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The LPFM Store has set up hundreds of low power FM and commercial FM radio stations across the United States, and also supports hundreds of other installations in other parts of the world. We can assist you or your organization to start a new Radio Station – either broadcasting on a low power basis, on a commercial full power FM frequency or the internet. If you’re interesting in starting up a new LPFM radio station or an FM radio station, you’re in the right place!We are broadcasters ourselves, and are one of the very few LPFM broadcasters that have made the progression to obtaining a full power FM frequency and operating commercially, enabling us to offer unparalleled support through all the stages of building and operating a radio station.
National EAS ETRS Forms Due August 2018
It’s nearly National EAS Testing time. The FCC is getting ready for the 2018 National EAS Test. All radio and television broadcasters, including LPFM radio stations are required to fill out the ETRS form one by August 27. I can prepare and file the three forms for you for only $150 per station. 903-270-1500
If you are doing this yourself, The FCC will need identifying information on a participant’s location, its EAS equipment and monitoring assignments, and contact information for EAS purposes. Form One requires each EAS participant to file a separate Form One for each EAS decoder, EAS encoder, or unit combining such decoder and encoder functions.
It’s nearly National EAS Testing time. The FCC is getting ready for the 2018 National EAS Test. All radio and television broadcasters, including LPFM radio stations are required to fill out the ETRS form one by August 27. I can prepare and file the three forms for you for only $150 per station.
Resilient public alert and warning tools are essential to save lives and protect property during times of national, state, regional, and local emergencies. The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is used by alerting authorities to send warnings via broadcast, cable, satellite, and wireline communications pathways. EAS participants, which consist of broadcast, cable, satellite, and wireless providers, are the stewards of this important public service in close partnership with alerting officials at all levels of government. The EAS is also used when all other means of alerting the public are unavailable, providing an added layer of resiliency to the suite of available emergency communication tools.
The EAS Best Practices Guide was created in partnership with EAS participants to support incremental improvements by providing basic guidelines for EAS operation and maintenance.
Congress Explores Tools for Shutting Pirate Radio
Boosting FCC fines to as much as $2 million, penalizing building owners and stepping up raids in major Radio markets are among the options Congress is considering for combating illegal broadcast operations under legislation unveiled last week in a House Telecommunications Subcommittee hearing. The measures are intended to protect against interference with licensed broadcasters, the Emergency Alert System and airport flight controls, as well as radiation exposure to nearby residents and workers.
The bipartisan PIRATE Act, co-authored by Reps. Leonard Lance, R-NJ, and Paul Tonko, D-NY, would employ a combination of heightened penalties to stem the growing spread of pirate radio operations in communities throughout the country. Illegal operations are being found on the AM and FM bands alike, with FCC enforcement officers discovering transmitters operating from rooftops, balconies and other properties.
Tropospheric Ducting – What Happened to My Station?
What Happened to My Station?
Steve Callahan for Radio-Guide Magazine
It’s been good season for tropospheric ducting along the New England shore. You might not be familiar with the term “tropospheric ducting,” but you just might have experienced it and not known why.
We’re all familiar with the way that AM signals bounce at night and come down far from their point of origin. Anyone who has listened to the big 50,000 Watt clear channel AMs knows the thrill of hearing a distant AM on a regular radio. I was once surprised to hear WBZ from Boston while in a traffic jam one night in Atlanta, Georgia. An AM station’s “skywave” component reflects off the ionosphere as it cools down at night and the usually transparent-to-AM layer turns reflective and the AM signal comes back to earth far from it’s transmitter. Frequency and tower height influence the degree of skywave along with seasonal differences and weather conditions.
LPFM Waiver on New EAS Reporting Duty Requested
In November 2017 LPFM an advocacy group petitioned the FCC for relief to LPFM radio stations concerning meeting new multilingual EAS reporting requirements.
Citing low publicity surrounding an order adopted by the FCC in March 2016 and lack of input from LPFM stations, REC Networks has filed a motion for either a blanket waiver or extension of time for LPFMs.
Currently the FCC has established that all EAS participants must report some EAS details to their State Emergency Communications Committees by Nov. 6. The information includes:
- Description of any actions taken by the EAS participant to make EAS alert content available in languages other than English to its non-English speaking audiences; and
- Description of any future actions planned by the EAS participant to provide EAS alert content in languages other than English to its non-English speaking audiences, as well as an explanation of the decision to plan/not plan such actions.
A separate reporting requirement due by Nov. 13, known as Form Three, should detail the results of the most recent National EAS Test.
- SummitMedia’s Springfield Leader to Decamp in 2019SummitMedia says Springfield, Mo., cluster general manager/vice president Rex Hansen will retire next month after nearly two decades in that role. “Serving Springfield and the surrounding communities has been a passion of our team. Helping create a better community has been and continues to be our ...
- Community Broadcaster: Helping OutThe author is membership program director of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. NFCB commentaries are featured regularly at www.radioworld.com. The news reports following California’s devastating Camp Fire have been heartbreaking. In the wake of another wildfire to sweep across the ...
- Acclaimed ZYLIA ZM-1 360-Degree Sound Recording System Available for Sale in the United StatesPOZNAN, Poland — Dec. 7, 2018 — Zylia, the Poland-based manufacturer of multitrack audio recording technologies, today announced that its acclaimed ZYLIA ZM-1 microphone is now available for sale in the United States. Designed for bands and musical ensembles, sound engineers, podcasters, and audio ...
- The NRSC Proof Debate Rages OnRadio World has had quite a strong response from readers with perspectives about Larry Langford’s comments about removing AM proof requirements. THIS CONVERSATION ISN’T NEW Consulting engineer Jeremy Ruck is a longtime Radio magazine and Radio World contributor. In 2014, he wrote an article about ...
- Sheridan Radio and Digital Adds Creative DirectorSheridan Broadcasting Corp. has tapped Tracey Harvey to serve as creative director of the Sheridan Radio and Digital Division. She’ll report to division President Leroy Jones Jr., whose appointment was announced last month. “Tracey has a sharp business mind and her ability to solve problems will ...
- Tascam Releases New HeadphonesEquipment maker Tascam has a new set of headphones — perhaps just in time for Christmas gift giving to deserving studio engineers! The TH-07 headphones, according to Tascam, are designed to “duplicate the audio quality of high-end near field monitors.” The business end(s) feature 50 millimeter ...
- New NABEF Chair ElectedBonneville International President Darrell K. Brown has been elected to serve as chair of the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation board of directors in 2019. He replaces Patrick Communications President Larry Patrick, who held the role since 2015. Brown already serves on the ...
- How We Recognize Excellence in WisconsinThe authors are, respectively, the vice president and the director of operations and public affairs of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. Radio and television stations from around Wisconsin submitted 1,784 entries to the most recent Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s Awards for Excellence. ...
- Radiodays Asia Announced for 2019Founders of Radiodays Europe have announced the establishment Radiodays Asia, an international radio and audio conference that will be held in Southeast Asia. Organized in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and Commercial Radio Malaysia (CRM), the event, ...
- Monroe/DAS Upgrade SoftwareMonroe Electronics and its Digital Alert Systems stablemate have announced a major whole number software upgrade for its DASDEC-II and Monroe One-Net SE products. Version 4.0 offers a complete operating system upgrade along with new tools, security patches and enhancements, the company says. A ...