[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: LPFM licensees

[Jeremy Kahn]

thumbs up. Thanks Jonathan.

--jeremy

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Veeble a rebel you shun!
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, jonathan lawson wrote:

> subtitle: MORE COMMUNITY BROADASTING AHEAD
> title: FCC Approves 23 Low-Power FM Stations for Washington
>
> Last week the FCC accepted Low Power FM applications filed by 23 aspiring
> community radio groups in Washington. Successful applicants included
> Olympia's <a href="http://www.mediaisland.org">Media Island</a>, Spokane's
> <b>Citizens for Clean Air</b>, the <b>Council for Alternative Energy</b> in
> Kettle Falls, and other community, arts-based and educational
> organizations.. About half of the applications accepted are from religious
> organizations. The round of approvals will bring community radio to several
> small communities on Washington's Olympic peninsula, including Port
> Townsend, Hoquiam, and Lake Quinault. Aberdeen, Sunnyside and Ocean Shores
> may each have two LPFM stations.
>
> <p>About half of groups who filed during last year's application window
> were approved.
> <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html">A complete list</a> of
> accepted LPFM
> applications is available from the FCC.
>
> <p>Unsuccessful LPFM applicants included community webcaster <a
> href="http://www.voiceofvashon.org">Voice of Vashon</a>, and  the <a
> href="http://www.nas.com/riverfarm/">River Farm</a> in Whatcom County.
> VoV's application was submitted as a challenge to overrestrictive,
> industry-penned spectrum adjacency rules and was expected to be denied, it
> is not clear why the River Farm's strong application was rejected.
>
> <p>Opponents of <a
> href="http://www.mediaaccess.org/programs/diversity/index.html">FCC
> deregulation of the ownership rules</a> protecting diversity and localism
> among corporate radio, television, cable and newspapers, have until Dec. 2
> to file public comments with the Commission. <a href="
> http://www.democraticmedia.org/news/ownershipNPRM.html ">Read more</a> and
> file comments online. [ <a
> href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-02-2476A1.doc">filing
> instructions</a> | <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html">online form</a>]
>
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