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FCC Awards Another 26 Full-Power NonComm FM Licenses

The FCC has released the winners of another twenty-six full-power noncommercial FM broadcast licenses from the 2007 application window [PDFs: 1, 2]. Like the fifty-seven licenses announced in February, the winners in this set were chosen from amongst two or … finish reading FCC Awards Another 26 Full-Power NonComm FM Licenses

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FCC Awards Full-Power Licenses to 5 LPFMs, Plus 52 More Orgs

The FCC opened up an important licensing window for new noncommercial FM stations in 2007, announcing the first round of license winners in 2008. However another 59 licenses remained up in the air due to the Commission needing to pick … finish reading FCC Awards Full-Power Licenses to 5 LPFMs, Plus 52 More Orgs

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Today We’re Half-Way to LPFM

It’s a day that thousands of low-power FM and community radio activists have been awaiting for just about nine years. This evening, at 7:06 pm the House of Representatives, with a minimum of drama, passed H.R. 1147, the Local Community … finish reading Today We’re Half-Way to LPFM

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The Clock Is Winding Down for Channel 6 Backdoor to FM

Regular readers may recall that I’ve been doggedly pursuing the minor phenomenon of analog TV channel 6 broadcasters exploiting their audio signal’s proximity to the FM dial to become radio broadcasters. At present the only analog TV stations capable of … finish reading The Clock Is Winding Down for Channel 6 Backdoor to FM

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FCC Opens another Window for Aspiring Educational Broadcasters

There’s some excellent news from the FCC today. They’ve just announced that there will be another window of opportunity for non-commercial, educational broadcasters to obtain an FM frequency. Between Friday, December 11 and Friday, December 18, 2009; aspiring stations will … finish reading FCC Opens another Window for Aspiring Educational Broadcasters

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Radio Obsessive Profile #2: Jose Fritz’s Arcane Radio Trivia

I’m awed by all the radio enthusiasts, collectors, historians, and scholars out there; so I’m going to try to feature some of my favorites on Radio Survivor in a new feature called Radio Obsessives. I didn’t realize it at the … finish reading Radio Obsessive Profile #2: Jose Fritz’s Arcane Radio Trivia

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Listen to the Radio Survivors

In the vein of practice what you preach, two of the bloggers here, myself and Jennifer Waits, have regular weekly radio programs. Our third accomplice, Matthew Lasar, is a frequent guest on my program, mediageek. The mediageek radioshow covers grassroots … finish reading Listen to the Radio Survivors

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