DenverDXer
December 6th, 2013, 07:09 PM
46 groups in Colorado have applied to the FCC for the latest new batch of licenses for non-commercial Low Power FM stations. The maximum power for LPFM is 100 watts, designed to serve local communities. This was the first opening for new LPFM applicants since 2001, and it’s under more relaxed rules in regard to channel spacing, allowing for LPFM’s in larger cities for the first time. The application window closed November 15. Here is the Colorado list:
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=CO&call=&city=&arn=&serv=FL&vac=5&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9
After determining if the applicants are qualified and if all the technical requirements are met, the FCC plans to award the first Construction Permits to applicants with no competitors for the same frequency in the same area, or “singletons”. Among those in the Denver area who might qualify are:
96.1 – The Colorado Independent, which plans a newsy schedule of programming including an afternoon talkshow by Mike Littwin.
97.7 – Teshuvah International Ministries in Golden.
97.7 – Denver Community Radio, with an address of a church on East Colfax, prepared by the President/CEO of Hispanic Christian Community Network, Inc.
104.7 – North Denver Community Radio, with an address of a church in North Denver, prepared by the President/CEO of Hispanic Christian Community Network, Inc.
103.9 – South Denver Community Radio, with an address of a church in West Denver, prepared by the President/CEO of Hispanic Christian Community Network, Inc.
97.7 – City of Louisville.
Then there are the competing applicants, which the FCC calls “mutually exclusive” or MX. In the eastern metro, here’s a 4-way battle:
93.9 - Bread on Life Church; Christ’s Church Apostolic; Ethiopian Community Television; and Youth on Record.
In central Denver, this is the MX group:
104.7 – Academia Internacional De Arte, an Hispanic arts school; Denhac, a “hackerspace” do-it-yourself tech group; and Open Media Foundation, which provides production and community media education services.
If all MX applicants are deemed to be equally qualified, they may have to work out a time-share arrangement in order to be granted Construction Permits. License challenges are also possible. Otherwise, a group that gets a CP has 18 months to build their station and sign on. So we could be hearing some new FM stations within the next year or two.
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=CO&call=&city=&arn=&serv=FL&vac=5&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9
After determining if the applicants are qualified and if all the technical requirements are met, the FCC plans to award the first Construction Permits to applicants with no competitors for the same frequency in the same area, or “singletons”. Among those in the Denver area who might qualify are:
96.1 – The Colorado Independent, which plans a newsy schedule of programming including an afternoon talkshow by Mike Littwin.
97.7 – Teshuvah International Ministries in Golden.
97.7 – Denver Community Radio, with an address of a church on East Colfax, prepared by the President/CEO of Hispanic Christian Community Network, Inc.
104.7 – North Denver Community Radio, with an address of a church in North Denver, prepared by the President/CEO of Hispanic Christian Community Network, Inc.
103.9 – South Denver Community Radio, with an address of a church in West Denver, prepared by the President/CEO of Hispanic Christian Community Network, Inc.
97.7 – City of Louisville.
Then there are the competing applicants, which the FCC calls “mutually exclusive” or MX. In the eastern metro, here’s a 4-way battle:
93.9 - Bread on Life Church; Christ’s Church Apostolic; Ethiopian Community Television; and Youth on Record.
In central Denver, this is the MX group:
104.7 – Academia Internacional De Arte, an Hispanic arts school; Denhac, a “hackerspace” do-it-yourself tech group; and Open Media Foundation, which provides production and community media education services.
If all MX applicants are deemed to be equally qualified, they may have to work out a time-share arrangement in order to be granted Construction Permits. License challenges are also possible. Otherwise, a group that gets a CP has 18 months to build their station and sign on. So we could be hearing some new FM stations within the next year or two.