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Radio Station Visit #150: Portland Radio Project

On a drizzly Columbus Day morning, I arrived at the Day Theater in Portland, Oregon to visit community radio station Portland…
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Listening Notes: KXCJ-LP in Cave Junction, Oregon

This past weekend I accompanied my wife for a short trip to Oregon's Illinois Valley where she facilitated a Conversation…
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Radio in U.S. Still Growing, 15,358 Total Stations at end of 2013

This week the FCC released its quarterly list of the total number of licensed broadcast stations in the United States. Based…
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LPFM Watch: Reviewing 2013, looking ahead to 2014

Summing up the past year in LPFM is not difficult. We had the second-ever licensing opportunity, wherein 2780 applications for…
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College Radio Survivor: This week’s college radio news

This week's College Radio Survivor includes some LPFM updates, word about a rumored station sale, details on some special Christmas…
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LPFM Watch: High School Radio and LPFM News Round-Up

It's been a busy few days as far as news on the low power FM (LPFM) front goes. Advocates like…
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REC Networks Questions 245 LPFM Applications Filed by Hispanic Christian Community Network President

LPFM advocate REC Networks has been cranking out reports and analysis in order to make sense of the nearly 3,000…
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FCC Offers Guidance for LPFM Hopefuls and Begins to Dismiss Faulty Applications

Low power FM (LPFM) applicants are on pins and needles as they await word about applications that were filed in…
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FCC extends LPFM application deadline to Friday at 3 PM ET

Acknowledging "technical issues" with its Consolidated Database System on Thursday, the FCC has extended the LPFM license application window to…
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LPFM applicants: deadline is today, but don’t stop now

Today at 6 PM Eastern Time is the deadline to complete and submit applications for low-power FM licenses. If your…
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FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel champions radio and LPFM to the Future of Music Summit

FCC Commissioner Jessica RosenworcelIn her Tuesday keynote address to the Future of Music Summit, FCC Commissioner…
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Poof!? Why are Low Power FM stations vanishing?

In our last post on the latest broadcast station statistics I noticed that while the number of FM radio stations…
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Radio Survivor launches discussion forums site

We've been talking about this for a while, and at last it has happened. Radio Survivor has fired up a…
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Post-shutdown LPFM application deadline extended to Nov. 14

Now that the FCC is back in business and clearing out its queue the deadline for low-power FM applications has…
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Groups request LPFM application extension from FCC due to government shutdown

As they promised, a coalition of low-power community radio support groups submitted a filing with the FCC today, the Commission’s…
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15 Seattle area non-profits coordinate to apply for LPFM licenses

The Seattle and Puget Sound region of Washington State has been the site of some thoughtful local coordination around low-power…
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