The big news this week is that the House finally voted on and passed the Local Community Radio Act of 2009. Now that we’re half-way to the restoration of LPFM I thought we’d take a look back at some of the pressure that caused the FCC to create LPFM in the first place. We revisit […]

Podcast – mediageek radioshow

Podcast – mediageek radioshow

mediageek 17 Dec 2009: The House Passes LPFM Restoration Bill

DEC 21, 2009-1 MIN
Podcast – mediageek radioshow

mediageek 17 Dec 2009: The House Passes LPFM Restoration Bill

DEC 21, 2009-1 MIN

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The big news this week is that the House finally voted on and passed the Local Community Radio Act of 2009. Now that we’re half-way to the restoration of LPFM I thought we’d take a look back at some of the pressure that caused the FCC to create LPFM in the first place. We revisit two interviews about Radio Free Brattleboro, a Vermont-based unlicensed micropower station that would–at least in spirit–be reincarnated as Brattleboro Community Radio.

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