What legalities should I be aware of if setting up an internet radio station in the US?

Question

I'm in the process of setting up an internet radio station in the US and it's been brought to my attention that there may be legalities in doing so that I'm not currently aware of. Does anyone here no of any such legalities? Has anyone done this before? Any pointers for the new guy?

This is designed to be a not-for-profit thing, but I will be running commercials to pay for bandwidth, hardware, etc.

I have no intention of playing any mainstream music and will instead by licensing all music from local and underground bands.

This is planned to be a 24-hour station running several shows and some of those may choose to play mainstream music, but they're in charge of getting the appropriate licenses and it is discouraged.

Answer 1

here a couple links...scroll down in the pdf of the second link and there is a general discussion of the legal ramifications...