Prometheus Radio Project still wants the FCC to establish a 50-watt low-power FM...
Prometheus Radio Project still wants the FCC to establish a 50-watt low-power FM class of service and adopt a second-adjacent frequency waiver standard for LPFM stations modeled after the rules used by FM translators. A reading of the “no interference”…
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standard laid out in the Local Community Radio Act “supports this interpretation, as does the ‘equal in status’ language requiring parity between translators and LPFM stations,” Prometheus said in an ex parte filing in docket 99-25 (http://xrl.us/bniar4). The filing referred to conversations this week with Prometheus and Media Bureau Audio Division staff and with an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. Prometheus also promoted the creation of a local programming mandate or “a dispositive point allotment because ... applicants willing to commit to locally-originated programming should be preferred over other applicants.” It said a mandate would deter applicants “that have no intention of offering any locally-originated programming."