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Local Community Radio Act of 2007

Introduced: June 21, 2007 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.
Mar 4, 2008
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment. With written report No. 110-271.
Oct 30, 2007
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Oct 24, 2007
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1117.
Jun 21, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 21, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local Community Radio Act of 2007 - Repeals provisions in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, that required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations to prescribe minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels; (2) prohibit applicants who have engaged in the unlicensed operation of any station from obtaining a low-power FM license; and (3) conduct a program to test whether low-power FM radio stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM radio stations if minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels are not required.

Requires the FCC to: (1) modify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum distance separation requirements between specified stations; and (2) retain rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power noncommercial FM stations that broadcast radio reading services via a subcarrier frequency from potential low-power FM station interference.

Requires the FCC, when licensing FM translator stations, to ensure: (1) that licenses are available to both FM translator stations and low-power FM stations; and (2) that such decisions are made based on the needs of the local community.

Requires the FCC to: (1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations, as proposed in a specified docket, to prohibit any applicant from obtaining a low-power FM license if the applicant has engaged in any manner in the unlicensed operation of any station; (2) retain its rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power FM stations that are licensed in states with more than 3,000,000 housing units and a population density greater than 1,000 people per square mile land area; and (3) conduct an economic study on the impact that low-power FM stations will have on full-power commercial FM stations.

What's happening now March 4, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.

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