So far, Now 96.5 sounds pretty good as far as their playlist goes (for those who like Top 40). It is very current, with an acceptable amount of recurrent/gold tracks thrown in. Very different from the way Cumulus programs their Top 40 stations. It leans slightly rhythmic. Maybe if it does well, they will move it to a better frequency. As someone who likes Top 40, its nice to have a second station.

I used to listen to and love Wild 97.9/Wild 104.9 from afar, until they flipped to the national Cumulus Top 40/Rhythmic playlist last year, which is very out of date and conservative with their tracks. Cumulus ruined one of the best Top 40 stations in the country.

It will be interesting to see how the new alternative rock station is.

Is 102.7 not Top 40? I prefer 104.9 over it by far, but they seem to be quite similar to me, with 104.9 leaning a bit more toward rap/hip hop.

Someone pleeeeaae just give me a good alternative station. I don't mind streaming 96.5 the Buzz out of KC, but surely we could sustain something similar here?

104.9 used to be good, but the national playlist they've switched to is very outdated. Cumulus stations are programmed by one man, Jan Jeffries, who has a policy of not adding songs until they are chart toppers and to keep playing them for years after the other stations have forgotten about them. In Top 40, where songs tend to get overplayed, that isn't a good thing.

"New" songs you hear on 104.9 are usually songs that have been played on other Top 40 stations for at least 3-6 months.

An alternative rock station is supposedly coming.

An Alt rock station would be awesome, I miss listening to The Buzz, and The Katt is way too repetitive, I just hope they put it on a channel that has more power than a blow dryer so us out in western Oklahoma can listen

www.1077thefranchise.com is now redirecting to KGHM - Most Local Games in Oklahoma City (http://www.1340thegame.com/main.html).

I wonder if Tyler may be backpedaling on this?

An 80's station would do well in the metro IMHO. The younger generations genetally don't listen to FM radio.

An 80's station would do well in the metro IMHO. The younger generations genetally don't listen to FM radio.

Isn't KOMA already kind of that? The '80s, in my opinion, is pretty well covered by the existing stations. A Jack FM might work.

There are a few gaping format holes on our dial and alternative rock is one of them. I think such a station would be well supported here.

And I disagree that younger people don't listen to FM radio. Maybe not as predominantly as in years past, but KJ 103 held the #1 spot until the most recent ratings when Jake FM surpassed it. I doubt many people over 30 are tuning into KJ. Plus, not everybody has an unlimited data plan or a hookup for their phones to their car stereo.

www.1077thefranchise.com is now redirecting to KGHM - Most Local Games in Oklahoma City (http://www.1340thegame.com/main.html).

I wonder if Tyler may be backpedaling on this?

Probably a temporary deal:The Franchise 107.7 Sports Radio (http://www.krxo.com/TheFranchise.aspx) or maybe 1340 owned that url

I think the Comedy station is on 92.9 FM now.

I overheard somebody who works for Tyler Media tonight in a restaurant say they are launching an alternative rock station within a few months.

I would like to be able to listen to alt without a computer. Hope it happens.

Well folks looks like another Country station is on it's way to OKC, 99.7 flips the oldies format to a Country format.

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/85150/hank-fm-on-its-way-to-oklahoma-city/

Well folks looks like another Country station is on it's way to OKC, 99.7 flips the oldies format to a Country format.

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/85150/hank-fm-on-its-way-to-oklahoma-city/

All formats seem to be try-outs anymore. I really liked the True Oldies Channel and am sorry to see it go. Just as I was sorry to see The Martini go.

How many Country stations does OKC need? Hank FM is suppose to be Classic Country format. So basically it's the same music KXY plays.

It all comes down to advertising revenue. If the format does not pull enough advertising revenue it dies and becomes something else. If you really like a particular station the best thing you can do to keep it on the air is support the advertisers by buying their products and services.

How many Country stations does OKC need? Hank FM is suppose to be Classic Country format. So basically it's the same music KXY plays.

I'm not really sure about this . . . yet I think that once The Radio Station "Hype-Naming" Factor reaches "Hank FM" the market is saturated.

