# Approximately How Much Does It Cost To Run A Radio Station If You Cut Every Corner?

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**Created:** [March 29, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approximately-how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-a-radio-station-if-you-cut-every-corner/831734 "2019-03-29T19:19:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approximately-how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-a-radio-station-if-you-cut-every-corner/831734/21 "2019-04-02T19:22:17Z")

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I don’t know if this will help, but I can tell you that before my 911 center switched to a County run radio system, we had 7 transmitters that were each 100 watts a piece. They were all in one building/shed that had a separate electric meter. This meter powered the transmitters, Climate control and some lighting. That bill ran between $700 & $800 a month. Climate control was minimal and there was only one outside light that ran at night, the rest were on motion sensors while you were inside, which wasn’t very often. I only mention it so you can take into consideration utility costs in your figures.  
We also had back up transmitters in other buildings, but they were rented spaces, so I never got a utility bill for them.

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