Mourning the Loss of Charlie Kirk

Since Wednesday afternoon, 9/10, I've been going through the same cycles of shock, denial, anger, and  grief that many millions of others around the world have been going through since hearing the news of Charlie's demise, then witnessing the visuals a short time later.

I get up in the morning, and when I reach full consciousness, my spirit sighs, "Oh, no..." I have thoughts like, "This is such a horrible week. Can't we roll things back to Monday and start over, this time with something happening that delays the shooter - a car breakdown, a debilitating accident, the gun chamber jamming, or his weapon stolen? This is so out of context with what the world needs. You are taking him far too soon."

Charlie's podcast has been airing for several years now on Liberty & Justice 1640 from 9-11 PM weekdays. Over time, I've come to appreciate his sophisticated but clear, direct thought process. Even though I never met him, he felt like an old friend. He was wise and a very, very good man in every way.   

I know this is a giant leap for most of my former colleagues in the overwhelmingly leftist/Marxist folk music world. Those of you in that cult of weirdness, absurdity, and non-reality cannot bring yourselves to appreciate Charlie's integrity, intellect, compassion, faith, humor, and ability to inspire millions of young people to consider a different direction for their lives. I pray some day your eyes will be opened and you come to appreciate this giant among influencers who lived one of cleanest, most purposeful lives imaginable. He accomplished more in his brief 31 years than most people do in 100.

In a very unlikely place - MSNBC - I found an interview with a journalist who had interviewed Charlie two weeks before his death. Here is my summary of what he gleaned from it:

Charlie Kirk's business model was not primarily political. It's number one objective was convincing as many young people as possible to abandon their university conditioning and live a conservative lifestyle: find a good mate, get married, have children, and stay married. And, especially for men, have business or career aspirations, work hard, build value in the world, and be as honest and as fair in your business affairs as possible.

Yes, he hated wokeness, LGBT, and perpetual sex work, but he hated them because they waste time and resources. It is the Christian conservative life that satisfies long term. He also realized that politics is downstream from culture and when we get the culture fixed, politics corrects itself rather quickly.

My tributes to Charlie will start Saturday, 9/13 at 10 pm and Sunday 9/14 at 9 PM and continue through the entire overnight both days. I will be replaying Charlie's two appearances on the Whatever Podcast (Feb. and June 2024) in their entirety. His conversations and debates with two porn stars is featured on the earlier one, I believe. I will also be featuring hosts Brian Atlas and Andrew Wilson parsing through developments as they came in during two long segments that will air through the Saturday into Sunday overnight.

Rest in peace, Charlie. I hope to meet you on the other side.   
 

 

    

FCC Docket 25-133: "Delete, Delete, Delete"- My Submitted Comments

From March 12th through April 11th, the Federal Communications Commission, under the direction of  Brendan Carr, offered a rare opportunity for the public to comment on outdated, excessively restrictive, and cumbersome rules and practices of the agency that need to be eliminated or changed. The solicitation of comments was a response to a series of Executive Orders from President Trump calling on administrative agencies to unleash prosperity through deregulation and ensure that they are efficiently delivering great results for the American people.

Needless to say, I had a lot to suggest in that regard. The biggest reason I have remained a Part 15 broadcaster and not obtained commercial licenses is due to the FCC's poor management of resources, their restrictive rules and paperwork, and the associated expense this causes.

On March 19th, I submitted my comments and they were disseminated through the FCC's website. Anyone wishing to reply to my comments has until April 28th to do so.

Here is a brief summary of my suggestions:

1) Eliminate the current filing window system and revert to the original first come, first served, apply-when-you-are-ready policy.

2) Completely eliminate nonsensical, time wasting EOE requirements for radio stations.

3) Get the FCC out of the business of promoting certain parts of the media spectrum over
others (i.e. FM over AM and shortwave).

4) Put all dark and deleted AM stations into a pool where they can be claimed by new applicants rather than permanently deleting the license.

5) End the pre-internet restriction against new, daytime-only AM stations.

