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- As a part of my programming, I permit a church to run a live program. Can they solicit donations for a small mission overseas?
No. That is third-party fundraising and absent a waiver from the FCC (which is only done in cases of a major disaster such as Sandy, ... - A university filed for a student-ran station but the college also has an NPR station. They claimed 5 points. Is this correct?
No. They can not take the diversity in ownership point because of their full power holdings. Student-operated stations at universities with cross-owned full powers can ... - Are LPFM stations that were qualified as being a public safety agency restricted to providing public safety related messages or are they also permitted to run entertainment programming?
A majority of their programming must be public safety related but some entertainment programming is permitted. ... - Are LPFM stations required to carry any amount of local programming?
The only stations that are required to carry local programming are those that meet all of the following: The applicant made the pledge to provide at ... - Are full power stations running hybrid HD Radio (IBOC) afforded any additional protections above and beyond the current analog protections?
No. As long at the LPFM station meets minimum spacing and (second-adjacent channel) interference requirements of §73.807, then the LPFM station meets the minimum requirements. See ... - Another group never built their granted construction permit and now the permit is about to expire. Can another group "take over" the permit and build it?
§73.865(d) prohibits a construction permit from being transferred for any reason. This is to prevent speculators for filing during the window, being granted a construction ... - Are translators required to protect LPFM stations?
Yes. FM translator and booster stations are required to protect LPFM stations in accordance with §74.1204(a)(4) of the rules. To understand these protections, a quick ... - Are LPFM stations required to have a chief operator?
LPFM stations are not required to have a chief operator. §73.801 of the rules does not refer to §73.1870 as being applicable to LPFM. §73.1870 ... - Are LPFM stations required to maintain a public file?
LPFM stations are not required to maintain a public file similar to those required by full-power stations. (See §73.801 for lack of reference to §73.3527)LPFM ... - An FCC field agent told me that the operation of a micro-powered AM or FM transmitter under Part 15 requires an experimental license. Is that true?
It is not true. Part 15 covers many low powered devices that are authorized by rule and not by license (Part 95 covers some license-free devices ...
