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!

Click below for the full text of the Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:

Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Low Power FM Radio

Click below for a document which outlines the sections of the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will be important to understand for commenting, when the FCC publishes the rulemaking in the Federal Register:

http://www.prometheusradio.org/media/LPFM_Rulemaking_Sections_for_Comment_99_25.pdf

Click below for the statements of the Commission on the new rules and rulemaking:

Kevin Martin, Approving the Order
Michael Copps, Approving the Order
Jonathan Adelstein, Approving the Order
Deborah Taylor Tate, Approving in Part, Dissenting in Part
Robert McDowell, Approving in Part, Dissenting in Part