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FSRN story: FCC Hearing

by Emily Hell
Vinny Lombardo from Free Speech Radio News reports on the FCC Localism Hearing in Monterey.
Last night in Monterey, CA the Federal Communications Commision held the fourth of six public hearings on local broadcast media. Citing a scheduling conflict, FCC Chairman Michael Powell missed the proceeding. It's the second consecutive localism hearing he didn't attend. Powell created the task force on localism last year, to quell public outrage over a partisan plan to relax media ownership rules, allowing one company to own newspapers, TV, and radio stations in the same market. Vinny Lombardo reports.

http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/07/2102.php
§Watsonville To Get All Hawaiian LPFM Station?
by Vinny Lombardo
07/22/2004

Watsonville To Get All Hawaiian LPFM Station?

Bonus outtake from Wednesday's edition of Free Speech Radio News....

On Thursday, the Senate Commerce Committee moved forward on SB 2505, aka the McCain/Leahy Act, which would restore the technical aspects of the original FCC plan to license Low Power FM radio. The bi-partisan bill is being introduced by Arizona Senator John McCain and currently has 3 co-sponsors in the Senate. In December 2000, Congress passed The Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act, which cut-out thousands of potential LPFM applicants, by enforcing strict channel separation requirements. FSRN reporter Vinny Lombardo looks at how one California town is hoping SB 2505 will rectify a growing controversy over the LPFM station there.

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/fsrn_too-long_.mp3
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