Community Local Radio Applications Expected by the Thousand | Text Campaign Catches 10,000 Listeners

Published on February 04, 2011

How much room is there for community radio? Prometheus Radio Project and other low-power FM advocacy groups have been crunching numbers to figure out if the largest markets have room for any of the new LPFMs anticipated to come to the FM band. Some observers have told Radio World they expect thousands of applications to be filed whenever the commission opens an application filing window; but it remains unclear exactly how many of those new stations could actually be licensed after third-adjacent protections for full-power FMs are dropped to fit in more 100-watt facilities. Steps to implement the Local Community Radio Act, which President Obama signed last month, have yet to be spelled out in new and revised LPFM rules by the FCC, reports Radio World Online.

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