Category: low-power radio

Early reports say that the Senate Commerce Committe passed the bill to restore low-power FM by voice vote this morning. Strangely, the Committee also passed an amendment excepting the state of New Jersey, submitted by Sen. Lautenberg, apparently because the Senator believes Jersey is more susceptible to interference problems because it is the most densely…

Tomorrow is a big day for the future of low-power FM, when the Senate Commerce Committee votes on Chairman Sen. McCain’s bill to restore spacing requirements to the original level set by the FCC back in 2000, when the Commission originally approved low-power FM. If ultimately passed by Congress and signed into law, the bill…

As I’ve mentioned once or twice before, the Urbana-Champaign IMC is working to get a new licensed low-power FM stations off the ground here, called WRFU, or Radio Free Urbana. The license was granted to the Socialist Forum of Champaign County, which is a non-sectarian advocacy organization, largely due to the efforts of Mike Lehman,…

Free Press is running a campaign to restore LPFM by pressuring Congress to pass McCain’s pro-LPFM legislatin. They have an on-line petition and contact info for your Congresscritters. Despite my disdain for lobby politics, I reckon this is worth doing, especially since only the NAB at this point is going to actively oppose LPFM. A…

Yesterday Sen. McCain made good on an earlier promise to submit a bill to restore LPFM to the FCC’s original 2000 standards. The bill cites the FCC’s Mitre report, which soundly falsified the NAB’s contention that LPFM poses an interference threat to full-power stations, as justification for reversing Congress’ evisceration of LPFM back in 2000,…