A comeback for Low Power FM radio?
It is once more into the breach for the Low Power FM radio movement. LPFM boosters and Freepress held a press conference on Wednesday to announce the reintroduction of the Local Community Radio Act of 2009. Sponsored by Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA), the law would loosen the Federal Communications Commission’s FM band interference rules, making it easier to establish many more up-to-100-watt, non-commercial radio stations around the United States. Most LPFMs serve areas of about three miles or so.
“When we get this bill passed this year it will be possible for three thousand new community radio stations to appear in cities and towns and suburbs and rural areas all across the country,” Doyle told reporters. The bill has 22 co-sponsors in the House, most notably Lee Terry (R-NE) and Ron Paul (R-TX). It also has the backing of groups like the Future of Music Coalition, whose President Michael Bracy expressed impatience with the time it has taken to get this legislation off the ground.
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