The National Radio Project has produced an excellent half-hour on low-power FM community radio for its weekly Making Contact program. Included in this show are successful LPFM stations like Radio Conciencia operated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, WSLR-LP in Sarasota, Florida and KDRT-LP in Davis, California, along with the voices of youth and community […]
Head over to Twitter, follow the hashtag #lpfm, and you’ll be able to join our Twitter chat on Low Power FM and college radio. I’m going to live blog the event here (or at least try), serving up some of the highlights of the discussion. The conversation starts at 10 AM PST / 1 PM […]
The Prometheus Radio Project is honoring veteran community radio supporter and activist Nan Rubin with a fund named for her. The Nan Rubin Community Impact Fund will provide scholarships for services to assist groups in building low-power FM community radio stations. The fund will also give an annual impact award. According to Prometheus Development & […]
“Making #LPFM a reality in San Francisco is like trying to climb the pyramids of Giza all at the same time,” one of my favorite radio station makers tweeted about twenty hours ago. To the rescue (hopefully) comes the Federal Communications Commission, which has just announced two webinars on Low Power FM. The first will […]
NPR ran a piece on Saturday about the impending wave of Low Power FM radio stations. The Weekend Edition story was about what you’d expect—a nice folks-helping-folks profile of a Germantown, Philadelphia Internet signal that hopes to get a LPFM license this October. This was followed by a general overview of Low Power FM applicants. “Low […]
Great news for Hollow Earth Internet radio in Seattle, Washington. The city’s Department of Information Technology has given the station a $19,487 matching fund planning grant to apply for a Low Power FM license this fall. The Federal Communications Commission’s application window for LPFMs opens on October 15. Here’s the grant language: “Help transition from […]
There are less than 100 shopping days to October 15, the date that the Federal Communications Commission will be begin accepting applications for new Low Power FM radio stations. The updated online Form 318 is available, and nosy me, I decided to set up an account just so I could take screen shots of the various […]
Democracy Now ran a focus show this morning on the Federal Communications Commission’s release of new procedures and application forms for the upcoming Low Power FM window, scheduled to open on October 15. The show includes Jeff Rousset of the Prometheus Radio Project and Ramon Ramirez, President of PCUN (Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste), […]
The Federal Communications Commission has released the updated online application and procedures for the impending Low Power FM application window. The filing opportunity will open on October 15 and close at 6:00 pm EDT on October 29. “Applicants are encouraged to access the system and prepare their applications and amendments at their earliest convenience. Applicants […]
I am continuing to peruse the Federal Communication Commission’s latest regulations for Low Power FM stations. The FCC promises an application window around October. Some of the rules make obvious sense. Others strike me as pretty gnarly, the gnarliest among them the provisions for voluntary and involuntary time sharing of LPFM stations. I wonder how […]
