Senators Maria Cantwell and John McCain have introduced a Senate bill to
authorize hundreds of local, noncommercial Low Power FM radio stations
to communities across the country. A companion bill was introduced in
the House. The Local Community Radio Act of 2007 would remove the
artificial restrictions imposed on LPFM by a 2000 law passed at the
urging of corporate radio giants and NPR, claiming that small community
stations would interfere with the signals of larger stations. While
these claims were debunked by a taxpayer-funded study in 2002, Congress
has not yet acted on those results - denying many communities the
opportunity to apply for LPFM stations.
If passed, this bill will pave the way for educational groups,
nonprofits, unions, schools and local governments to launch new local
radio stations across the country. Get additional details from the
Prometheus Radio Project, <http://www.prometheusradio.org/> and express
your support for local radio by signing the online petition at
ExpandLPFM.org.
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David Solomonoff, President
Internet Society of New York
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