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“We’re aiming to provide greater clarity to broadcast applicants and thus make the process easier for them, deliver more new services to the listening public, and reduce appeals of our comparative licensing decisions,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
The president of Las Vegas Public Radio is asking for punitive damages of $1.7 million as well as other monetary damages.
KETO will broadcast in a variety of languages, aiming to help newcomers assimilate to life in their new country.
Development is in early stages for the project, which will involve community radio stations in the region.
They’re just two of many stations preparing to sign on across the country.
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A forthcoming low-power FM station in Nashville, Tenn., aims to revive the spirit of a Vanderbilt University student-run station.
Plus: A Phoenix LPFM changes format; advice for community radio stations.
FCC commissioners got an update Friday on the status of low-power FM applications, six months after the closing of the most recent LPFM application window. The FCC received 2,826 applications for low-power stations during the window, which ran from Oct. 17 to Nov. 15, 2013. As of April, FCC staff had granted permits to more than 1,200 of those applicants.