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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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Family Radio’s Rapture Fallout Prompts Letters to FCC and Congress

The hype surrounding Family Radio’s prediction of Judgment Day and the Rapture on May 21 (and subsequent pronouncement that the Rapture will be delayed until October 21, 2011) not only attracted the attention of mainstream media, religious scholars, and atheists; … finish reading Family Radio’s Rapture Fallout Prompts Letters to FCC and Congress

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Prometheus Radio’s Brandy Doyle on the road ahead for LPFM

The Local Community Radio Act has been law now for a little more than three weeks, and since then the hardy radio activists at the Prometheus Radio Project have been hard at work mapping the road ahead. We here at … finish reading Prometheus Radio’s Brandy Doyle on the road ahead for LPFM

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Which comes first? LPFM or translators?

Right now there are a pile of applications for translator stations in the queue for at the FCC. Translators are often called booster stations because their only purpose is to rebroadcast the signal of a full-power station. This backlog of … finish reading Which comes first? LPFM or translators?

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FCC OKs Increase in HD Radio Power. Increased Interference Ahead?

On Friday the FCC’s Media Bureau quietly announced that it adopted an order to allow FM stations broadcasting a digital HD signal to increase their power levels up a maximum of 10% of the power of their main analog signal. … finish reading FCC OKs Increase in HD Radio Power. Increased Interference Ahead?

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