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Podcast #166 – The FCC’s Effort To Decimate Community Media

[powerpress] The FCC has proposed to de-fund community media through an arcane rule that determines how contributions from cable companies…
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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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AT&T’s “sponsored data” plan: net neutrality wake up call for radio?

For years, Internet centered radio companies of all kinds have been quietly ignoring the net neutrality question, that is, the…
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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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Eight California Radio Stations Miss FCC License Renewal Deadline

The FCC just released a list of eight California radio stations that did not submit license renewals by the August…
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New FCC Chair Wheeler reassures broadcasters they’re important, too

Though I was not struck with any particular concern, apparently there has been just a touch of anxiety amongst broadcasters…
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FCC Warns Broadcasters Against Misuse of Emergency Alert Tones

In an enforcement advisory this week, the Federal Communications Commission reminds broadcasters about the guidelines for using Emergency Alert System…
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Counterpoint: all-digital HD Radio on AM still on the table at FCC

My friend John Anderson wrote his dissertation on the complex policy machinations behind HD Radio becoming the digital radio standard,…
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Public interest advocate Gigi Sohn named to FCC Chairman Wheeler’s staff

Gigi SohnNew FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his staff appointments today, and there is potentially good…
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FCC makes official proposals for AM revitalization, but nothing on the all-digital question

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is a fan of AM radioIt looks like Commissioner Ajit Pai got…
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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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Number of AM radio stations down; FM stations up; FM translators down

The latest broadcast station count from the Federal Communications Commission is out. Quick headline: AM stations down; FM stations up. And…
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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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