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.