Internet Stations Also Want LPFMs

More potential and current LPFM ownership groups, as well as other groups with an interest in the issue, are sharing their thoughts with the FCC before the Nov. 30 meeting, according to a Radio World story.

That’s when the agency hopes to have the vote to pass items on the dual interests of creating more ownership opportunities for LPFMs and balancing the interests of broadcasters who’ve been waiting since 2003 to learn the fate of their FM translator applications.

Several Internet station owners are interested in acquiring LPFM licenses, like Delta Radio of Tallahassee, Fla. and Talk Radio of Pahrump, Nev., who, along with Mid-Atlantic Engineering Service of Utica, N.Y. urged the FCC not to reduce its proposed FM translator cap in rural areas as Educational Media Foundation has suggested.

Further, the three groups note the agency should take into consideration the wishes of all LPFM advocacy groups, like The Amherst Alliance, Christian Community Broadcasters, Common Frequency and Nexus Broadcast. While Prometheus Radio Project has the ability to lobby the commission in-person, the other groups do not have the same resources, notes Delta Radio of Tallahassee, Fla., Talk Radio of Pahrump, Nev. and Mid-Atlantic Engineering Service of Utica, N.Y.

Several religious leaders are also lobbying the commission on LPFM.

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