(unless, of course, they include farm reports on the half-hour--a.k.a. "at the top and bottom of the hour"--involving pork-bellies and so forth in order to maintain relevance and authenticity. plus some "rained too much"/"didn't rain enough" weather updates in which case it is The Next Big Thing--for about six months)

It all comes down to advertising revenue. If the format does not pull enough advertising revenue it dies and becomes something else. If you really like a particular station the best thing you can do to keep it on the air is support the advertisers by buying their products and services.

It's a whole different world. Stations didn't flip formats once a year back in the day. That's just ridiculous. And I don't buy the line that if I go buy a tire at Big O Tire because they bought some cheap ad package that I am helping keep a station on the air. It DOES come down to ad revenue, but it's up to the rep's selling the time, not necessarily me rushing out to buy the product after it airs, It doesn't work that way. Ad campaigns build an image - they're not for spontaneous and impulsive shoppers to rush right over.

My new car (delivery next week) is going to have SiriusXM (good timing) and I hope local broadcasters just die out. They no longer serve the community anyway.

Greedy mega-corporations (Clear Channel, Cumulus, etc.) ruined radio a long time ago.

local radio just stinks period

This is unfortunate. Once again, it seems like the only formats that work in OKC are country, classic rock, and sports talk. I don't expect this station to last long myself. I know country music is popular here but every time a fourth country station has been tried it has failed. Citadel tried "The Bull" back in the early 2000s and it was a failure.

OKC probably has the least variety on its dial compared to any populated area I've been, major city or not.

This is unfortunate. Once again, it seems like the only formats that work in OKC are country, classic rock, and sports talk. I don't expect this station to last long myself. I know country music is popular here but every time a fourth country station has been tried it has failed. Citadel tried "The Bull" back in the early 2000s and it was a failure.

OKC probably has the least variety on its dial compared to any populated area I've been, major city or not. I do agree with you on the lackluster radio formats in OKC. However, down here in Dallas, it is not much better. Thank God for Sirrus, Pandora, iHeart etc...

Well folks looks like another Country station is on it's way to OKC, 99.7 flips the oldies format to a Country format.

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/85150/hank-fm-on-its-way-to-oklahoma-city/

Sorry to hear this, but they quickly grew as "komatose" as 92.5 with crap like Mony Mony, ad nauseum. I'm finding myself listening to The Franchise in addition to my AM newstalk programs. Satellite is the way to go for music, not that I'm getting that any time soon.

Would rather hear country music than Ronnie Kaye's greatest hits, anyway. No offense, Ronnie.

is 104.9 wild kaput? i turned it on this moring and it seemed to be a country station from far away

This is unfortunate. Once again, it seems like the only formats that work in OKC are country, classic rock, and sports talk. I don't expect this station to last long myself. I know country music is popular here but every time a fourth country station has been tried it has failed. Citadel tried "The Bull" back in the early 2000s and it was a failure.

OKC probably has the least variety on its dial compared to any populated area I've been, major city or not.

Funny, I've had a different experience. Granted I've only ever lived in NYC and OKC, but there seems to be tons of variety in OKC compared to NYC where - without much hyperbole - every FM station was a Top 40 station... I don't know much of anything about AM. There used to be a dance station, a sort-of-alternative station, a hip-hop station, etc in the 90s. Now there are two mainstream hip-hop stations (I assume, I haven't listened in a while) and the rest are honestly Top 40. Even here, I find that the Top 40 stations occasionally play much older songs just to switch it up and in NYC if it wasn't Top 15 or so you weren't gonna hear it. There also wasn't a single country station that I was aware of, maybe one classical and/or religious station, and one oldies station and some sports stations, though I don't listen to those. They may call it "Top 40" or "Hot Adult contemporary" but it was all the same crap. I actually have a running Facebook theme with a friend back home whenever I hear a crazy random song/throwback on OKC radio... maybe I'm just more of a glass-half-full guy on the issue? Even having the country and Top 40 "bases" to choose between here is refreshing for me.

Funny, I've had a different experience. Granted I've only ever lived in NYC and OKC, but there seems to be tons of variety in OKC compared to NYC where - without much hyperbole - every FM station was a Top 40 station... I don't know much of anything about AM. There used to be a dance station, a sort-of-alternative station, a hip-hop station, etc in the 90s. Now there are two mainstream hip-hop stations (I assume, I haven't listened in a while) and the rest are honestly Top 40. Even here, I find that the Top 40 stations occasionally play much older songs just to switch it up and in NYC if it wasn't Top 15 or so you weren't gonna hear it. There also wasn't a single country station that I was aware of, maybe one classical and/or religious station, and one oldies station and some sports stations, though I don't listen to those. They may call it "Top 40" or "Hot Adult contemporary" but it was all the same crap. I actually have a running Facebook theme with a friend back home whenever I hear a crazy random song/throwback on OKC radio... maybe I'm just more of a glass-half-full guy on the issue? Even having the country and Top 40 "bases" to choose between here is refreshing for me.

