelists. They must have more listeners than you would think
at first blush - Check that - "contributing" listeners...
-=jd=-
People give great amounts of their income to fund the churches they beleive
in. SW avangelists can have a large audience too I would think just like
the ones on TV. They may even cover more ground. It would be interesting to
know just what that is.
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73 and good DXing.
Brian
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