6) End all digital broadcasting in the AM band, promote analog AM stereo, and explore the possibility of using the now empty long wave band for digital-only simulcasting of AM stations.

7) Raise the current license-free, Part 15 power restrictions in the expanded AM band (1610-1710 kHz) from 100 milliwatts to 1 watt and designate the frequency of 1710 kHz for Part 15 broadcasting only.

8) Ease enforcement of language restrictions for all broadcasters to enable on-the-fly use of internet

program sources.

9) Explore the possibility of domestic broadcast use for parts of the shortwave spectrum with a license-free option of power up to 10 watts.

10) Promote and publicize the Media Bureau's Incubator Program for Radio Broadcasters, which was instituted in 2018.

You can read my full comments as a PDF at the following link:

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10318280823916/1

Severe Financial Crisis Due to Delinquent Investments

Since late September of last year, I have been grappling with a financial crisis that's nothing short of epic for a person with my income history. From last May through July, I was able to create, with the help of a business specializing in this, a total line of credit on business credit cards in excess of $145,000. Most of the cards had a 0% interest rate through July 2024. I had my choice to use this for my own business purposes, or to invest in one or more of approximately 20 companies with which they had an affiliation. I opted to invest in two of the affiliated companies because dividends are real money, not credit that has to be paid back, eventually with interest.

I signed contracts with these companies. One of them promised the first dividend of $4,000 within 60 days. Furthermore, the contract said if they went 90 days without a payment, they would be in default by their own terms and also liable for any legal expenses. The second company guaranteed a full payback on investment within two years, with a 50-50 revenue split thereafter, but verbally promised several times that I would almost certainly be making money after 5 months.

As of late March 2024, I have not received a single red cent from either company. I am now in debt to the tune of $120,000. Furthermore, interest on most of the cards begins in July.

This is a dilemma I cannot get out of without serious help. I have set up a support page on GiveSendGo with more details. In addition to outright contributions, there are several options from buying out my investments in these firms, to financing my enrollment in proven investment or contracting programs averaging an income of $75K a year or more. That income level I consider a bare minimum for any hope of getting out of this mess.

Right now, I am at the point where without assistance, I have to chose between paying my mobile home park fee and paying the monthly minimum on the card with the highest balance. Not both.

Please visit my support page at givesendgo.com/jeffs_bad_investments. If you are part of the business or investing community please spread the word about this campaign. Thank you.

Oliver Anthony and the Future Orientation of Folk Music

As a folk and Americana DJ who dates back to 1978, conventional wisdom would dictate that you can't predict the life expectancy of a new trend when it is only a week old. But it may already be safe to declare that the days of folk music being dominated by leftists, Communists, and atheists has officially ended.

For decades, the dismal impact folk music was having on American culture and media, and its corresponding financial returns, inspired the late Utah Phillips to rhetorically ask, "How do you make a million dollars in folk music?" His answer: "Spend two million." 

I think the reason for such futility is now obvious. The ability of leftists, Communists, and atheists to truly connect with the struggles, joys, and values of average Americans has always been quite limited.

The incubation of this dominant folk music orientation could not have been more odious and inorganic. When you really trace it back, it would not have existed without the University experience of the late 1950's and '60's. A large number of Marxist professors infiltrated these institutions after World War II, joined by their patriarch-hating, feminist counterparts in the 1970's. They determined the curriculum, the culture, and the policies.

As any adult knows, university life is a far cry from real life. Until our youth get out of the classroom, pay their own bills, and experience how the world really works, they are very impressionable, and to a large degree, believe everything they are taught. King Solomon and Vladimir Lenin didn't have much in common. But both realized the importance of training up a child in the way he should go so that when he is old, he will not depart from it. Furthermore, who financed these professors and their activist groups? Often, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the CIA's MK Ultra. Hardly the prime demographic of folk music, wouldn't you say?

Fast forward to earlier this month, August 2023. An independent artist suddenly emerges, not out of the most bureaucratic, privileged, collectivist, over-priced, and wealthy institution in western society. This artist, an aspiring farmer living off the grid, emerged from a remote part of Virginia, eking out a living on his own. He is not a Communist. He believes strongly in American free enterprise and meritocracy. He is not an atheist. He's a Bible believing Christian with traditional values. And yes, he is a male. And it's just him and his dobro guitar.

