In order to assist organizations that just recently approved moving forward with applying for a Low Power FM radio station in the upcoming November 1-8, 2023 filing window and to accomodate those who are attending the Grassroots Radio Conference, REC has reopened for new LPFM clients for a limited time only.  

Requests can be made at:
https://LPFM.app

This opportunity is limited to those organizations who meet the following requirements/limitations:

For many years, REC was using Google Maps as our default mapping on our various free services, most notibly FCCdata.org and its predecessor sites.  When Google Maps started to charge for their maps over a specific allowance, we discontinued the use of those maps in favor of maps available through the Open Layers environment.  This included mapping products from Open Street Map (OSM), Stamen and the US Geological Survey (USGS).  For FCCdata, we have also provided a "bring your own API key" option for Google Maps where someone can enter a Google Maps API key that they obtained

In the final hours before a deadline for a lapse in federal appropriations, both houses of Congress passed and the President signed a Continuing Resolution that would keep the federal government open for business until November 17, 2023.  This will give Congress enough time to pass agency funding from that point forward.  This will mean that the FCC will remain "business as usual" on Monday, October 1 and will not impact various upcoming activities such as the upcoming Commission vote on an NPRM to reinstate net neutrality, the Reply Comment filing deadline for the proposed change

Updated: Septemeber 25, 2023

With the recent discussion about the potential for a Government shutdown around the time of October 1, 2023, some may have questions about the how the FCC and REC will function during that time, especially this time with the LPFM Filing Window looming on November 1, 2023.

Fortunately, REC has had past experience dealing with these shutdowns and there are contingency plans in place for handling a shutdown event. 

REC Networks congratulates Anna Gomez on her confirmation to the Federal Communications Commission.  Anna brings with her a lot of telecom experience, in both the public and private sectors, as well as being the first Latina on the Commission since Gloria Tristiani in 1997~2001.  Her addition to the bench brings the Commission back up to its full strength.  From big issues like net neutrality to smaller, but important issues, such as LP250, there's a lot of work to be done.  We will be looking forward to introducing REC to her and her staff.  We wish Anna the v