Project:EMFM

Wouldn't it be awesome if EMF camp had a event radio station? Yes, yes it would be incredibly awesome. So lets make one

Aims and Objectives

EMFM would serve to provide information about EMF Camp, including upcoming events, talks and workshops, news about recent happenings at the camp, as well as local and national news that is of interest to the people attending the camp and the local community.

We would also aim to provide content of interest to the attendees of the camp, including live and pre-recorded discussions about current issues around technology, security, privacy and digital rights and freedoms. We may also want to provide educational content to broaden the horizons of the listeners.

EMFM would aim to be as transparent as possible, letting anyone who's interested in radio and broadcasting see how the radio station works, and letting them get involved in running it during the camp. Editorial control will be required to some extent to ensure we don't breach our license(s), but will not be hidden from those wishing to contribute content.

Content

What do we want to broadcast?

• Recorded talks
• Live talks?
• Interviews
• Discussion & talk shows
• Music (from real live musicians and/or DJs?)

Licensing

Item	Qty	Cost	Total
Ofcom S-RSL Application Fee	1	£400.00	£400.00
Ofcom typical S-RSL Daily Rate	3	£70.00	£210.00
PPL Short Term Radio Daily Rate	3	£35.00	£105.00
PRS/MCPS 3-day Discount Rate	1	£222.74	£222.74

If we only play royalty free/creative commons music, we wouldn't need to pay for PRS/PPL/MCPS licenses, potentially saving us a bit of money. But would we want to limit ourselves like this?

Financing

We need to make money (as well as prove to Ofcom that we can pay the bills).

Merchandise

• FM Radios
• FM Radio kits?
• Clothing

Advertising

Do we want to sell out?

Donations

Can we either reduce costs by having kit donated or have donations to pay for equipment?

Implementation

Accommodation

Where are we going to go?

Networking & Comms

Network connection, telephone lines

Transmission

Processing

Software or hardware?

FM Transmission

A transmitter usually helps

Online Streaming

We need a PC and a sound card (preferably a good one), as well as a server on a reletively fat pipe to serve the stream (both internal and external)

DAB?

You can get event slots on some DAB muxes, we'd need to hire space at the mux and get some sort of codec, and some sort of transmission method (IP or ISDN, maybe microwave link)

Really expensive, and not so easy to sell radios at the site to pick it up.

Outside Broadcasts

We might want to broadcast live from outside of the studio (and gain audience participation)

• UHF mic/belt pack tx + IEM? (depends on range required)
• Broadcast RF Tx/Rx?