Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2011 8:30:49 GMT -5
(From an email)
The announcement that the FCC will open discussion on creating new rules for setting up Low-Power FMs (LPFM) and FM translators is welcome news to advocates of community, or LPFM radio. One such advocate is the Prometheus Radio Project. According to an article in RVR-TVBR, the meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12.
Brandy Doyle, spokesperson for the Prometheus Radio Project added, "The FCC's Future of Media report argues that low power can help increase diversity on the airwaves, but that can only happen if diverse communities gain access to this important resource. Fortunately, Congress gave the FCC a clear mandate in the law: ensure channels for low power, and base your policies on the needs of local communities. After ten years, urban communities (and the schools, churches, and non-profits that want to serve them) have waited long enough. We look forward to seeing how the proposed rules implement this mandate."
Two issues that are high on the Commission's LPFM agenda are changes in audience ratings of full-service FMs as a result of competition from LPFM stations, and changes in advertising revenue to full-service FMs as a result of LPFM operations.
The announcement that the FCC will open discussion on creating new rules for setting up Low-Power FMs (LPFM) and FM translators is welcome news to advocates of community, or LPFM radio. One such advocate is the Prometheus Radio Project. According to an article in RVR-TVBR, the meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12.
Brandy Doyle, spokesperson for the Prometheus Radio Project added, "The FCC's Future of Media report argues that low power can help increase diversity on the airwaves, but that can only happen if diverse communities gain access to this important resource. Fortunately, Congress gave the FCC a clear mandate in the law: ensure channels for low power, and base your policies on the needs of local communities. After ten years, urban communities (and the schools, churches, and non-profits that want to serve them) have waited long enough. We look forward to seeing how the proposed rules implement this mandate."
Two issues that are high on the Commission's LPFM agenda are changes in audience ratings of full-service FMs as a result of competition from LPFM stations, and changes in advertising revenue to full-service FMs as a result of LPFM operations.
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