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Summary of the Anti-LPFM
Legislation
The Radio Preservation Act of 2000 takes the
following steps:
- Reverses the FCC's decision with respect to
interference protection by putting back "third adjacent protection."
This means that about 75-80% of the low power stations will no longer be
available. The loss of stations will be concentrated in the most
populatied markets.
- Requires the FCC to hire an independent
third party to conduct an extendsive techinical test in 9 markets,
spread among rural, suburban, and urban areas, and to solicit public
comment on the test.
- Requires the FCC to provide a report to
Congress on the technical test, the economic impact on small
braodcasters (including minority broadcasters), reading for the blind
services, the transition to digital terrestrial radio (also known as
IBOC), and FM radio translators (including the need for third adjacent
protection for translators.)
- Does not allow the FCC to alter the
interference protection standards or expand eligibility for low power
radio unless Congress passes additional legislation authorizing it to do
so.
- Prevents any individual who has engaged in
unlicensed broadcasting from getting a low power radio license.
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