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Free Monterey, or RFM, harms no one. The station will never instigate
a riot, antagonize a murderer, or encourage any other harmful activities.
The verbal language of my programming is generally non offensive. If the
"F" word should be transmitted, it's generally infrequent and late at night.
My target audience is young adult to middle aged. I seek to encourage critical
thinking and open communication.
Because I seek no profit, or even maintenance funding, I can present
a metaphoric ton of free speech to our community. For instance, during
the recent election period, when all the commercial radio stations were
running the paid campaign advertising of political candidates; my radio
station was airing, beginning two weeks before the election, almost continually,
8 hours of clear and unbiased reading directly from the California Voters
Information Guide.
I provided much additional information on propositions directly from
the Internet to FM radio. I pleaded passionately with the voters of my
community to turn-out on election day. Many people listened, and got
informed free of negative advertising, fundraising interruptions in programming,
or obnoxious radio commercials. And it is my hope that someone voted who
normally would not have.
I air the music of local artists everyday. And invite anyone with an
audio talent to send in their own material, with honorable intent that
it will be played, no matter the perceived quality. If RFM can stay on
the air, one day, all the content will have come directly from this community.
With little fear of offending, I air the most hateful and powerful anti-drunk
driving messages anyone has ever heard. I consider them (drunk drivers),
your enemy and mine. I remind people where to get condoms, how to use them,
and why. I invite the whole community to sell their used goods on the radio
(the Want Adds). I shout out driving and traffic instructions to those
inconsiderate drivers in our community.
Every Friday night a call in show titled Drunks R Us focuses for two
hours on substance abuse. RFM runs full length movie audio, the classics,
the weird, and documentaries, for those who ěhate their televisionsî or
anyone interested in fascinating free entertainment that actually involves
the mind actively.
I produce entertaining anti-mercials regarding products, and corporations,
anyone may have a gripe with. Every Sunday Atheists Hour discusses the
ěstate of belief orientated peoples of the planet Earth,î enough said.
The Sunday Hot Seat show is an interactive discussion of the editorial
letters of ěour local newspapers,î with special attention give to the most
local of issues. I report the War on Drugs as an uncivilized war on civil
liberties.
In the wake of two recent shooting deaths of impaired local citizens,
by law enforcement officers in our community ,I have made RFM a medium
for the promotion of Non Lethal Weapons training
and equipment for our community's law enforcement departments.
Although the term for ěpirate radioî such as this, is generally ěFree
Radio,î I chose to put the word ñradioî before the word ěfreeî
because of Monterey's history as California's first capitol. Monterey,
is a symbol of American freedom, a ñfree Monterey.î And I
feel this city can be a Capital, again.
 a final word please . . .
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