Radio for People: FCC to Grant Licenses for New Full Power Noncommercial FM Radio Stations

Yet people are finding innovative ways to fight back, to demand independent community-based media. One such effort that you can join is the movement to create new full-power, noncommercial FM radio stations in the U.S.

This October, the Federal Communications Commission will open a one-week window, during which nonprofit community groups in the U.S. can file applications for their own noncommercial broadcast license. A coalition called Radio For People has formed to help groups through the application process.

Today we are joined in the Firehouse studio by two members of that coalition, Ursula Ruedenberg from Pacifica Radio and Libby Reinish of the Prometheus Radio Project.

• Libby Reinish, full power coordinator for the Prometheus Radio Project.

• Ursula Ruedenberg, Pacifica Affiliates Coordinator and member of GetRadio.org