The biggest low-power FM group continues to have concerns on a proposed order...
The biggest low-power FM group continues to have concerns on a proposed order set for a vote at Wednesday’s FCC meeting to process remaining applications from 2003 for FM translators that may occupy space LPFM could use. “To ensure adequate…
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LPFM opportunities in urban areas,” channels “reserved for future LPFM licensing [should] include those available when intermediate frequencies are not protected, using a similar protection scheme to translator stations under 100 watts,” Prometheus Radio Project said. Future LPFM stations should get the same “greater flexibility in the requirements for antenna height above average terrain” as FM translators have, the group said (http://xrl.us/bmyfhq). That “would be of particular value to stations in areas with uneven terrain,” Prometheus said in a filing posted Thursday to docket 99-25 on conversations with Audio Division Chief Peter Doyle of the Media Bureau and with an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. The division also drafted an LPFM rulemaking notice, which may be voted on along with the translator order before Wednesday (CD March 8 p12).