"I think the thing that really irritated me was the fact that 80 percent of the public airwaves are owned by religious stations," she said. "This chance is one of the last airwaves available. If we don't do something now, we'll never get another shot."

And for Francis, that shot is worth the effort.

"These religious right groups figured out a long time ago that they didn't just have to talk to their congregation, or their 200 people; they could talk to the world and, now, they've gobbled up 80 percent of the radio stations in the country."

So Francis started her campaign.

She wants a secular radio station.

A radio station that focuses on community.

A radio station that reports local issues.

A radio station to the left of the political spectrum.

"I want a community station," she said. "I participated in a telephone conference and then started fundraising and looking for money."

Her first goal was simple: come up with enough cash to hire an attorney.

She succeeded.

"I found a nationally known attorney who reduced his fee because he believes in the cause," she said. "Then I found a great deal engineer."

From there, she started fundraising and, before long, raised almost $6,000 from a national Unitarian Universalist organization.

"We're off and running," she said. "We're currently working very hard at fundraising and we're waiting to hear from the FCC."

And while it could take a while to hear from the feds, Francis is leaving nothing to chance.