RadioBanter - View Single Post - U.S. Congress extends low-power FM stations

John Higdon[_2_] · January 7th 11, 11:36 PM posted to rec.radio.broadcasting

In article ,
(Scott Dorsey) wrote:

If you look at the license database you will find that the vast majority of
LPFM licenses are assigned to Christian broadcasting combines that use them
effectively as unattended operations broadcasting network material directly
off a satellite feed.

This is what always happens when any service is opened up: the religious
broadcasters instantly do a frequency grab. Look at the
noncomm/educational band.

I think this is a terrible thing and a total misuse of the LPFM license,
but no more so than the local 50KW "classic rock" station that does exactly
the
same thing on a larger scale.

Loenzo Milam and Jeremy Lansman thought the grab for the sub-92 stations
by applicants who were neither non-commercial nor educational. The Jesus
stations mobilized and did a major campaign against the "Petition
Against God", and the wusses at the FCC denied what I thought was a
perfectly crafted petition in short order.

The usual remark when the topic of LPFM came about was "just what we
need: a couple thousand more Jesus stations."

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