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FCC proposes changes to LPFM rules
The FCC has recently proposed changes to the rules governing LPFM stations like WRFU. Below are the comments I submitted to their "Second Notice of Proposed RuleMaking" (2NPRM):
My name is Andrew Ó Baoill, and I am station manager of WRFU-LP, a radio station in Urbana, IL, that is one of the beneficiaries and progeny of the LPFM licensing regime. I am in addition a PhD student at the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois, where my research focuses on the role of community radio. I write today to express my support for the actions the Commission has undertaken to facilitate the growth and development of the LPFM sector, to underscore the benefits that the LPFM service has brought to our community, and to respond to some of the questions asked in the Second Notice regarding how best to foster the stability and further growth of this valuable service as we look to the future.
THE WRFU EXPERIENCE - INVESTMENT AND REWARDS
New affiliate for A Critical Ear
A Critical Ear is now being carried on WETX-LP on Fridays and Tuesdays. WETX-LP serves the tri-cities area of eastern Tennessee and Virginia.
New website for A Critical Ear
A Critical Ear, which airs on Thursdays from 6-7pm, has a new website, acriticalear.info. The site includes links to archived shows (space constraints may mean that's just the last few weeks) as well as supplementary resources, links to sites mentioned during the show, and so on. Check it out and let us know what you think of it.
