Category Archives: LPFM

Radio Still Growing in U.S. According to Latest FCC Stats

The FCC released a list today, updating its statistics on the total number of licensed broadcast stations in the United States. Based on this list, there are more radio stations today (14,952) then there were a few months ago. The … finish reading Radio Still Growing in U.S. According to Latest FCC Stats

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Underwriting and Low Power FM: why does the NAB care?

Underwriting represents a very modest percentage of the budget of most Low Power FM radio stations in the United States. So reports the Prometheus Radio Project in a filing to the Federal Communications Commission. The latest data comes from a … finish reading Underwriting and Low Power FM: why does the NAB care?

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Guess How Many Licensed Radio Stations there are in the U.S.?

Today the FCC released two lists containing the total number of licensed broadcast stations in the United States. Despite the crowded radio dial, the number of licensed radio stations increased between June and September, 2011. According to the FCC, as … finish reading Guess How Many Licensed Radio Stations there are in the U.S.?

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LPFM Donated to Illinois State for Use by College Station

College radio advocates are protesting the loss of student-run FM stations. On campuses nationally, cash-strapped colleges and universities are selling or leasing stations to outsiders.  The new owners are not committed to students, but have other agendas with plans for … finish reading LPFM Donated to Illinois State for Use by College Station

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Congresspeople urge FCC to save space for LPFM in urban markets

Yesterday 28 members of the House of Representatives, led by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA), sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski [PDF] urging the Commission to ensure there is space reserved in urban areas for new low-power FM station … finish reading Congresspeople urge FCC to save space for LPFM in urban markets

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Deadline extension gives five more days to comment to the FCC on LPFM

Thanks to the quick work of LPFM advocate Michi Eyre at REC Networks, the FCC granted a one week extension on the comment window for the Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on low-power FM. In asking for the extension … finish reading Deadline extension gives five more days to comment to the FCC on LPFM

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Kettle Falls Radio to FCC: we want our LPFM back

The city of Kettle Falls, Washington describes itself as 1610 Friendly People and One Grouch. All of them had an Low Power FM Radio Station, it seems. “But was stolen after 2 years of operation,” writes Richard Walter, President of … finish reading Kettle Falls Radio to FCC: we want our LPFM back

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FCC proposes action for more LPFM community radio stations

As expected, at today’s open FCC meeting the Commission released a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making which lays out a plan of action to both clear out the queue of pending translator station applications and to begin taking … finish reading FCC proposes action for more LPFM community radio stations

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Does the college/community radio show before yours influence your program?

Are you a college/community/LPFM/unlicensed music show host? Does the show that comes on before you have an impact on your program, or your efforts to cultivate an audience? I ask now because I forgot to mention the question when I … finish reading Does the college/community radio show before yours influence your program?

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FCC taking up LPFM and translator stations at July 12 open meeting

Ever since the passage of the Local Community Radio Act, the big question has been how the FCC will deal with its backlog of applications for translator repeater stations. Translators are low-power stations that may only rebroadcast the signal of … finish reading FCC taking up LPFM and translator stations at July 12 open meeting

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