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Keeping It Real: An LPFM Pioneer
Posted by Bruce Rushton on
Illinois Times
Enjoy this fun article on a pioneer in low-power formerly “pirate” radio from the Illinois Times.
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Mbanna Kantako is on a roll.
From his rental house just off North Grand Avenue in Enos Park, the 54-year-old blind man talks about the advent of spring and the need to till the soil. He speaks of pollution, the Great Spirit, expectations that people gain responsibility with age and the Boston Marathon bombing, not knowing how many people might be listening via a radio signal that covers just a tiny portion of the city.
“You know the government set this shit up,” he intones. “It’s the government. They the ones that did 9/11. They the ones that did the Oklahoma City bombing. You have every reason not to believe what the government says.” Continue reading Keeping It Real: An LPFM Pioneer
A Thousand New Radio Stations: Whose Will They Be?
Posted by Tracy Rosenberg on February 9th, 2014
Truthout
The future of democratic media may come down to a bunch of lawyers.
Twenty-five years after pirate radio aficionados and media activists pushed for and eventually won the Low Power Community Radio Act, the fate of hundreds of radio licenses is up in the air. Continue reading A Thousand New Radio Stations: Whose Will They Be?
The Push Is On For LP 250
Radio World – September 14 2015
WASHINGTON — A power-increase proposal is stirring new debate about low-power FM broadcasters and has LPFM and translator advocates again taking up positions on the subject.
Through a petition for rulemaking, REC Networks asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider allowing eligible 100-watt LPFM stations to boost power to 250 watts in order to increase building penetration and overcome the effects of multipath in their coverage areas. REC also seeks other benefits for LPFMs including second-adjacent channel protections from FM translators and boosters.
Radio World: LPFM Application Tally Surprises
Randy J. Stine January 2 2015
WASHINGTON — The low-power expansion of the FM dial will not include as many stations as some LPFM faithful had estimated. The FCC said some 2,819 applications were filed in the LPFM window, which closed in November. Some LPFM supporters had predicted upwards of 10,000 applications. The typical cost for putting a LPFM on the air — cited as $15,000 to $20,000 by some observers — could have been a deterrent. Other observers believe self-filers may have been discouraged because they felt they lacked the technical expertise needed to file an LPFM application.
Continue reading Radio World: LPFM Application Tally Surprises
LPFM Hopefuls Weigh Time-Sharing Options
Media Alliance comments on the low-power radio MX process underway in Communications Daily on June 27 2014.
KGO Feature on Low-Power Radio and Common Frequency
The ABC Evening News featured low-power radio, Common Frequency and Media Alliance and the Local Community Radio Act. Watch the video!
Also featuring the Grassroots Radio Coalition Quilt and a mention of pirate radio on ABC, which made the final editorial cut!
MA and NLG-Committee on Democratic Communications File LPFM Comments
These comments were filed on May 7th by the National Lawyers Guild Committee on Democratic Communications in the final FCC rulemaking on low-power radio prior to the implementation of the Local Community Radio Act.