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2000 CIS H 27154
TITLE: FCC's
Low Power FM: A Review of the FCC's Spectrum Management
Responsibilities
CIS-NO: 2000-H271-54
SOURCE: Committee on
Commerce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Feb. 17, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+171 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1019-A-01; 1019-B-01
SUDOC: Y4.C73/8:106-118
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND:
1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-118. Hearing before the Subcom on
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection to examine FCC Jan. 20, 2000
report and order, authorizing the licensing of two new classes of
low-power FM (LPFM) radio stations for operation on a
noncommercial, educational basis, including provisions to provide for separation
of LPFM stations from full power stations operating on the same
channel, on adjacent channels, and on intermediate frequency channels.
Also considers H.R. 3439, the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act
of 1999, to prohibit FCC from establishing rules to authorize the operation of
new LPFM radio stations.
Supplementary material (p. 6-8, 82-171)
includes a witness's written replies to Subcom questions, submitted statements,
and correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Low-power
FM radio station ops, FCC rules review
BILLS:
106
H.R. 3439
DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; LICENSES; EDUCATIONAL
BROADCASTING; RADIO BROADCASTING PRESERVATION ACT; CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE
RELATIONS; JURISDICTION; RADIO
00-H271-54 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Feb. 17, 2000 p. 8-85, 90-171
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
JACKSON, CHARLES L. (CEO, Jackson
Telecom Consulting; representing National Association of Broadcasters (NAB))
FRANCA, BRUCE A. (Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering and
Technology, FCC)
FRITTS, EDWARD O. (President and CEO,
NAB)
MAXON, DAVID (Co-Founder, Broadcast Signal Lab; also
representing National Lawyers Guild)
REESE, BRUCE T.
(President and CEO, Bonneville International Corp.; also representing NAB
Spectrum Integrity Task Force)
RAPPAPORT, THEODORE S.
(Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; representing
Wireless Valley Communications)
SCHELLHARDT, DON (National
Coordinator, Amherst Alliance)
MAXWELL, CHRISTOPHER
(Secretary/Treasurer, Virginia Center for the Public Press)
KONING, DIRK (Executive Director, Grand Rapids Community
Media Center; representing Alliance for Communications Democracy)
FURCHTGOTT-ROTH, HAROLD W. (Commissioner, FCC)
KLOSE, KEVIN (President and CEO, National Public Radio)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Differing
perspectives on FCC decision to authorize LPFM radio stations (related
materials, p. 108-134, 153-171); conflicting views on accuracy of FCC LPFM
interference tests, with details on measurement methods for audio impairments;
justification of FCC decision not to impose adjacent channel restrictions on
LPFM stations to address concerns about interference with existing
FM service.
Findings of research on LPFM
impact on full-service FM stations; merits of LPFM service,
including freedom of speech and media access for community organizations and
citizens groups; opposing views on H.R. 3439.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Low-power FM radio station ops, FCC rules
review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS; MASS MEDIA; RESEARCH; FREEDOM OF SPEECH
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
