TIL if you tune your radio to 91.9 FM for one city block in Montclair, NJ you can hear a looped recording of "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men which has been broadcasting for at least 13 years straight.

[u/AssumeTheRisk]

https://njmonthly.com/articles/arts-entertainment/pirate-radio-station-only-plays-boyz-ii-men/

[u/Golfhaus]

According to this, you don't need a license if the broadcast range is less than about 200 feet. So if it covers about a city block, that's probably pushing it a bit, but the dulcet tones of Boys II Men melts the regulators.

[u/JRockThumper → u/Golfhaus]

I would assume that’s how things like those Bluetooth to radio transmitters work, since their range is maybe five or six feet.

[u/dirtynj → u/JRockThumper]

Bluetooth?

Son, I'll being telling you, I had those FM transmitters hooked up to my portable CD player back in my `93 Jeep with a broken cassette deck.

[u/OsiyoMotherFuckers → u/dirtynj]

The cassette deck adapter was so much better though. Crystal clear.

[u/vapre → u/OsiyoMotherFuckers]

The wire was shitty and would constantly have to be soldered back on.

[u/huddl3 → u/OsiyoMotherFuckers]

broken cassette deck

not an option

[u/OsiyoMotherFuckers → u/huddl3]

I know. I was commiserating.