When Oliver Anthony performed at his local farmer's market back in June, twenty patrons shuffled by to watch him. A few days ago, he returned for a repeat performance. It caused a traffic jam with well over a thousand descending on the market. Back in the '80's and 90's, it took a lot of work to get a thousand people to show up for a folk concert. But for this gentleman, it was no work at all because he was a true, overnight sensation.  
 
At this post-covid point in history, people are waking up. The red pill realities of who we truly are, and the reason the rulers of this world want us weak, deceived, and prematurely dead, is hitting many quite hard. 

The struggles of the working class in 2023 are far more MAGA than Marx. With Oliver Anthony, folk music is finally reflecting it. This turning point is long overdue.

Jeff's Election Season Editorials

Editorial - Comrade Healey
Editorial - Democrat for Diehl
Editorial - No Forgive and Forget

Folk Image Site Restored and Integrated into t1700.net

The entire vintage Folk Image website (1997-2004) has been restored and integrated into t1700.net. Around one and a half years ago, I decided to let the folkimage.com domain name expire to save an annual expense for a website that had not been active in well over a decade. But a little more than a week ago, I became enamored with the idea of restoring the whole thing and integrating it into the t1700.net domain.

The work took three days. The longest, most tedious part was changing perhaps more than a thousand links from folkimage.com to t1700.net/folkimage.com. I also updated to a currently functioning search engine and removed links to software that was no longer relevant.

You can now find a link to Folk Image on every page of t1700.net. All available two hour shows, specials, live events, and artist interviews are there for your enjoyment.     

Workarounds discovered: Liberty & Justice 1640 should return to its regular program schedule Tues. night 9/6

I thought of a workaround and after considering it for a couple days, I have decided to go with it. My personal desktop computer uses the same motherboard model that the Liberty & Justice automation computer uses. I can install it in the Liberty & Justice computer along with all the other hardware that was originally there. With that there should be no issues with activation or having to re-register the automation software.

This will cause some inconvenience as I will need to temporarily reshuffle the functions I normally do on my personal computer to other devices. But I'll live with it for a few weeks.

Expect the internet stream, normal audio processing, and regularly scheduled programming to return by 6 AM Eastern on September 7th.  

Worst possible timing: Motherboard of the Liberty & Justice computer suffers a BIOS update mishap. Regular programming suspended, possibly for weeks

The past three weeks have not been kind to Minimum Wage Media's PC work horses. First, a dish cloth got caught in the CPU pins of the motherboard in my personal desktop computer, ruining it probably for good. Then, as if all the fall out from that was not enough of an expense and inconvenience, the motherboard of the main Liberty & Justice computer underwent a USB-based flashed BIOS update while I forgot to remove a networking device that was still connected to the USB bus. The update took forever with mostly a blank screen. It finally proceeded normally. But after completion, the computer went dead instead of attempting a re-boot. It has not been able to power up since.

The motherboard is still under warranty, so the cheapest solution was to send it back to the manufacturer to have them re-set the BIOS. However, the complete process may take four weeks or more.

The timing could not have been worse. The Massachusetts Primary is on 9/6 with the general election in November. Without that computer, and the years of programming and maintenance that went into it, I was forced to suspend regular programming indefinitely. There will be no internet stream, no local input to the programing, and no audio processing. Only the terrestrial AM signal within 3 miles of Acme Park will remain. We will carry various networks - Infowars, GCN, Real America's Voice, RSBN, and Frank Speech - switching among them with no set schedule as I am able to do so. I am planning to carry President Trump's Wilkes-Barre rally live on Saturday and the Tele-rally on Labor Day evening (7 PM) featuring President Trump, Geoff Deihl, and Leah Allen. But mostly it will be all networks all the time by necessity.

Computers are finely tuned, unforgiving devices. If you would like to assist with a donation to help during this frustrating period, you can do so on our advertising page. I appreciate your support.       

