they also dont always know the size of the station.... if you want to waste some time look up call signs of radio stations... they are all taken. this one is such a specific URL that they might have snagged it to get bookmarks and search engine users. personally i would just come up with a new URL. don't give these jerks your money. also keep an eye for new extensions that are coming up... you might be able to get the name you want with a new extension.
even though you used to own it i think you are still out of luck. i too work at a non-profit radio station, but we are owned by a university. we have wkdu.org and a year or so ago i went to get.com and.net. unfortunately they had been registered (i pretty much just got beat out). i emailed the owner and asked what he wanted for them. he told me $20,000 or something. i explained that we are noncommercial and out annual budget is usually about $35,000. he then wanted to negotiate a price, but i stopped emailing him. granted "wkdu.???" is much less specific than "kdhxfm88.org" so they are probably hoping that 1) you have $$$$ and/or 2) your listeners will flock to a site that might be yours.
as for the legal options, what did they decide about people snagging copywritten names (like fritolay.com or something specific)?
i suggest emailing them to see what they want. i would personally not pay it when you can come up with some other valid URL. the fact that it's your old site means they should have picked up traffic from bookmarks and maybe search engines. if this is recent, then they are probably still getting hits from your old users.... so if they want a lot now, i assume it will go down later.
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they also dont always know the size of the station.... if you want to waste some time look up call signs of radio stations... they are all taken. this one is such a specific URL that they might have snagged it to get bookmarks and search engine users. personally i would just come up with a new URL. don't give these jerks your money. also keep an eye for new extensions that are coming up... you might be able to get the name you want with a new extension.
even though you used to own it i think you are still out of luck. i too work at a non-profit radio station, but we are owned by a university. we have wkdu.org and a year or so ago i went to get .com and .net. unfortunately they had been registered (i pretty much just got beat out). i emailed the owner and asked what he wanted for them. he told me $20,000 or something. i explained that we are noncommercial and out annual budget is usually about $35,000. he then wanted to negotiate a price, but i stopped emailing him. granted "wkdu.???" is much less specific than "kdhxfm88.org" so they are probably hoping that 1) you have $$$$ and/or 2) your listeners will flock to a site that might be yours.
as for the legal options, what did they decide about people snagging copywritten names (like fritolay.com or something specific)?
i suggest emailing them to see what they want. i would personally not pay it when you can come up with some other valid URL. the fact that it's your old site means they should have picked up traffic from bookmarks and maybe search engines. if this is recent, then they are probably still getting hits from your old users.... so if they want a lot now, i assume it will go down later.