WHIV has dealt with topics ranging from health and reproductive justice to issues of importance to Haitian immigrants. The station broadcasts from Beaufort, SC, and in addition to music has local and national news, editorials, social commentaries, and church-related programming. With the Gullah people facing encroachment from development, commercialization, and rising sea levels, the radio station acts as a crucial information source and hub of discussion and debate.
There are hundreds more examples of diverse groups that launched noncommercial radio stations. Regardless of their specific missions, in general they shared the belief that corporate radio was inadequate to the task of addressing critical cultural or political needs within their communities. The fact that the U. Nonprofits looking to successfully obtain NCE FM licenses have almost certainly initiated preparations to do so already, as the process takes considerable time, many months of detailed work, and assistance from experts such as radio engineers and lawyers.
LPFM licenses are simpler to apply for, and such stations are easier and cheaper to operate, but over-the-air reach at watts is limited to three to five miles. However, with the filing window not upcoming for a while, nonprofits that possess the capability and will to expand their reach in this way have plenty of time to organize. Those that do so would not only be helping themselves, but acting as exemplars of participatory democracy.
Nonprofits and Noncommercial Radio Licenses. Tweets by prometheusradio. Music Licensing for Noncommercial Broadcasters and Webcasters. Online Streaming If you plan on live streaming or simulcasting your station over the Internet also known as noninteractive streaming , there is another layer of music licensing.
Podcasting Podcasting is different from streaming your live broadcast online because it is on-demand. Additional Reading bmi. Attachment Size music-license. Sign Up for Updates! Prometheus Radio Project P. Jump to navigation. The LPFM stations are licensed to operate with watts, which allows them to reach an area with a radius of approximately three and one-half miles.
In addition, applicants for LPFM licenses must be based in the community in which they intend to broadcast. An organization is considered community-based if:. LPFM licenses cannot be issued to individual or commercial entities. Also, existing broadcasters, cable television system operators, newspaper publishers, and other media entities are not eligible for LPFM licenses. FCC Application Forms. FCC application forms may be used to help prepare data for an application, but please be advised that forms MUST be electronically filed.
The presence of a "paper" or PDF form does not override the requirement for electronic filing. Broadcast application forms available for electronic filing can be retrieved through the Media Bureau Electronic Filing page.
FCC Rules. For your convenience, here is a link to the Part 73 radio broadcast station rules. These rule lists are updated once a year, after the Code of Federal Regulations website is updated to reflect rule changes from the previous year.
Mutually Exclusive Commercial Auctions. Where conflicts occur between mutually exclusive commercial applicants i. Information about the auction process is posted on the Auction pages. Please note that we cannot provide advance information on when an auction or application filing window for a particular service might be opened. Mutually Exclusive Noncommercial Educational Applications. Noncommercial educational station conflicts with other timely filed noncommercial educational applicants i.
AM Stations. AM stations occupy the frequencies of kHz to kHz. These stations are allocated on a non-interference basis. To be acceptable, an application for a new AM broadcast station must show that no interference will be caused to other U. Applications must also consider the second harmonic frequency and intermediate frequency relationships per 47 CFR Section In general, these complex engineering analyses require specialized knowledge and software, and are best performed by broadcast engineering consultants.
AM station rules include 47 CFR Form to Use, Application Filing Fee. Construction permit applications for new AM broadcast stations must be electronically filed on FCC Form during a specified application window period. Noncommercial educational applicants should also use FCC Form Commercial applicants must include the new station application filing fee listed in the Media Bureau Fee Filing Guide as well as FCC Form with the fee payment and application.
Additional information about AM broadcast stations and applications is available at the Broadcast Radio Links page. FM commercial stations may be authorized on Noncommercial educational FM stations may also be authorized in this band but these applications must meet the spacing, 70 dBu city coverage and other technical criteria applicable to commercial stations.
FM commercial station rules include 47 CFR Requesting a New Allotment. The petition and application must cross-reference each other so that we can associate the two related filings. We will then consider the merits of the petition for rulemaking. If the petition for rulemaking is technically acceptable, the Media Bureau will release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will indicate the date by which interested parties can file comments or counterproposals.
If approved, an FM allotment will be created and placed in a future FM broadcast auction proceeding. If the applicant is the successful bidder for the allotment, the previously filed Form construction permit application will become the applicant's post-auction long-form construction permit application.
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