Category Archives: Low Power FM

Upheaval at Clear Ch… Err iHeart

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Fred Stiening

All the important people that work for iHeart Media were summoned to a meeting with Bob Pittman. They knew it would not be to discuss the Oscar awards. Clear Channel is $20 billion in debt and as sick as Sumner … Continue reading →

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Radio HIV

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Somewhere around 1200 new Low Power FM stations have been approved by the FCC. A Low Power FM station must be owned by a non-profit entity. It can have a maximum range of 5 miles at a power of 100 … Continue reading →

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Why music radio has become so awful

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Nautel LPFM webinar This is sales material for probably the world’s leading manufacturer of high power radio transmitters. It’s pretty amazing technology – if you watch radio stations as much as I have, you realize that most radio stations are … Continue reading →

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The new low-power FM radio stations are arriving

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Looking at the totals, there are 70 new LPFM stations in the database. Low power FM is a type of radio station created by Congress over 10 years ago as an alternative to “pirate FM radio” – A legal licensed … Continue reading →

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Local radio and LPFM

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The trickle of new LPFM radio stations are arriving on the air. I’m starting to go through the new arrivals to see what I can find about them. As Clear Channel and Cumulus essentially withdraw from any significant local programming … Continue reading →

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FCC approves LPFM license for Pahrump NV

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The applicant for the license is Talk Radio of Pahrump, Inc. You don’t suppose?….. Art Bell already owns an FM station in Pahrump, and people who own real radio stations can’t own an LPFM license. The applicant behind the license … Continue reading →

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New Low Power FM radio station of the day

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The invasion has begun. The FCC approved around 1000 new 100 watt Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations and is pushing the paperwork through to get them in the air, much to the dismay if the NAB which believes they … Continue reading →

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Any 7th Day Adventists seeing this?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I need help sorting this out… I’m working through trying to get the Low Power FM radio stations sorted out since they are about to increase in number once the FCC paper backlog clears. I’ve noticed in the past that … Continue reading →

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Low Power FM window has closed

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

The Low power FM “window that the FCC stalled on doing for over 10 years has come and gone. It was delayed by the government shutdown, thn extended when the FCC computers crashed due to the high volume of applications … Continue reading →

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Government shutdown likely to clobber LPFM

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Fred Stiening

The halls of the FCC are empty. The LPFM application window was supposed to open on the 15th. The FCC was already backlogged trying to wade through many thousands of FM Translator applications from 2003, which has to be cleaned … Continue reading →

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