RadioReference Announces the Retirement of All Ad Serving

[drdeputy]

Dang it. I hate when someone removes a reason for us Oscar Foxtrots to be pissy. Onward.....

 

[blantonl]

Thanks for confirming that... the reason I was unsure is this paragraph in the Broadcastify FAQS:

This FAQ section at Broadcastify is dated September 17, 2021:



As worded there, premium subscription at RR for all active feed providers would have expired 1/15/2022

No plans at this time to remove premium subscription status for feed providers.

 

[rjdj2000]

No plans at this time to remove premium subscription status for feed providers.

Thank You Lindsay.

I know that I put more $ in electric and internet over a years time to provide the feed(s) to here. I appreciate you not knocking us out who have not paid for premium status. I know business is business also and it has to survive on it's own.

 

[n1ti]

Thank You Lindsay.

I know that I put more $ in electric and internet over a years time to provide the feed(s) to here. I appreciate you not knocking us out who have not paid for premium status. I know business is business also and it has to survive on it's own.

Ditto!

 

[KC4YIN]

Just renewed my subscription also.
Thank you sir.

 

[K5TUE]

Ads?

 

[captainmax1]

I will keep being a Premium member until death also. Radio Reference is the best source for scanner and radio heads like me.

 

[David628]

I never contested this topic. I just renewed my premium sub for 2 more years a few months earlier than required because its extremely beneficial overall. Thanks @blantonl for all that you have done over the many years to make this hobby even better and thanks to the RR community members and staff for giving your all to this effort to make monitoring the best that it can be. Cheers!

 

[sking128]

Thank You Lindsay, I have been a member , Basic, Premium, and a Feed Provider since 2004. WAAAY back when it started out as Trunked Radio. I've never really had an issue with Ads, so it's not much of a change. I did, however, just renewed for 2 Yrs. Just because//

 

[anthonytheitalian1]

RadioReference.com is pleased to announce that we are retiring, deprecating, and removing all advertising on RadioReference.com, with the exception of our partnership banner ads and links with Scanner Master.

We expect to immediately disable all ads within the next 15 days and have this transition completed by 5/15/2022.

There will be no changes to Broadcastify.com - ads will continue to remain there.

If you find value with RadioReference as a community and resource, we hope you'll support the site by becoming a premium subscriber. Benefits of being a subscriber are oulined here:

RadioReference Network Premium Subscription

Information about the RadioReference Network Premium Subscription Programs

www.radioreference.com

** Offer not valid in all areas. Your mileage may vary. We reserve the right to show ads to people who are mean to us our our staff. Objects may appear closer than they actually are. No dark theme will be available

Wow I gotta say Thank you and good riddance to ads!! Cheers 🥂 to the person who invented radio reference website Thank you sir…..

 

[krokus]

** Offer not valid in all areas. Your mileage may vary. We reserve the right to show ads to people who are mean to us our our staff. Objects may appear closer than they actually are. No dark theme will be available

 

[TPC2075]

Great !! , i am late with my reply "But" Great !!

 

[AJAT]

I can’t believe this! Now how am I going to know what to buy? I need AI technology to tell me what to buy even if I don’t need it. That is it. I am done, canceling my subscription and moving on. Bye RR.

 

[N9PVW]

I also will always be a member.

 

[zigzagman95]

i don't have $30 dollars. so by taking the free web page away i can not look up freq's on here no more. For that much you better have alot more on here your list are a little lite. i have found better though place. i bet you will still a lot of ad to get more money your site suck's now you are making people pay for it.

 

[buddrousa]

ZIGZAG thats rolling papers correct
Glad things are working out for you finding a place that works better for you.

 

[TrooperBruceMichaels]

In the trade off, now an non-premium member can NOT look up the input frequencies anymore. Wonder how long it will be until the entire page becomes "Premium"?

 

[buddrousa]

The staff that logs and maintains the database and the bandwidth has to be paid for. Have you ever thought about where a Trooper Salery comes from The people of the state pay in taxes. It is not free.

 

[K7MFC]

Have you ever thought about where a Trooper Salery comes from The people of the state pay in taxes. It is not free.

I get what you’re saying, but this analogy is a little off the mark lol. Radio Reference isn’t providing an essential service to the public at large, and a premium membership fee isn’t a tax.

 

[TrooperBruceMichaels]

The staff that logs and maintains the database and the bandwidth has to be paid for.

Without people users submitting frequencies and other info, who are NOT getting paid, there will be no need to pay "The Staff"!