low power radio

NPR's 'Liberal' Identity Crisis

Stevie Converse — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:01:46 -0500

Full article: Radio Survivor
Gavin Dahl
We need a more robust, more diverse NPR. Bringing together all our public interest journalism resources -- including community radio and NPR, cable access and PBS, nonprofit startups and independent bloggers -- means thinking critically about the "premier broadcast news organization" in America and how we can create a new foundation for American journalism.

Low Power FM Stations Show Future of Local Radio

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:31:45 -0400

Full article: Asheville Citizen-Times
Wally Bowen
In the age of iPods and the Internet, it's become fashionable to declare the death of radio. This forecast make sense when you compare the limited menus of commercial radio to the wealth of audio choices available online. But an recent report argues that better days may be ahead for radio because of some advantages it has over online technologies.

Durbin Promises to Support Diversifying the Airwaves

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:42:17 -0400

Full article: Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has renewed his support for the Local Community Radio Act, a bill pending in the Senate that would open the airwaves for hundreds of new non-commercial stations across the country, bringing low power radio to urban areas for the first time.

Congress Should Pass the Local Community Radio Act

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:43:34 -0500

Full article: Seattle Times
Congress should not waste any time when it returns from its Thanksgiving recess and pass a bill that would allow for local radio programming to flourish. The bill would go a long way to filling the local-programming void left because of the consolidation that took place after the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Local Community Radio Act Approved by Commerce Committee

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:17:36 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The Senate Commerce Committee has approved the Local Community Radio Act. The act allows more low-power FM stations to share spectrum with full-power radio stations by reducing separation between them, though it provides an expedited process for interference complaints.

FCC Shuts Down Low Power Radio Station in Stayton, Oregon

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:56 -0500

Full article: Oregonian
Katy Muldoon
The headline read: "Next up on KENC radio, a wedding." It might have gone off without a hitch, too, if a FCC agent hadn't read it, investigated and found Stayton's nonprofit, low-power community radio station and the fellow who operates it -- the groom -- allegedly violating government code.

Low Power FM Radio Advances in Senate

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:43:19 -0500

Full article: Free Press
The Senate Commerce Committee has voted unanimously to pass the Local Community Radio Act, legislation that would open the public airwaves to hundreds of new Low Power FM radio stations in communities across the country. The bill will now move to the full Senate.

Congress Takes Action on Low Power Radio

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:36:29 -0400

Full article: Free Press
The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet voted to pass The Local Community Radio Act 1147). The legislation, introduced by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.), would allow for hundreds of new Low Power FM radio stations in communities across the country.

Tribal Radio on the Reservation

Stevie Converse — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:26:28 -0400

Full article: Time Magazine
Jesse Hardman
LPFM radio is helping to preserve and develop Native American tribal culture in the American West. (Video 5:04)

Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader

Stevie Converse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:15:35 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Cecilia Kang