Both FM signals (mini translators) have been shut down permanently

I have decided to permanently shut down our FM mini-translator signals at 87.9 and 97.9. Due to our New England winters, I cannot get an FM transmitter to last more than two years. Without proper antenna de-icing, multiple components fail and it is not an easy fix without a schematic. Buying new transmitters - yet again - and erecting antennas inside the only RF transparent building I own (a wooden shed) would not be worth the time or expense during this period of my life. All this and one additional factor weighed in my decision.

Of course, you can still hear the stations on their main AM frequencies of 1640 and 1710. A modification I made in their tuning systems last year has resulted in the best range ever for these two signals. They also broadcast in stereo using the Motorola C-Quam system on receivers from the late 1980's and early 1990's capable of decoding such analog-based multiplexing.

If you are more than 2.5 or 3 miles from the transmitters, your sole option remains the audio streams.   

Troubadour 1710 format change coming in 2022

Through the course of 2022, as time permits, I will be shifting the format of Troubadour 1710 in a more "baby-boomer oriented" classic country and Americana direction. A large quantity of country hit singles, album tracks, independent releases, and local artists from the 1960's to 1990's will be added, while music and artists who are not appropriate for this direction will be gradually dropped.

At this time in history, I feel it is important that both Minimum Wage Media radio stations reflect the same traditional American values, lifestyle, culture, love of freedom, and spiritual orientation. I am increasingly uncomfortable with the direction the non-country-crossover folk world has taken in recent years and the attitudes it promotes. Since non-country folk people tend to believe everything the mainstream media tells them concerning Covid and its "variants," live performances are still scarce and admission is usually subject to severe restrictions. The number of new releases is way down and the product is quite mediocre. But then again, what you believe definitely affects the quality of your work.

Truly "evergreen" non-country-crossover folk product that is universal and timeless in its appeal will remain but be confined to the evening hours (7-11 PM) when the emphasis will be more acoustic. Relaxing "new age" will remain overnights to aid in your rest.

My time for such a huge alteration is limited, thus the gradual shift over a year's time instead of a sudden format change. But once established, I believe sensible listeners will be pleasantly surprised and quite pleased. Stay with us and support us financially if you can.               

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"Boomer Country Memories" debuts Sunday evenings on Troubadour 1710

For years I put off the idea of developing such a show. I knew the tremendous amount of time it would take to research and archive the musical content needed to make it sustainable - time that I simply did not have. But everything DOES have its time and finds its time. A couple weeks ago, I couldn't put it off any longer.

In the early stages of downloading and filling in metadata, I found myself quite moved by these old songs, many of them almost forgotten. In the following days, building the library for the show almost became an obsession. 

Being reunited with many long lost musical gems was certainly a major aspect in my reaction. I spent the better part of 13 years as an on-air personality and music programmer in country radio. But underlying all that was something deeper. It was mourning for the loss of a time when we were more social, innocent, trusting, and free. It was the loss of the cohesive culture and values that traditionally were aligned with country music.

What most of us Boomers grew up assuming was common sense we now have to waste time and effort defending. The people and culture that produced all this compelling music is, in my view, being attacked on all fronts. But that's just my reaction.

Tune in Sunday evenings from approximately 7 (or whenever the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast ends) until 9 to see what state of mind 2 hours of country music from the golden era puts you in.

Boomer Country Memories - Sunday evenings on Troubadour 1710. ( ...in AM Stereo, just like back in the day.)

Both FM transmitters mysteriously destroyed during December 16th snowstorm

During the snowstorm of December 16, we lost our two FM transmitters after many years of service. Either there was too much electrical energy in the atmosphere or too much precipitation had frozen on the antennas. Either way, both of them will no longer work properly. New transmitters have been ordered, but I do not expect the signals at 87.9 and 97.9 to return until some time in January.

