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Author Topic: FCC Will Open a New Window for LPFMs?  (Read 1016 times)

Offline ThaDood

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Offline Molvania Poacher

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Re: FCC Will Open a New Window for LPFMs?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2023, 0229 UTC »
Looks like FCC is giving you from Wed to Wed, in November, for this one:

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-531A1.pdf
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QTH New Hampshire (70 miles north of Boston).
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Re: FCC Will Open a New Window for LPFMs?
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2023, 0223 UTC »
That rocks! I thought they'd never open up for applications again. When I heard about this in the `00s, I looked into it, but it's not really for individuals, it's for community radio, with a bigger staff and non profit sponsorship of the station. It might work if you had a group of friends on your side.

I'd want to open a LPFM in a storefront and people could hang out and chill to the tunes.
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