Local Community Radio Act of 2007

A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service.

3/4/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Local Community Radio Act of 2007 - Repeals provisions in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, that required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to:
(1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations to prescribe minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels;
(2) prohibit applicants who have engaged in the unlicensed operation of any station from obtaining a low-power FM license; and
(3) conduct a program to test whether low-power FM radio stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM radio stations if minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels are not required. Requires the FCC to:
(1) modify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum distance separation requirements between specified stations; and
(2) retain rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power noncommercial FM stations that broadcast radio reading services via a subcarrier frequency from potential low-power FM station interference. Requires the FCC, when licensing FM translator stations, to ensure:
(1) that licenses are available to both FM translator stations and low-power FM stations; and
(2) that such decisions are made based on the needs of the local community. Requires the FCC to:
(1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations, as proposed in a specified docket, to prohibit any applicant from obtaining a low-power FM license if the applicant has engaged in any manner in the unlicensed operation of any station;
(2) retain its rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power FM stations that are licensed in states with more than 3,000,000 housing units and a population density greater than 1,000 people per square mile land area; and
(3) conduct an economic study on the impact that low-power FM stations will have on full-power commercial FM stations.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
• and 10 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1675

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June 21, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Mar 04, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591..
• Mar 04, 2008: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment. With written report No. 110-271.
• Oct 30, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
• Oct 30, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-253. 2:30 p.m.
• Oct 24, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held.
• Jun 21, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Introduced on Jun 21, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.2802

Related Issue Areas:

• Telecommunication
• Administrative procedure
• Executive departments
• Federal Communications Commission
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• Law
• Licenses
• Radio broadcasting
• Radio frequency allocation
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November 02, 2007 Senate Commerce Committee Votes to Expand lpfms

In a consensus vote, the committee sent S.1675, the Local Community Radio Act of 2007, to the floor; a vote has not yet been set. ...

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November 01, 2007 This really is "Radio Nowhere"

We note, happily, that the Senate Commerce Committee advanced the bipartisan Local Community Radio Act (S.1675). Co-sponsored by Sens. ...

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June 18, 2008 Comment on Reflections for journalists who say they can’t find ...

Another way to get more female voices on the airwaves is to support the Local Community Radio Act (HR 2802/S. 1675). This important bill will open our airwaves to more low power FM radio stations across the country. ...

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May 28, 2008 JHR Minutes #18

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.1675.IS. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:HR2802. Internet Radio Equality http://tinyurl.com/2oyjpj. Wireless Freedom ...

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March 03, 2008 free103point9 goes to Washington

Now Senators Maria Cantwell (D, Washington) and McCain have passed the "Local Community Radio Act of 2007" (S. 1675) through the Senate Commerce Committee. The House version, HR 2802, is still in the House Committee on Energy and ...

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