I found an incredible bargain of two new FM transmitters for $140.00. But since the expense was unexpected, I am now seeking assistance from listeners. If you would like to honor us with a gift this holiday season, visit t1700.net/advertise.html and contribute through PayPal or Patreon, or you may mail a check to 154 Great Road, Lot 8, Shirley, MA 01464. I hope to raise the entire $140 by January 1st.

2020 has been an extremely challenging year for all of us. Thanks to the lockdowns, mask mandates, social unrest, my volunteer time with the Shiva for Senate campaign, and the stolen elections, Liberty & Justice 1640 has, by necessity, captured the overwhelming majority of my attention. Troubadour 1710 has suffered as a result, for which I apologize. My prayer for 2010 is that somehow, more rational thinking will emerge, the Covid mandates end, and the elections reflect the actual results. We desperately need normalcy again where the politics, health, and insight of Liberty & Justice, and the art, culture, and music of Troubadour strike a balance in my time commitments.

Once again, if you would like to help me get the FM signals back on the air, visit t1700.net/advertise.html. This is Jeff from your neighborhood stations wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Corrupt Mass. establishment will never allow a true populist to win: Open letter to Kevin O'Connor

This letter is addressed to Kevin O'Connor, the alleged winner of the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Massachusetts on September 1st.

Dear Kevin 

Now let me get this straight... You have 19 YouTube subscribers vs. Dr. Shiva's 190,000. You had not a single yard sign up in the entire state vs. Dr. Shiva's several signs and banners in every town. (I work several DoorDash delivery areas. I know!)  

In all Republican standouts I encountered, it was 100 percent Dr. Shiva signs regarding the senate race, plus several standouts just for him. As for you, Kevin, I couldn't even remember your name! Dr. Shiva's name is much harder to pronounce. But YOU were the one with zero name recognition.  

Your entire campaign consisted of interviews with the establishment media and pre-arranged photo ops with zero supporters in attendance. Dr. Shiva campaigned constantly in a caravan speaking to enthusiastic crowds in town squares all over the state, often with horns honking in approval from nearby traffic. (Again, I get around.)  

But you want us to believe you are the ACTUAL winner of this primary? What a joke! 

I gotta hand it to you, Kevin. You pulled off the impossible. You should write a tell-all book explaining exactly how you did it. Every political aspirant from president to dog catcher will want to get their hands on it. You'll have lots of time to write it, too, once you get past your inevitable defeat in November. But that's okay. Uncle Charlie in the corner office will assuage your humiliation with a nice golden parachute for being such a good patsy.  

As for me, I wouldn't vote for an attorney scum bag like you if my life depended upon it. Enjoy your life Kevin... and the flames of hell once it's over.

P.S. The reason Dr. Shiva refused to debate you is because your campaign was insignificant and had no impact on real people. You only associated with the decaying mainstream media and the fact that they are your only support speaks volumes. Furthermore, no one can reach your campaign unless they want to request one of your non-existent yard signs! Dr. Shiva's campaign is easily reachable, both by email and phone, with the phone number on several pages.    

Same Consciousness, Different Experiences

In London Real's David Icke IV interview of June 14th, David exposes the powerful forces that are currently working overtime to divide us and turn us against each other in ever smaller groups. At the same time, he reveals ultimate truth (informed by countless near-death recollections): All humans are nothing more than one consciousness having different experiences at different reference points. There is no identity. There are only experiences. (Sorry to spoil your particular brand of hate ranting!)

Liberty & Justice 1640's airing of the interview begins on Monday at 3:43 PM and continues until approximately 7 PM Eastern Time. 

An open letter to Steve Earle and his Management

"If I Could See Your Face Again" and politics
Sent on 6/14/2020

song

lyrics

Dear Mr. Earle and management,

First of all, I want to express immense appreciation for your song "If I Could See Your Face Again," with vocals by Elenore Whitmore. As you know, it is a song about a woman who lost her husband in the 2010 West Virginia mining explosion, and only after his death does she fully appreciate what a wonderful man he was and how much she misses him.

