”Mass dismissal of all but a limited number of FM translator...
"Mass dismissal of all but a limited number of FM translator applications” submitted in a 2003 FCC filing window isn’t justified, because the action would prevent stations from serving smaller towns where translators wouldn’t keep out new low-power FM (LPFM)…
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outlets, said a major operator of translators. “There are opportunities for LPFM service in many communities, even if all the 2003 translator applications were granted,” though in some markets that would “have a preclusive effect” on low-power station seekers, Educational Media Foundation (EMF) said in a filing posted Tuesday to docket 99-25. A preliminary study it did found that “fringe channels” would be available in 10 of the 100 largest markets, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix, San Jose, Calif., and New Orleans. Media Bureau officials continue to review how the Local Community Radio Act, aimed at LPFM stations, may affect commission rules, an agency official said. EMF executives had meetings with bureau officials and with aides to the five FCC members. Prometheus Radio Project -- which along with EMF proposed that the commission grant only some of the 2003 applications -- “urged Commission action to ensure meaningful spectrum availability for LPFM stations in every community, in even the largest radio markets and urban centers,” the group representing such broadcasters said in a filing. “LPFM had been effectively precluded” in such markets before passage of the act, Prometheus said in a filing that came three days late and reported on conversations with an aide to Commissioner Michael Copps.