FCC holds public hearings on deregulation

Hear four two-minute public comments related to Low Power FM Radio (LPFM); Jeff Abrams, LPFM applicant from Boise, ID, the biggest market without community radio; Lee Robertes of Free Radio Moscow (Idaho); Sue Wilson, a long time media professional working on a film titled "Broadcast Blues"; and Sue McCabe, past president of the internet radio station Voice of Vashon, serving a Puget Sound island unserved by LPFM. Each makes the case that LPFM is being purposely shut out by the current media oligolpoly and further marginalized by this deregulation process. The current problems include rampant licensing of "repeater stations", in which an existing station gets a license in a new market, while we continue to be told there are no dial spaces available for LPFM licenses. (9 min)

Jeff Abrams, Boise Community Radio Project