You make a good point here and I think a lot of it depends on what you like and whether that format is one of the formats that corporate thinks will sell in your market. It sounds like in NYC it is Top 40 and hip-hop. In OKC it is country, classic rock, and sports talk. In Charlotte it was adult hits and "lite rock" as well as urban. I think all areas are somewhat lacking in variety in this corporate world, but it can seem worse if you don't care for the formats heavy in your market.

Oklahoma City radio sucks for the most part, and has for quite some time now. I would think that with as many people who have switched over to satellite, radio programmers would finally take the hint and start playing music that people want to hear instead of what they want them to hear.

It's a whole different world. Stations didn't flip formats once a year back in the day. That's just ridiculous. And I don't buy the line that if I go buy a tire at Big O Tire because they bought some cheap ad package that I am helping keep a station on the air. It DOES come down to ad revenue, but it's up to the rep's selling the time, not necessarily me rushing out to buy the product after it airs, It doesn't work that way. Ad campaigns build an image - they're not for spontaneous and impulsive shoppers to rush right over.

My new car (delivery next week) is going to have SiriusXM (good timing) and I hope local broadcasters just die out. They no longer serve the community anyway.

Greedy mega-corporations (Clear Channel, Cumulus, etc.) ruined radio a long time ago.

I hate to break the news to you but.... Clear Channel is one of the main companies behind SiriusXM. GM and Clear Channel were main companies that helped create the launch pad for XM. There first launch included about 10 clear channel over the air stations. Today they have four. Top 40 and Lite Rock station out of NYC, Top 40 station out of LA, and a country station in Nashville.

I have been XM subscriber since they launched in OKC. (November 2001) When XM first started they were offering free service for life if you recruited 100 subscribers. The top listener recruiters were given a free trip to the XM studios in DC to meet the original DJ's and tour the studios.

Satellite radio is great because of the variety. However, each station does have a playlist that gets old quickly. The main reason I keep it active is for Watercolors (Contemporary Jazz). Every C-Jazz station could be popular if it were programmed like Watercolors. I also like Pops, Symphony, Classic Rewind, The Bridge, Big 80's, Octane and Lithium.

I couldn't take the seemingly never ending car commercials on local radio anymore, signed up for Sirius about six months ago and will probably be a lifetime subscriber from now on. The MySXM feature on the online app is fantastic.

is 104.9 wild kaput? i turned it on this moring and it seemed to be a country station from far away
They didn't play Your the Reason God Made Oklahoma for 24 hours straight, did they?


I hate to break the news to you but.... Clear Channel is one of the main companies behind SiriusXM. GM and Clear Channel were main companies that helped create the launch pad for XM. There first launch included about 10 clear channel over the air stations. Today they have four. Top 40 and Lite Rock station out of NYC, Top 40 station out of LA, and a country station in Nashville.

I have been XM subscriber since they launched in OKC. (November 2001) When XM first started they were offering free service for life if you recruited 100 subscribers. The top listener recruiters were given a free trip to the XM studios in DC to meet the original DJ's and tour the studios.

Satellite radio is great because of the variety. However, each station does have a playlist that gets old quickly. The main reason I keep it active is for Watercolors (Contemporary Jazz). Every C-Jazz station could be popular if it were programmed like Watercolors. I also like Pops, Symphony, Classic Rewind, The Bridge, Big 80's, Octane and Lithium.
Clear Channel divested their investment in SiriusXM last month.

I have had Sirius since 2004 so I never had the Clear Channel programmed stations since they were on XM (and they don't carry over to Sirius) but I rarely listen to local radio. KGSR and one of the country stations in Austin was about all I listened to and that was only occasionally, about the same here in Denver. I had pretty much quit listening to OKC radio in the late 90's until I moved in 2003, listened to CD's mostly. With Sirius and a 160gb iPod now I just don't see a need in it since there isn't something local and unique to draw me in like local radio used to be.