The song, and its timing in my life, has had a powerful effect on me since I first heard it a week ago. It has brought me to tears several times a day, which no song has done in well over a decade. There are three reasons why this song turns me into a near emotional wreck:

1) Over the past few weeks, I have been enduring a situation where someone I care about has lost her trust and respect for me over a situation where I was actually trying to demonstrate how much I appreciate her.

2) The simplicity and humility of the woman is overwhelming. These are good working people who know what's meaningful in life. They are a far cry from your perverted, narcissistic, rich liberal friends in Hollywood and Broadway who divorce at the drop of a hat.

3) For the past 60 years, feminists have been spewing nothing but hatred for us men and everything male and masculine. They now control the media, the education system, and corporate board rooms. Today, if a man makes one false move, his career could be destroyed or his access to his children removed. Yet, here is an uncorrupted, traditional woman, far removed from that culture, expressing lament and wishing she had appreciated her late husband more when he was alive.

This is the kind of catharsis that today is going to put most men over the top. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if 80 percent of the correspondence you are receiving about this song is from men, and most of them are experiencing the song the same way I am.

It's time to be realistic, Mr. Earle. Left wing political thought in 2020 IS a religion. It is a body of belief, adhered to without questioning by a group that is largely atheistic. They have no God or higher authority they can turn to so they have no choice but to invent their own. Feminism is one of its foundational beliefs. If you are a leftist and you don't endorse feminism, you are an apostate and not a true leftist. Feminism believes, as Gloria Steinem once said, that a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

According to the newspaper review I read, your goal in creating the album "Ghosts of West Virginia" was to reach out to working people in a Red State area whose livelihood involved conventional energy. You wanted to get to know them and understand them so that you could eventually convert them over to your way of political thinking. But after interviewing this women, and writing what may be the most emotionally powerful song of your career - a song expressing a sentiment that the political left of 2020 would do ANYTHING to suppress and censor - I don't know how you could go through such an experience and remain a leftist. I find it totally baffling, even dishonest.

The reason men cry over this song, Mr. Earle, is due to the loss of this kind of innocence and sincerity in women thanks to everything your allies on the left have promoted for far too long. Even your ideas on energy and the environment are proving to be total lies. You can't power a 21st century economy on silly 3-blade wind generators with their own environmental problems, or solar panels that only generate energy 3-4 hours a day. Do the research! Without the subsidies, these frauds wouldn't even exist. Products that work don't need government subsidies. As the saying goes, build a better mousetrap and people will beat a path to your door.

Yes, your intention was to convert these people. But if you were honest, you would have allowed THEM convert YOU. And so far, there is no sign you have.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Gill
Folk and Country Music programmer since 1978 

David Icke's 3-Hour interview with Brian Rose airing as a special Tues. 5/5/20

I have just listened to David Icke's new marathon interview with Brian Rose on London Real. I am so impressed with his research, his spiritual insights into the current crisis, his awareness of the value of each unique, individual  human creation - and the damage the "cult" has done to that creation in recent weeks - I have decided to air it in its entirely on Tuesday morning from 6-9 AM Eastern on Liberty & Justice 1640. In recent days, David and Brian have been removed from nearly every social media platform in existence. David's YouTube channel had more than 3/4 million subscribers. That means micro stations such as Liberty & Justice 1640 become more valuable in getting the word out.

This is so important, it cannot wait until the weekend. I may also air it as a special during another slot between now and then.

Both AM signals now broadcasting in C-Quam Stereo

Around a week before Thanksgiving, I made the decision to take two of the ASMAX2 AM Stereo transmitters that had recently returned from Greece and install them in Shirley at the flagship antennas. Then, either next Spring, or whenever a break occurred in the weather, I would either install the two SSTran AMT-5000's (which have served each station since 2014) in Worcester, or swap them for two more Asmax2's, depending upon how well the Asmax2's performed in Shirley.

After putting up with some brutal, late November weather conditions on my roof, I am pleased to announce that the whole project was completed by sunset Saturday. The result has been inspiring and certainly better than what I expected. The range is either just as good or better than with the SSTran's and the audio quality is even better, even on a typical mono receiver.

