[grc] Low-power FM radio advocates withdraw some objections

[Paul Bame]

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Low-power FM radio advocates withdraw some objections
California and Pennsylvania, USA
May 31, 2018

Advocate groups Center for International Media Action, Common Frequency, 
Inc, and Prometheus Radio Project have withdrawn 20 of their informal 
objections filed on May 15th with more to come.

Through ongoing research the group concludes that their objection does 
not apply to certain translators. These objections concern translators 
licensed prior to the Local Community Radio Act (LCRA), or licensed to 
cover a permit which honored the initial LCRA processing rules, and in 
either case subsequently have not made long Mattoon waiver or AM 
relocations. In the interest of the time and energy of the Commission, 
applicants, and the group itself; they have withdrawn twenty of these 
objections this week and more will be withdrawn next week.

One of the withdrawals is in response to a request the group received. 
They welcome specific requests through their press contacts, on behalf 
of applicants for translators with similar histories.

Contact:

Paul Bame, Prometheus Radio Project, info at prometheusradio.org, 215 727 
9620 x505
Clay Leander, Common Frequency Inc. clay at commonfrequency.org  510 858 
4097

References:

Press release: Low-power FM radio advocates file 1,000 Objections with 
FCC
https://www.prometheusradio.org/InformalObjections20180516

Copy of the Informal Objection,
https://www.prometheusradio.org/sites/default/files/InformalObjectionsPendingTranslators-20180516.pdf

Prometheus Petitions FCC to Protect LPFMs from Big-AM-Station 
Translators,
https://www.prometheusradio.org/prometheus-petitions-fcc-protect-lpfms-big-am-station-translators

LPFMs Boxed in by New AM Translators 
https://www.prometheusradio.org/lpfms-boxed-new-am-translators

The Local Community Radio Act,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Community_Radio_Act

FCC introduction to FM Translators,
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/fm-translators-and-boosters

FCC introduction to Low-power FM Stations,
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/lpfm