I would like to start a local radio reading service for the blind and read local newspapers and copyrighted books for the blind. Anybody in the USA know if a license is needed and how to obtain? For part15.
No license needed if its Part 15. There are no content restrictions for part 15 stations.
That being said, these services are normally on an FM station's subcarrier which is a licensed service.
No no license for the radio itself if Part 15.
It appears copyright clearance for the material may be OK too:
https://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/guides/copyright.html
But really, how many blind listeners can there be in a Part 15 coverage area? Unless you already have a specific audience in mind.
TIB
I've always thought that part 15 would be the greatest for this sort of thing, not juist reading for the blind, but any small kind of audio product that someone might have.
Great idea dude!
I say GO FOR IT!!
Great Idea.
Barry of BBR Yardwide Radio
I think it's a great idea, and anyone can listen in. I used to hear one on a subcarrier of an FM station, it was voice quality and hissy, and they read from the newspaper, magazines and books, with male and female narrators. It was like the radio's founders had dreamt of, access to the world's information, before radio became commercialized and mostly entertainment.
I think it would be great if radio just had people reading stuff, something real and different on the AM dial.
if you're a blind student going to a School for the Blind say Lions World services for the blind in Little Rock Arkansas for example a student could set up a part 15 a.m. radio station in the entire campus could listen in you could have different books each day to read this way everyone would be able to benefit from it. It can work.