FCC Evades Congressional Mandate to Maintain FM Channels for Community Low Power Radio
Low Power FM (or “LPFM”) is a 100-watt non-commercial FM radio broadcast service developed for non-profits, churches, educational institutions, and public safety entities to take back the airwaves with meaningful locally-created programming. If you have never heard of it, it is because the roll-out has been stunted.by poor rules guiding where the stations can be located, lobbying from the commercial radio industry, and resistance from the Federal Communications Commission during conservative administrations. LPFM is currently in need of public support and legal action due to new circumstances that have curtailed its availability.
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