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Congressman Mike Doyle, a 7th-term Democrat from the 14th Congressional district of Pennysylvania, represents one of America's more urban districts -- the city of Pittsburgh. On May 3rd, on behalf of his city, and of all the cities across America, Congressman Doyle spoke out in support of low power FM radio. When he heard that a group in his district -- Penn State’s Greater Allegheny McKeesport Branch and their internet radio station, WMKP, The Roar -- had their license application cancelled as a result of Congress keeping low power FM out of major metropolitan areas -- he decided to speak out.
At Wednesday, May 2nd's Future of Music Coalition Technology and IP Policy Day, Congressman Doyle praised low power FM, saying he was looking closely at the issue and questioning longtime claims from big broadcasters that low power FM could interfere with full power FM stations. He wondered "why -- if a full-power broadcaster can have digital stations that don’t interfere with their main channel, even if the two are right next to each other on the dial -- a low-power broadcaster will interfere with a full-power station that’s 3 channels away."
Prometheus congratulates Congressman Doyle for speaking out on LPFM, and thanks him for looking at the issue. We hope he'll introduce a bill to expand low power FM to Pittsburgh and beyond! You can thank Congressman Doyle, and ask him, or your Congressmember, to introduce a bill to expand LPFM, by signing this petition at Petition Online, or by visiting ExpandLPFM.org right now.
Read our congratulatory statement and Congressman Doyle's LPFM comments here, or a plaintext version of the statement here, and read Congressman Doyle's full comments on low power FM and many other important media policy issues here. |
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We've got good news and bad news. Bad news: on January 19th, the FCC changed the procedure for Full Power Stations to change their community of license (CCOL). This means that more of our low power FM stations around the country, will be threatened with encroachment- the possibility that their station could be knocked off the air. Learn more about encroachment here .
But there is good news too: Here are some steps you can take to defend your station, a station in your community, or stations all across the country that might get knocked off the air!
Additionally, you should visit SaveLocalFM.org ; another resource for threatened LPFMs.
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The Federal Communications Commission is at it again. In 2002 and 2003, community radio activists from far and wide filed comments at the FCC, fighting a round of media deregulation that would have cut our voices from the airwaves and given companies like Clear Channel free reign over what we hearrd every day. Because of your work, we forced the FCC to take back its terrible rules -- and together we won Prometheus vs. the FCC, the lawsuit that sent them back to the drawing board. On June 21st, the FCC will put forward another set of rules -- and community media rabble rousers will lead the way once again. As we get ready to tell the FCC how homogenized, corporate media hurts our families, and how community media empowers us to lead in our communities, please read this statement from Prometheus founder Pete Tridish. And stay tuned -- there's a hot summer ahead for low power FM radio, community media, and the fight for our airwaves in the United States and around the world. A printable version of the statement below can be found by clicking here .
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Astrodome Radio and Hurricane-Affected LPFMs
Emergency Low Power Radio Station Went On Air
Volunteers from across the grassroots radio world worked furiously with Houston Indymedia to build a low power radio station to serve evacuees at the Astrodome. KAMP (Katrina Aftermath Media Project ) was on the air for a week, using an experimental low power license issued immediately by the FCC, when they were asked by local activists. The station broadcast information and programming relevant to the thousands of peopled evacuated to the Astrodome.
The six watt microradio station broadcast from an Airstream trailer in the parking lot, after Astrodome officials finally denied organizers permission to broadcast from within the Dome. Learn about KAMP and its troubles getting on the air , listen to audio from the station, and read about the project in the Village Voice . |
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Why can't my community have a low power FM community radio station? Click here to learn the basics on why you can't get your own LPFM radio station -- and what you can do about it. Or click here to sign up to our lists, and get up-to-the-second information on expanding low power FM! |
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