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The FCC
Interfere with This!
The Third Adjacent Study and What You Can Do!
The low power radio service was launched in 2000, but soon after was curtailed in most metropolitan areas by a debilitating Act of Congress requiring more study before most licenses could be issued. A massive engineering study administered by the MITRE Corporation has just come out, and we'll be arguing the case before the FCC to finish the job and let LPFM into the cities! If we win, it would allow thousands more small community groups in cities across the US to build these vibrant new neighborhood institutions of a democratic media. Read more about it here, and learn more here.
Hurry Up
and Wait!
Prometheus discusses why the process is taking so long
We get four or five emails a week asking questions like "how can it be that the FCC can establish a mere five day window in which you can apply for a license, but sometimes things that they said would happen in August still haven't happened the following April?" In dealing with the FCC around LPFM, it is important to realize that LPFM is a brand new service and the rules are not all set in stone yet. No one has done this before, and the FCC is still creating alot of the procedures and processes that are going to be used in this service.
Here's a look at the FCC Timeline on Low
Power FM 
Where's Your Application in the FCC Process?
Prometheus Comments
Comments of the Prometheus Radio Project Regarding the Requirement
of Low Power FM Stations to Install
Emergency Alert System Decoders 
FCC Releases New List of Successful Low Power Applications!
The FCC has released a new list of low power FM licenses and we've seen some friends' applications on this list! The applications on the FCC's Public Notice are complete, accurate, and will be granted a construction permit unless someone files a petition to deny. The deadline is for Petitions to Deny is September 17, 2001. These are from the third window (the one that occurred in January). If you are on this list, it means that you have no competition, your application is in good shape and the FCC intends to license you. If you are not on this list, and you are from one of the ten window three states, you are either competing with another applicant, or there was some sort of serious error on your application.
Notice of Acceptance of Low Power FM Broadcast
Applications and Notification of Petition to Deny Deadline
Get Coordinated!
Filing Your Application?
Get your coordinates!
When you go to the FCC webpage, you will be asked to fill in the exact location of your proposed antenna. You can determine the exact geographic coordinates and elevation of your proposed transmitter using on-line resources. The Prometheus Quality Assurance Commission (PQuack) has thouroughly testing these resources and they appear to be reliable and very useful!
The Prometheus Guide to Using the FCC
Web Site