Wild 104.9 is still on the air. It used to be a great station back when it was Wild 97.9. I used to listen from afar. They need to drop the nationally syndicated playlist and go head to head with KJ and Power 103.5. They beat them once before, they could probably do it again with the right investments. They would probably need a better signal to do it though. It seems to have been getting a little better lately. They have been more current in the evening and playing the older hits during the day. Before, it was pretty dated all day long following the switch to the national playlist last year.

I Heart Radio is also owned by Clear Channel.

I bought my car a little over a year ago and it came with free satellite radio for 3 months. It was meh. Each channel has their rotation, their top 40 of whatever genre they play. It gets old. I've found that no station has as good a playlist as my iPod. When I listen to local radio, I mostly listen to the REF and I listen to the Franchise some and hardly ever listen to the urinal.

I Heart Radio is also owned by Clear Channel.

I bought my car a little over a year ago and it came with free satellite radio for 3 months. It was meh. Each channel has their rotation, their top 40 of whatever genre they play. It gets old. I've found that no station has as good a playlist as my iPod. When I listen to local radio, I mostly listen to the REF and I listen to the Franchise some and hardly ever listen to the urinal.

I agree about satellite. I like the variety on it but it doesn't compare to a well-programmed local station. Satellite is really best for the talk options as well as the formats you won't find in most terrestrial markets. Cumulus stations take the same approach as satellite with a national playlist and that is why they sound so inferior. Bash Clear Channel all you want but in terms of corporate radio, their stations are actually better than much of the competition due to the fact most of them have local PDs rather than a nationally syndicated playlist.

With Clear Channel it depends on the station, some are national platform stations and some are locally programmed for the majority of the day. I went to Sirius when I was commuting from Austin to Dallas and listening to more sports radio, it got tiresome trying to find a signal on I-35 between the cities. It was nice to be able to listen to games on the way back to Austin on Thursday nights.

Once radio went away from being local, it ruined it for the most part to me. Might as well have to ability to listen to it anywhere if you can't be local.

Anybody know what happened to the true oldies station? Seems like it has been replaced by a classic country station.

What is the substantive difference between True Oldies and Classic Country stations?
Is it the obnoxiousness level of the robocasters? The ad rotation? The listener demographic?

I think I accidentally tuned-in to something on the OSU station called "Folk Alley".
It wuz real good. Listened for almost a solid half hour. It was almost as good as satellite radio.
In fact, "Folk Alley" is sort of a satellite to OSU/PBS/APM/Whatever . . . or vice-versa . . .

Here's a little tune--by Bela Fleck's (of banjo jazz fame's) wife--that sorta stuck in my mind from the listening session . . .
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It sounds like a "true oldie" . . . but it probably ain't.

The problem with radio is that so much of it is owned by large, national corporations. Not just in OKC, but in most places. With this kind of structure you get very little true, local radio. These corporations do things in the most cost effective ways so that makes their stations all sound alike. You've got too few entities controlling most of radio.

Good point. What about KOSU? Owned by the public -- until legislators can turn it over to some private corp and finally ruin public radio. It has lots of great local programming. It broad- and webcasts indie music in coordination with The Spy, which is local. Juke Joint Revival. Freakbeat. Oklahoma Rock Show.

Anybody know what happened to the true oldies station? Seems like it has been replaced by a classic country station.

Yes, they've replaced it with yet another country station. OKC can really only support three formats. Country, classic rock, and sports talk, or so the corporate world thinks.

Yes, they've replaced it with yet another country station. OKC can really only support three formats. Country, classic rock, and sports talk, or so the corporate world thinks.

"Yes . . . You are right . . . depending upon the angle from which you look at it . . .
The 'corporate world' of today may think thusly (that is, as above ^) . . . but they aren't the 'disiincorporated spirit world'.
You can tell because they don't have a beat and you can't dance to them.
If you do, your taste in music goes straight to hell. Metaphorically speaking, of course."

http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Galleries/Dick%20Clark/dick-clark-thumb.jpg

Anybody know what happened to the true oldies station? Seems like it has been replaced by a classic country station.The TOC moved to 1640AM. Which means they're all but dead. And they were my favorite channel.

