Low-Power FM And Microbroodcosting: The Lotest News Will SurPrise

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by EruceA. Conti,BAconti@aalcon
FMAnd Microbroodcosting:
Low-Power
You!
TheLotestNewsWillSurPrise
ave you hexrd the news?
Communityserliceis aliveand
wellon theradio.Theres a revolurion in public broadcastinggoing on
right now across the dial. Small lowpower radio statjons are carrylng the
newsofyou| comnnmily and servrngthe
pubtic with Prcgranming not lbxnd
amongthe big guns,thanksto arelativcly newlow-power FM serYicecreatedby
LheFCC. Meanwhile, alternativebroadcaste$in big citie$arebypassingtheFCC
in order to servetheirlocalcomnunltles
Welcome 1C)the excitjng world of low-
FM
Low-Power
Sisno side tlL l57l) WKNM,ridio (Fit
rhab bt RonGilschiet)
power(ERP)of 100wattsor asliltlc as
diliding thc servioc
essenxially
l0 wa11s,
LPl00
LP10.rnd
inrotwoclasses,
'l'hcmaxinl n olrlpulisdefincdasI00
watts ERP at 100 ltet snteno height
^servrce
ibovervcrageten?in,pr1)viding
3 5 nilcs radrus.
rangeolRpprcximately
The FCC stronglyAdvisesthrt a constructionpe nit or liccnsebe obuined
or
beib|eanLPFMstationis cortlr'ucteo
M Lor,.II atu I n (f ilephor) ope*ltcd,and warnsof scamsinvolving
7h. I 57AWKN
bt RarCnschi!)
priorto being
thepurchNeofcqrriprnen!
A low-powerF'M (LPFM)broadc^sl
{crviceinihc united stateswascreated
lo criticisn of litc
pnrtiallyin responsc
dnrl rclaxedrndio stt(ion
deregulution
ownershiplulestha!,by Inoslacco n{s,
dilotedlocalcomnnrrityscrviceacross
the dirl. The scrvicerlso climin$tes
rnd opefrting
lllnnyof lhc con$truotion
slation'
broadoas!
expcnses
ofr s!andard
the lergth of constnrclionpcrmils for
arcconl00watls,
lhan
which,algtealcr
An LPFM licenscIt issuedfrec of
of getlingthere.
sidcredprohibitiveibr n slrvtllron-conr- thosein theprocess
charge.
HowevertheFCCis not rcceptbeingconnercial operatiorr.although sta|1-rrp Underthcculren!proposal
tt thistimc, while
ing newapplicalions
sidcred,bw-poweropefAtionwould be 'lrruturlly exclusive"disputeslionr eaF
costsrrc slill in thc $10.000nnge.
lnili.rlly it wns proposedlhat LPFM nlbwedto contirucin cascswhercrnter- lieLapplicationwindowsare stiu being
stationsbe allowedon second ferenceis predictedto ocourwithin $e rcsolved.
brcadcast
doesnot
Whereoneapplication
"channcls of 70-dBucontourofa subsequenlly
autho_
ndjacentffequcnclesor
to
ihe spacinsrequirements inomlull-scrvice nrect
or thirdadiaccnl
slaiions.Howeverthe dzedsecond
cxistingbroadcasl
er aDplication,such applicalionsare
by existmg FM station.Otherwise,LPFM stations rnuniallyexclusivein thrt bothapplicaproposalwassholt'circuited
''tull service brcadcaslenconcemed must protcclbroadcaststalionson the
tionscinnol be grantedifinterfcrenceis
aswcll asthefirst,second,
aboxtincreasedintcrfbrenccThe final s.u1echannel.
to be avoided,and therefbreare being
YetIPFMr,ar;or are
FCC ruling limitedLPFM to within the andthirdadiacent.
some
on acaseby casebasis.In
by olher evaluatcd
liom interference
/lid adjaccnt channel, significantly no! protected
migh!be sharedbelween
a
license
cdses
ol FM stalionsDespiiethelilnt- conflictingapplicants.
ol the classes
wateringdownthc effectiveness
To keepup wrth
servicein urban afeaswherc the FM tations,LPFM has llourishedin some rhe latest regulatory news vlsrl
brcidcaslbandis too orowded!o accept areas.with over 600 slationson the air www.fcc.govhnb/audio/lpfm/index.
acrcssthe uniiedstates,perhapsa clear hm , thc FCCwebpage
anynewrrdio stations.
