Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000
Official title: A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to revise its regulations authorizing the operation of new, low-power FM radio stations.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8210-8211)
Prohibits the FCC, without specific authorization by Congress, from: (1) eliminating or reducing such minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels; or (2) extending the eligibility for low-power FM stations beyond those organizations and entities proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25.
Invalidates any previously issued low-power FM station license that does not comply with such rule modifications.
Directs the FCC to conduct an experimental program to test whether low- power FM stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM radio stations if such stations are not subject to the minimum distance separation requirements. Requires the FCC to: (1) publish test results and allow an opportunity for public comment; and (2) report test results and FCC recommendations on reducing or eliminating minimum distance standards to specified congressional committees.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3020: Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-3020/
"S. 3020: Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-3020/.
S. 3020, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-3020/.
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