Glad I have Sirius XM in my car, I'm not a big fan of OKC radio stations except the KATT and is The Martini still on the air? It's one of my favorite local stations

Glad I have Sirius XM in my car, I'm not a big fan of OKC radio stations except the KATT and is The Martini still on the air? It's one of my favorite local stations

No, the Martini flipped to another sports talk station.

Radio is really going downhill everywhere, but OKC has the least variety I've seen in a populated area. Corporations are starting to become afraid of being adventurous so they are flipping all their stations to what they know works in their markets, even if there are several other stations doing the same format. In Charlotte, it was adult contemporary, black gospel, and adult R&B that seemed to be gobbling up every frequency.

i miss toc on the 997 dial 1640 signal so weak

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, September 13, 2013 | 4:46pm CT
http://images.radio-online.com/images/logos/K243BJ-FMLarge.gifTyler Media launched a new CHR outlet on KRXO-HD3/Oklahoma City and on translator K243BJ-FM as "NOW 96.5" with the positioning slogan "Oklahoma's Station For Generation Now, 96.5." Former KHTT-FM/Tulsa and WPUP-FM/Athens, GA, programmer Tod Tucker is rumored to become the station's Program Director. The website is now live at ~ NOW 965 ~ HIT MUSIC FOR OKC! (http://www.now965.com). (09-13-13)

Sure, it's nice NOW 96.5 can do something about its weak signal by rebroadcasting it on a strong HD channel, but since so few people have HD radios, it's not of much mass help. HD radio has pretty much been a bust. Sony had to give up and drop a couple models of HD radio, replacing them with nothing. So don't be too surprised OKC radio stations that have HD channels start dropping them. Only hope for HD radio is for some listenership in cars, but then you have competition from Sirius Satellite Radio.

Sure, it's nice NOW 96.5 can do something about its weak signal by rebroadcasting it on a strong HD channel, but since so few people have HD radios, it's not of much mass help. HD radio has pretty much been a bust. Sony had to give up and drop a couple models of HD radio, replacing them with nothing. So don't be too surprised OKC radio stations that have HD channels start dropping them. Only hope for HD radio is for some listenership in cars, but then you have competition from Sirius Satellite Radio.

The reason why Tyler is growing there HD radio base is because they like Clear Channel and Cumulus are at there high power license limit. The FCC will only allow each company to own 6 stations in the OKC market. Additional licenses can only be used for low power stations/HD Radio. When Tyler bought the local Renda (owner of Renda retired from the business) stations they had to sell KKNG (Which is now a Catholic Radio/EWTN station.)

Does anybody think a lite rock station could work in OKC? I believe the last one on the air in this market was KQSR 94.7 in the early 2000s. The format was more popular back in the 90s but it still does well in markets that have a lot of at-work listeners.

Does anybody think a lite rock station could work in OKC?
Isn't that what Magic 104 is? If not, what constitutes a lite rock
station.

I listen to KCSC 90.1 almost exclusively. Sometimes KRXO and KOMA. If
there's a storm then KTOK.

Did KYIS change their afternoon DJs? I've tuned in briefly and it sounds like they've replaced Drew.

Did KYIS change their afternoon DJs? I've tuned in briefly and it sounds like they've replaced Drew.

Their website now says "Kaci & Jacob" for Afternoon Drive.

Their website now says "Kaci & Jacob" for Afternoon Drive.


I miss the oldies stations. I loved the old KOMA. It isn't the same anymore. I also liked the True Oldies station, but they replaced it with a very good country station. I wish someone would bring back a really good oldies channel.

I wish they would put oldies back on 1520 AM!!

I wish more variety would come back to OKC radio. This city probably has worst selection of radio stations of any city its size. Yes, I agree FM is being replaced by streaming and satellite nationwide but here its almost a necessity of you don't want to listen to country, classic rock, or sports talk. Here is what OKC needs.

Hip-hop/R&B station with local quality reception - Is OKC the only NBA city that doesn't have one?
Alternative Rock - Once again, it wouldn't surprise me if OKC is the largest city without one
True Oldies - I really liked 99.7 before they switched to yet another country station
Standards - I also really wish they would bring back 105.3 the Martini
Variety - OKC needs a Jack-FM style station

The most gaping holes in this market are hip-hop/R&B and alternative rock. OKC really needs these formats and why any city this size doesn't have them is mindnumbing. If OKC had all the formats I just listed I would say it would have a pretty well-rounded radio dial.