to the
dedicated
indicaiionof the needfor communitv LPFM serviccre(orpetitbns
ior
Therchavebeen
lor the ser
ing the originalparamelers
vice. but for now LPFM broadoasting LPFM stationslre authorizedlor non
UnlikeAnYthingOn
broadcaslpur
renains limited io third adjacentchannel conmercialeducational
CommelciolRodio
althoughexpansionposesonly. including non prolit commuprotection
standards,
pivate
of the serviceis under nity groups,pnblic schoolsand
or strengtfiening
whenyoutune
Expecttheunexpected
governnentpublic safety,
by the FCC, at least in universities,
coDsideration
While some
slation
radio
in
to
an
LPFM
organizations
transpofation
terms of protecting LPFM stations and
calendarol
a
conmunity
night
broadcast
radiated
an
effective
is
with
Operation
also
extending
alreadyon the ait while
28 / POPCOI4]V/ Febtuaty2006
events,town meetings,andvariouspublicaffairsprogramssimilar to whatmlghtbe foundon a cabletelevisioncommunity
access
channel,
othersarcprovidingdlverseculturalandelhmc
entenainment
unLikeanythingon commerciall?dio.P.?,ldl
Cotnnunicationsrc det EldonLuomasuggcslssone favorites:
"94.7KPIELPDallas,Oregon,isagoodcxampleof
acom1620 RaLlio Energ!, Bosiah.
munityhobbyLPFMstationshncdby a retiredbroadcastengineer.TheKPIE LP websiteat wwwkpic.orgiswortha visil to
in manycitles,
bandis alreadytoocongested
learn more aboutlow power FM from the experiences
ol' theFM broadcast
preseDt
no
room
for
LPFM
undef
the
thirdadja
there's
sirnply
Orcgon\firstlow-powerFMstation.Youmightalsocheckout
-.-J.r..ornecommtni
.r,,nJ,'rJ,.
.,
prorec,iol
A.
cenr
channe.
106.7WEAK-LPAthens.Ohio.ownedby HobbyRadn)Inc., 're.
. Irem'"i.. :.
hJ\p,urneJ
Iu Lnlir(n.cd"microbrodd.Jn
by FortDefiance
and95.5WOOO LP Defiance,Ohio,opernlcd
allowed
according
to
Part
15
of
the
FCC
rules.
AnothcruniqucLPFMstalionis97.1WSAPYouthRadn).Inc.
slrould
Thcservicemnge
ofAM andFM Parti5 transmittcrs
LP Danc, Wisconsin,ncar Madison,owned by the Palka
powcr
of
no
more
than
200fbet,
typically
wiiil
a
Draxjnium
be
nusic proglams."
Appreciation
SocielyandfcrlLningpolka
l00nrilliwrltsor 1/10ofawatt.ViolationoftheNlesmayrcsult
A otherstationworth a listenis 93.3WFBO-LPFlagler in a maximum$75,000frnc andcon{iscation
ol equipmeni.
Beach,Florida,whefe"BrcadcastTechnology"conlribulor while somemightbeillegallyoperating
l5li ils.
beyordPar!
RonGi(schierhas
beenon theairplayingtheoldies."Theweb' unlike'1rir.Ltc"
lrnllbroadcaslers
on
shortwave.
many
of
these
slrean is availablevia www.lheblizzard.us,"
saysRon."wc oenscdbroadcaslersiustify
theriskh believingthaithcyfrlfill
playaboul3800-pius
in ourdailyrotation."Fora lisl a nccd for infbrmation.cu1tural,
selections
andethnjcprcgrammhgin
ol slationsto try listeningin on. checkout "Lice sedLPFM locrl comn]unities
thalar€otherwiseunderseNed
andla.gcly
RadioStations.'
I'erhapsowhcrc
ignorcdby licensed
iull-service
radiostations.
n]elro
is this nx)|ccvidenlthanin the Boston.Massachusetts
UnlicensedRodioSfotions
broadcast
activityexists.
area,wherca highlcvclol unliceosed
Followingare the rcsllts of nronitoringand a fbllow-up
DesDite
an exDlosion
of LPFM radiostationson therir and Intcmclsearchlbr low-powerandrnlicensedAM,SM broadthelargcsturbAnarcas caslson theair ln thegrerlerBoslonrfer, Notcthedominance
underconstfuctlon,
0smentionedearlier,
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