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| From | Beth2459@aol.com |
| Subject | College Radio Signals in Danger!! |
| Date | Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:02:46 EST |
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Though this is specifically from the Boston area, I am sure that the practice
will be widespread throughout the country-
>Letters must be sent to FCC by Friday.
>Link for info:
>http://www.democracies.com/
>
>NEWS
>A chain of 400 radio stations is grabbing non-commercial stations
around
>Boston and the nation to expand their syndicated satellite-fed signal.
The
>evangelical CSN International has over 200 applications filed with the
FCC
>for FM radio, not to mention their TV and AM holdings. Their would-be
90.5
>FM WSMA with 20,000 Watts would spread its signal across Boston,
Quincy,
>Hingham, Weymouth, Taunton and to the northwest. They plan to locate
the
>transmitter in Scituate, MA. Normally, non-commercial stations are
required
>to operate a human-staffed "main studio" in their city of license.
>Non-commercial stations are supposed to have a local character with
local
>production about local affairs, and not be overrun by a chain's canned
>programming. But in February CSN International moved to eliminate that
>requirement for WSMA would-be 90.5 FM in Scituate. That is, CSN has
asked
>the FCC to waive the normal requirement for a "main studio." They will
>succeed, unless a concerted opposition is mounted.
>As you probably know, many evangelical Christian broadcast chains
enjoyed a
>spree of buying small non-commercial radio stations across the country
in
>recent years, often taking community and college frequencies that
weren't
>organized to defend against it. This national issue is featured in the
Feb.
>25 "Media Minutes" update by Free Press.
>
>Listeners affected include those to:
>
>
>WZBC 90.3 FM, Newton MA
>Serving the surrounding community with 1,000 Watts live-DJ programming
>(Boston College).
>
>WMFO 91.5 FM, Medford, MA
>Serving the surrounding community with 125 Watts live-DJ programming
(Tufts
>University).
>http://www.democracies.com/
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