”It is really showtime” for low-power FM (LPFM)...
"It is really showtime” for low-power FM (LPFM) radio, said FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Tuesday at the Future of Music Summit (http://fcc.us/1dNWlOx). The FCC is accepting LPFM applications until Nov. 14. “This window is really important,” Rosenworcel said. “Because it…
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is the first time in the history of LPFM when third-adjacent channel restrictions do not limit the number of available frequencies.” Before 2010, if a full-power FM station was at 100.1, any LPFM had to be farther away than 99.5, Rosenworcel said. The 2010 Local Community Radio Act changed that, Rosenworcel said. Now the FCC is hoping to drive more revenue to local artists by giving “credit to applicants that pledge to provide at least eight hours a day of locally originated programming,” said Rosenworcel, acknowledging changing methods of musical distribution and their corresponding copyright laws have created “transitional times without many across-the-board, easy answers.” LPFM, she said, “could be a boon to local music, local voices and local audiences."