Since putting Troubadour on the air in 2004, my desire had always been to somehow go AM Stereo. Analog AM Stereo is well suited for Part 15 stations which cover most of their tiny ranges with a weak, secondary signal. Unlike analog FM stereo (and certainly HD AM), the AM Stereo pilot signal is receivable with channel separation to the very end of a station's coverage. 

To many of us who were professional broadcasters in the '80's and early '90's when AM stereo had its biggest impact, it's eventual lack of mainstream acceptance, and the subsequent introduction of HD in the early 2000's - with muddy sounding, narrow banded analogue AM radios becoming the norm - is something we never accepted or get over.

There are now three AM Stereo signals receivable during daylight hours in the Shirley Center, North Shirley, and Woodsville neighborhoods: WJIB, 740; Liberty & Justice 1640, and Troubadour 1710. At least that's better than just one.

Thanks

Thank you to all that contributed during our emergency late October fundraiser. At the current moment, we have reached $400 of the $500 goal, but I am expecting an after-fundraiser gift in the coming days that will put us right on the mark. You can support the stations anytime through our "advertise" link on both websites. Over the past few days, I have been ordering the computer hardware and weatherproof boxes needed to perform the upgrades and repairs, thanks to your help.

Also, I apologize for being off the air from late Saturday morning through late Sunday morning. A power situation occured at my unit and it tripped an outdoor circuit braker that I didn't previously know existed. I don't have conclusive evidence which appliance caused it, but I have a suspicion and I'll see what happens the next time I use it. I will be more prepared.   

$150 more needed to end fundraising; Investor needed for BistroBrat

The emergency fundraiser for Troubadour 1710 and Liberty & Justice 1640 continues through October 31st. In addition to running my two radio stations, and maintaining full time outside work in the gig economy to support them and myself, I am also in the process of starting my own local multi-restaurant delivery service called BistroBrat.com.

Due to the inconsistencies in low gig economy income, miscommunications involving the delivery business startup, and equipment breakdowns and other frustrations involved with the stations, I can no longer afford to fund them at all, let alone 100 percent. That is why I am having this emergency fundraiser through the end of the month.

I am pleased to announce that we have, as of this writing, raised over 70 percent of our goal of $500. But we still have a ways to go to cover all our necessary equipment costs. Thanks to your generosity, a new router has been obtained and it networks flawlessly. Also the remaining hardware needed to upgrade the Liberty & Justice automation desktop should be arriving this week. However, the Vista era laptop which I use to do production, record voice announcements, and rip or download music and video clips is still causing major frustrations. In fact, while I was writing this message, it had a blue screen crash. I lost all my work and had to start over. It also hasn't maintained a dependable internet connection through wireless for years. There are two options I have for replacing it, one of which will cost over $200, similar to the upgrade of the L&J desktop.

Fortunately, the return shipping from Greece for the three broken transmitters that had provided our Worcester signals cost considerably less than expected. They have been repaired and are on their way back to the States. However, we will need outdoor housing for all three boards that is truly waterproof, which will cost around $60 for all three. So we have about $300 in remaining expenses. Right now, the reserve fund from your donations is around $170. That means we need to raise another $130-$150 by the 31st. 

Your assistance in helping us raise this additional amount would be much appreciated. It will also result in reaching the $500 overall goal. Please visit t1700.net/advertise.html and assist us in any way you can. Keep these unique, courageous, and culturally sound stations on the air. Our programming concerns things that really matter and culture that truly fulfills, unlike controlled mainstream radio.

Also, it has become increasingly apparent over the past few days that if I continue attempting to keep my financial head above water through the gig economy while running the two stations, the delivery service is never going to get off the ground and things will continue to deteriorate financially for me. I am now looking for an investor to assist with my living and other modest expenses for the next few months, as well as some labor and publicity costs necessary for the startup. I absolutely need to devote full time to launching BistroBrat while maintaining the stations after hours. That's enough responsibility for one person! If you are someone who helps startup enterprises get off the ground, or know of someone who does, please put me in touch with them. The email address is founder@bistrobrat.com. Voice/text is 508-202-8697.