"why even emphasize 'non-commercial'? Why not 'commercial-free' ? Do you plan funding announcements? ......"
We will air promos on the radio station. By the way, radio station WMGQ, is not filing any complaints whatsoever against the station. Neither is any other AC stations. The people at WMGQ are actually real good friends with me and they 'encourage' the idea. We are not competing against any station in or out the market nor are we planning to. Obviously me having good relations with the staff don't always mean I can do whatever I want.
"I'm speculating that your station's liners/separators/jingles/sweepers are all in place and can't change the wardrobe easily. "
Actually, we just got a new jingle package, although we're unsure if you'll like it. Which can be another problem despite branding issues, because sometimes people on forums like Radio Discussions can develop a strong hatred/dislike for the jingle companies of today with young vocals. It's normally on the listener's ears.
"This is a perfect example of what not to do when starting an Internet stream. Making it local, fake call letters, fake frequency and stealing the branding of a terrestrial station. "
We've got the branding "Magic" from WLMG, not the other station mentioned earlier. We didn't steal anything from them. our callsigns are WMGG because since WMJJ was taken, we make ours be G instead of J.
Here's a site of broadcasters that have station brandings similar to ours or somebody else's.
http://mixlr.com/live/popular/
You can keep looking through the guide or even type the word 'Magic' in the search bar and find other stations. It's all Legal.
"The thing is, for me a lot of the magic (pun intended) is their chat room. Do you plan one?"
We can have every evening, oldies music from the 60's through 80's, basically what we'll do all day long, though.
This is a service, NOT a hobby. We could brand ourselves as "94.9" but still have liners//jingles/sweepers saying (or singing) "Magic 94.9". Which is what we're open to.
-Lawrence