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Federal Appeals Court Rules Congressional Restriction on Licenses for
Microbroadcasters Violates First Amendment
February 8, 2002
Center for Constitutional Rights Wins Battle For Community and Grassroots Based Radio
Low Power FM Radio Debuts At National Conference
February 2002
WRYR FM97.5, one of the first of the controversial new low power FM (LPFM) radio stations, will take to the Maryland airwaves in mid-February. The debut of the station will take place during a conference of low power radio supporters, licensees, and station applicants.
Media Activists Jam Senate Offices with Radios, as
Congress Pushes to Cripple FCC Low Power Radio Plan
October 10, 2000
US Senator Rod Grams (R-MN) started the process of attaching bill S.3028, the self-proclaimed 'Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000' to a completely unrelated appropriations bill. In response to this underhanded political maneuvering in Congress, hundreds of advocates of neighborhood radio are sending their receivers to their Senators.
Coalition tells NPR Board: Stop the Crusade Against LPFM
September 22, 2000
For Once, We Win!
January 20, 2000
For Once, We Win!
January 20, 2000
FCC Commissioners Create New Low Power Radio Service In Response To Overwhelming Public Support
Study Finds Clear Signals for Low Power Radio
August 1999
Low Power FM advocates released a study showing interference concerns to be unwarranted According to their technology study radio service will not lead to a significant increase in interference with current, full-power stations."
FCC Rulemaking
January 28, 1999
"The FCC publicly released today a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on legalizing low power broadcasting in the United States. If the proposal is a good one, and is not defeated by pressure from the National Association of Broadcasters, Low Power FM radio broadcasting (LPFM) could become legal soon."
Lawyers Welcome FCC Move on Low-Power
January 28, 1999
"The Committee on Democratic Communications (CDC) of National
Lawyers Guild praises FCC initiative on low power radio but warns against
commercialism. Micro-radio lawyers urge the FCC to consider only a democratic,
local an." - NLG Release
Showdown Communique
October 1998
Prometheus statement from a 1998 protest in front of the FCC
