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Mo’ Power for Low Power

Activists hope Congress will allow low-power FM radio stations in urban areas in 2009.

By Jeremy Gantz

CHICAGO—The Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP), an all-volunteer radio group formed in 2007, will begin webcasting this winter—though millions of city residents who live close to the station won’t be able to hear its programming. That’s because urban Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations remain illegal. In 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began accepting LPFM license applications from community groups… return to article

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