This week the total number of granted LPFM applications crossed 1100. LPFMs-to-be are already fundraising and making plans for their new stations. For example, in Portland, Oregon, Q Center’s station Wild Planet Radio, purportedly the “the world’s first nonprofit LGBTQ radio station,” is gearing up to get on the air, sharing a frequency with The […]
The flow of new low-power FM construction permits is slowing to a trickle as the FCC gets towards the end of the singleton applications. Many of the 19 stations authorized in the last week require a 2nd adjacent waiver in order to be spaced a little closer to existing stations. Commensurately, a fair number of […]
The Copyright Office’s Library of Congress has launched a new Notice of Inquiry on the “effectiveness of existing methods of licensing music,” an issue dear to the heart of pretty much everybody invested in any kind of music distribution system, from AM/FM radio to Sirius XM to iTunes. “The Office will use the information it […]
There was more action on LPFM applications this week (especially compared with last week), with more than 30 granted since March 6, bringing the total count to 1078 construction permits granted this year for new LPFM stations. A few applications were also dismissed this week, including those for the Global Service Center for Quitting Chinese […]
The fight against the Podcast Patent Troll continues on. Last week there was a small victory for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, while podcaster Adam Carolla starts a legal defense fund to fight the troll in court. On Friday Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins struck down an attempt by Personal Audio to subpoena the names of donors […]
This past week was fairly quiet on the low-power FM front compared to what we’ve seen most of the year so far. Only six more construction permits have been issued since last week, bringing the count to 1047 applications granted. There were some interesting and informative comments to last week’s LPFM Watch which reported on […]
Yet again, the FCC is making a firm stance about the sanctity of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and is proposing major fines against Viacom, ESPN and NBCUniversal for recent infractions. In a Notice of Apparent Liability (PDF) sent to all three organizations, the FCC is asking for a voluntary forfeiture amount of $1,120,000 from […]
This week the number of new LPFM application grants crossed the 1000 mark, with the tally increasing daily. Amid the grants, the FCC also issued a Letter of Inquiry to Hispanic Christian Community Network president Antonio Cesar Guel. In its letter dated February 21, the FCC is seeking more information about 14 applications prepared by […]
High school radio is such a rare thing that it saddens me when a station goes dark. Earlier this month, the FCC cancelled the license for the Akiachak School’s class D FM radio station KHKY because the license holder (Yupiit School District) did not renew the license. (more…)
This week we’re up to 983 low-power FM construction permits granted, leaving a little more than 100 singleton, non competitive, applications left to be processed. More Top 20 Urban Stations As I reported a couple of weeks ago, the first LPFM in the urban core of a Top 20 market was granted in Phoenix. Since […]
