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Applications for 1,000 translator radio stations may pose a threat to low-power FM stations, say three community radio groups. So the groups filed informal objections against all of them, slowing down the FCC’s processing of these applications. This move has sparked controversy within the radio industry.
The Center for International Media Action, Common Frequency, Inc. and Prometheus Radio Project are the groups behind the objections to these proposed translators, which are low-powered stations that are only permitted to repeat the signal of another station. Common Frequency’s Todd Urick and Prometheus’ Paul Bame join the show to explain why they took this action, and to answer some of the criticisms coming both from the mainstream radio industry and from within community radio.
Paul also reports on the final death blow to the podcast patent troll, and files a correction to his recollection from episode #142 of the “Disco Demolition” night in Chicago.
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Show Notes
- Prometheus Radio Project: Low-power FM radio advocates file 1,000 Objections with FCC
- Radio World: Sides Are Split on Those 998 Objections
- Statement of REC Networks: Informal objections filed by Prometheus, et. al. against pending FM translator applications
- Todd Urick’s editorial on the 998 informal objections
- Learn more about LPFM
- FCC: FM Translators and Boosters
- The Podcast Patent Troll Is Dead and Buried
- Matthew Lasar: Rock radio’s war against disco