LOL radio...

LOL radio...

Yes, I know streaming and satellite options exist. They are an awesome business model that has convinced people to pay for something they once got for free over the airwaves (and still do to some extent in big cities).

They are paid for because there are no commercials and streaming can be free w/ way fewer commercials than radio.

The most gaping holes in this market are hip-hop/R&B and alternative rock. OKC really needs these formats and why any city this size doesn't have them is mindnumbing. If OKC had all the formats I just listed I would say it would have a pretty well-rounded radio dial.

There are several hip-hop/rb stations here in town. One I know of broadcasts both on fm and am. Maybe they don't have the signal strength you're looking for? Not sure. Alternative rock though, yeah, we don't have anything really (although KATT will hit the genre at times).

I pay $2.50 a week for Spotify. No commercials. Any album or song I want ON DEMAND. I have several albums in a playlist for this mood, another for that mood - a favorite singles through the years in another playlist (just checked - 727 songs). I build my own radio station commercial free from a library of MILLIONS of songs. (I've honestly never run into a song I wanted on my playlists that Spotify didn't have.) Best $10 a month in entertainment and yes, I really believe that. They have everything. Well....except Taylor Swift and a very few others.

With that said, Oklahoma City radio is in bad shape. It's not anything close to what it once was, but how could it be? They are going the way of newspapers. It's sad, really. But also inevitable with today's technology.

There are several hip-hop/rb stations here in town. One I know of broadcasts both on fm and am. Maybe they don't have the signal strength you're looking for? Not sure. Alternative rock though, yeah, we don't have anything really (although KATT will hit the genre at times).

The only hip-hop/r&b station is Power 103.5 and its signal is so poor in the metro it isn't really even an OKC station. 102.7 and 104.9 are top 40. 92.1 is adult urban.




With that said, Oklahoma City radio is in bad shape. It's not anything close to what it once was, but how could it be? They are going the way of newspapers. It's sad, really. But also inevitable with today's technology.

Like cable TV doomed over the air broadcasting? Until there is a free, widely available alternative I think FM still has a future. It's just that OKC stands out from the pack in having especially bad stations (unless you really, really love country and sports talk). In big cities there is still some decent variety on FM. Of course its still inferior to paid options like satellite and streaming and you aren't going to find comedy stations or anything too creative on FM very many places these days.

I only heard about it from a friend, but 103.1 is classic hip hop, and it's AWESOME!

I know the comment was made a couple of years ago in this thread, but just to dispel any notions: KJ103 (102.7 KJYO-FM) has been on the air as a Top40/CHR format station since 1983. In addition, 98.9 KISS FM (98.9 KYIS-FM) has been around since 1991, bouncing back and forth between Top40/CHR and HotAC. So to say only country, sports talk, or classic rock works here is not true. - Top40/CHR does seem to play rather well too.

That said... I still miss The BUZZ (94.7 KHBZ-FM) a LOT. It was my go-to rock station, and not only was it better than the KATT, the competition made the KATT improve their playlist somewhat.

If I could get a clone of one station here, it would be either a clone of Z104.5 The Edge (104.5 KMYZ-FM Tulsa/Pryor, OK), which is a Modern Rock/Alternative Rock mix, or 95 WIIL ROCK (95.1 WIIL-FM Chicago, IL/Milwaukee, WI/Union Grove, WI), which is basically an Alternative-heavy Active Rock format. 95 WILL ROCK also has a great morning show... Tom and Emily (http://www.95wiilrock.com/common/page.php?id=97) are great. :D

Also, this thread may need to be merged with this one: http://www.okctalk.com/ask-anything-about-okc/38375-radio-landscape-okc.html

Traber broke a chair today and hit his head. Was hilarious.

I wish KGOU would give Adult Album Alternative a try.

Someone needs to be daring enough to put on the air a pirate FM radio station of at least 100 watts. If it's placed on a frequency that doesn't interfere with locals and only broadcasts when FCC agents likely don't work, such as after 5pm and during day time Sat and Sun, such a station might be able to get by with it at least for a good while.

OKC Pirate FM radio I've heard years ago thought it was doing something good by airing shows of comedians using obscenities, but it needs to be more than that. Besides pirate stations that broadcast obscenities are more likely to get reported.