LPFM

Mitre Report

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:18:00 -0700

Commissioned by the FCC, the Mitre Report found that increasing the number of LPFM stations would not interfere with full-power stations.

Local Community Radio Act of 2007 (S. 1675/H.R. 2802)

Migrated Content — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:35:07 -0800

The Local Community Radio Act (S. 1675), introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), would allow new Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations in communities across the country.

Local Community Radio Act Would Increase Public Independent Media

Stevie Converse — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:57:33 -0700

Local Community Radio Act Will Increase Local Voices, Choices

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:44:11 -0700

Broadcast Station Totals as of June 30, 2008

Stevie Converse — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:29:21 -0700

Low Power FM Radio

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:27:50 -0700

What Is LPFM?
Low Power FM radio -- or LPFM -- describes local, nonprofit radio stations that operate at 100 watts or less and have a broadcast reach of only a few miles.

FCC Wants Wireless Mic Ban at 700MHz to Boost Broadband

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:02:01 -0700

KDRT to Air on New Frequency

Stevie Converse — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:36:33 -0700

For White Spaces Push, an Unnerving Precedent

Stevie Converse — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:20:48 -0700

Mayor to LPFM Station: Free Speech Has Its Limits

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:03:25 -0700

Diverse Coalition Calls on U.S. Representatives to Co-sponsor Local Community Radio Act

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:09:44 -0700

Boston Globe Gets it Right on LPFM

candace.jeanne — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:47:05 -0700

Today the Boston Globe stood up for low power FM radio – by publishing an editorial calling for Congressional support of the Local Community Radio Act.

Low Power to the People

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:54:57 -0700

Money talks on the radio. The airwaves are full of voices backed by the millions of dollars it takes to buy a commercial radio station. Clear Channel Communications, for example, owns more than 1,200 of them. But how do America's smaller, average-income voices get heard?

Interview: Janis Lane-Ewart, the Breath of Fresh Air Radio

Stevie Converse — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:54:08 -0700

SPECIAL NOTE - KFAI and the Twin Cities Daily Planet are co-sponsoring the Party for a Media Revolution on Thursday, June 5. For more information, see kfai.org.

National Public Radio Rejcts Higher Status for Low-Power FM

Stevie Converse — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:35:18 -0700

Advocates for full-power pubradio stations and their low-power FM cousins are at odds again over FCC proposals to allocate more frequencies for LPFM, whose extent and prerogatives have been debated since the commission authorized the new class of noncommercial stations in 2000.

XM-Sirius Merger An Opportunity for Openness and Access? LPFM for Satellite?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:26:08 -0700

Matthew Lasar continues his excellent reporting for Ars Technica with an article on a recent letter from House Energy and Commerce Chair John Dingell (D-MI) and Internet subcommittee Chair Edward J. Markey (D-MA) to the FCC urging an open platform for satellite radio if the Commission approves the Sirius/XM deal.

NPR's War on Low Power FM: the Laws of Physics vs. Politics

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:19:13 -0700

National Public Radio continues to move aggressively against Federal Communications Commission proposals that would, if not allow nonprofits to build more Low Power FM stations (LPFM), at least let existing ones survive the intrusion of new full power neighbors.

Local Community Radio Act Support Letter

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:13:14 -0700

Ben Scott's letter to the members of the Senate Commerce Committee urges support for S.1675, the Local Community Radio Act of 2007.

Who Benefits from Low Power FM Radio?

Neal Bastek — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:59:45 -0800

Women and People of Color: LPFM stations provide opportunities for women and people of color to work in radio programming, run local stations, and address issues that are often neglected by commercial radio stations.

Women make up 51 percent of the U.S. population, but own just 6 percent of all local AM and FM stations.

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Low Power FM Success Stories

Neal Bastek — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:53:52 -0800

Low Power FM stations are popping up all over the country. Here are just a few examples of great local LPFM stations.