The NAB’s enforcer against competition (the FCC) has dragged their feet now for 10 years trying to fend off Low Power FM radio stations, which are in part a compromise to discourage “pirate” stations stealing unused FM spectrum<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/main\/220602\/opinion\/lowpower-fm-stations-give-people-more-voice.html<\/p>\n
LPFM rules are designed for the most part to make them impossible to sustain financially without breaking the law. Even so, 1000 or more LPFM radio stations are expected to file applications in October.<\/p>\n
I currently do list LPFM stations although they are not shown by default. A lot of them are run by former big radio companies – they say success is the best revenge.<\/p>\n
There are currently about 800 LPFM stations licensed before the FCC slammed on the brakes – about 1\/3 are religious stations (mostly 7th day Adventists), 1\/4 are non-profit “community” groups and the rest are a smattering of various things – colleges find them useful for their reduced record keeping requirements<\/p>\n
Just think how much more work this creates for the NSA to record and translate the programming of these potential internaional terrorists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NAB’s enforcer against competition (the FCC) has dragged their feet now for 10 years trying to fend off Low Power FM radio stations, which are in part a compromise to discourage “pirate” stations stealing unused FM spectrum http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/main\/220602\/opinion\/lowpower-fm-stations-give-people-more-voice.html LPFM … Continue reading