Low-power FM advocates asked the FCC to extend...
Low-power FM advocates asked the FCC to extend the length of the LPFM window. The FCC should extend the filing window “by the length of the shutdown plus an additional week, or suspend the originally planned LPFM window and reschedule…
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to later in 2013,” said Prometheus Radio Project, Rec Networks, Common Frequency and ColorOfChange.org in an FCC filing (http://bit.ly/1hZROpN). The window was scheduled to be open Oct. 15-29, but that plan was derailed by the recent government shutdown (CD Oct 17 p3). The shutdown of normal commission operations has not only extended into the original time frame, “but has also prevented LPFM hopefuls from preparing their applications during this time,” they said. Applicants without the financial resources to hire engineering firms were disproportionately impacted by the shutdown, “as these groups are more likely to rely on free public software and advice from Audio Division staff,” they said.