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Want to bring low power FM and community radio to every city and town? Now is the time to take action by commenting at the FCC! We are hot on the trail of expanding low power community radio around the country, both in Congress and at the FCC. Thanks to the efforts of low power radio supporters like you, the Local Community Radio Act -- which will lift the restrictions on Low Power FM -- has 70 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and last fall unanimously passed the Senate Commerce Committee. And the FCC is currently accepting your comments on the future of Low Power FM! And now the FCC is accepting comments, until April 7th! Click here now to tell the FCC you want a station, and click here now to tell the FCC to keep your existing low power FM from being knocked off the air!
Want to learn more? Visit http://www.prometheusradio.org/take_action to fight for low power FM at the FCC and in Congress now! |
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Hey folks -- as promised, here is the Prometheus Radio Project job posting for a new campaign director! Hannah Sassaman (hannahjs (at) prometheusradio.org) is happy to answer any questions about this, but remember to send your resumes, cover letters, writing samples, and references to jobs (at) prometheusradio.org. We'd love your information by April 11th, though this job will be open until we find the right new member of the Prometheus family.
Forward this to any seasoned activist with a passion for community radio and social justice. Read below for more!
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Low power FM radio supporters, stations, and friends: we are ever so impressed with you! February 25th and 26th marked Low Power FM Leadership Days -- where everyone from Albuquerque met with Christian rural Georgia broadcasters met with tribal low power pioneers met with New England environmental stations met with youth news, activism, and music makers from Detroit, and more! Over fifty tireless activists for community radio in every American city gathered at a Quaker meeting house two blocks from the Capitol for a day of training and friendship and celebration, before they travelled to the FCC and Congress to fight for their voices on the dial! Read below for more, or take action now at http://www.freepress.net/lpfm or at http://www.prometheusradio.org/take_action! |
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On December 11th, the Federal Communications Commission released a new set of rules on low power FM radio. They also asked a number of other important questions on how to change and adapt low power FM now, and in the future! What do these rules mean? How will they affect current LPFM radio stations, and community groups who want to build stations in cities and towns nationwide?
UPDATE: We've completed our preliminary analysis of the long Report and Order from the Commission, and it describes our sense of what the FCC did, what it means for LPFM, and what we might want to do next! Click here to download the report, in .doc format: http://www.prometheusradio.org/media/whos_on_second_LPFM_rulemaking_analysis_PRP_dec_13_2007.doc and here to read the report in .pdf: http://www.prometheusradio.org/media/whos_on_second_LPFM_rulemaking_analysis_PRP_dec_13_2007.pdf. And read below for the text of the Commission's report, and statements from the Commissioners!
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Prometheus Radio Project Congratulates FCC on Improving LPFM Radio Service, and Offering Further Discussion on Important Issues Around Community Radio
Contact: Pete Tridish, Prometheus Radio Project Founder
215-727-9620 x 501, 215-605-9297,
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On November 27th, the Federal Communications Commission passed a set of provisions amending the rules that govern the low power FM radio (LPFM) service -- a noncommercial radio service that hundreds of schools, churches, municipalities, and community groups use to connect with their local communities. Below is the press statement of Pete Tridish, founder of the Prometheus Radio Project, on the FCC's decision.
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Release: Senate Committee Votes to Expand Low Power FM Radio!
October 30th, 2007
Contact: Hannah Sassaman, 215.727.9620 x 501, 267.970.4007,
hannahjs(at)prometheusradio.org
The United States Senate Commerce Committee voted this afternoon to
substantially expand the number of community media outlets in the United
States. In a consensus vote, the Committee moved to report Senate Bill
1675, the Local Community Radio Act of 2007, to the full Senate -- and
opened the door for thousands of new community radio stations to be
built in America's largest cities, and smaller communities across the
nation.
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The FCC has announced plans to vote on whether or not to allow big companies to own even more media in the United States by the end of 2007. Below is the statement of Prometheus Radio Project founder Pete Tridish on the FCC's rush to judgment:
"The Prometheus Radio Project would like to express its concern about recently announced plans for the FCC to vote on changing the protections against consolidation of media ownership. |
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Congratulations to the folks from the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement's
Center for Self Determination in  Greenville, SC on the launch of the first community-run radio station in Greenville County, WMXP-lpfm on Sunday
June 10, 2007- the Malcolm X Experience. Thanks to all of you who led
workshops, transported others, cooked a meal, washed the dishes, raised
the antenna, and wired the studio- among so many other behind-the-scenes
work to help keep the barnraising moving. If you couldn't make it to the WMXP barnraising, and want to check out
some sights and sounds from the weekend (June 8-10, 2007), check out some
of these links:
We would also like to thank those who participated and facilitated a very
important discussion on race and gender privilege awareness in the media
justice movement. Please read Prometheus Radio's statement on the key
points of that very important discussions by clicking on the read more link below.
Again, thank you truly from all of us for pitching in to help another
community gain a new voice on the airwaves!
Love,
Prometheus Radio Project |
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Heads up! Congressman Mike Doyle and Congressman Lee Terry have just introduced an important bill -- House Bill 2802, or Senate Bill 1675 -- the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 -- which will, if passed, expand access to community radio all across the country. This bill would tell Congress to recognize that there is no possible interference from low power FM radio stations in America's big cities, and to allow the FCC to grant station licenses there. Senators John McCain and Maria Cantwell also introduced identical legislation -- Senate Bill 1675. It's time to educate our legislators, and to ask them to cosponsor these vital bills. To write a letter to them now, visit http://cu.convio.net/community_radio from Consumers Union, or http://www.freepress.net/lpfm from Free Press. Need more details? Want to help more? Visit http://prometheusradio.org/volunteer/ to volunteer and http://prometheusradio.org/join_us_lpfm.html to sign up for our lists, and to get involved with the fight for more low power FM radio. Donate to this fight by clicking here: http://www.prometheusradio.org/donate. And to call your legislators today, read below, or Take Action here!
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On June 28th, hundreds of New Englanders made their way to Portland High School to speak to the FCC about localism. The hearing began at 4 pm and stretched on until midnight, and all of the FCC commissioners stayed and listened until the very end. The local people who came to the hearing spoke up loudly against media consolidation. As Maine state legislator Herb Adams said in his testimony, "In Maine we know that homogenization is good for milk, bad for media."
Many of the citzens who spoke during the two open microphone sessions asked the FCC to expand low power FM radio by passing the Local Community Radio Act of 2007. Their testimony did not go unheard - one of the commissioners even specifically acknowledged it at the close of the hearing. Thanks go out to all who came out to speak, with extra-special thanks to panelists Dennis Ross of WJZP in Portland and Tim Stone of WSCA in Portsmouth, as well as Dave Patterson of WJZF in Standish, Emily Sapienza of WRFR in Rockland, and everyone else who spoke up for low power FM.
Of course, you don't have to travel to a hearing to speak up for low power FM. You can contact your congressmembers any time! To find out more about how to support the Local Community Radio Act, take a look at
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=2904379.
Links to press from the hearing:
Audio from the hearing:
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