FAQ: LPFM Eligibility & Ownership

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	Answer Date
FAQ: The school district operates a PBS or NPR station. Can the district also own a LPFM station?	02/20/2019
FAQ: Is a TIS (traveler's information AM station) considered an attributable interest that would prevent LPFM ownership?	02/19/2019
FAQ: Would a FCC-licensed international broadcast station (shortwave) be considered an attributable interest that would prevent LPFM ownership?	02/19/2019
FAQ: Can a LPFM (or full-service NCE) station be licensed to a "Social Purpose Corporation"	07/25/2018
FAQ: Another group never built their granted construction permit and now the permit is about to expire. Can another group "take over" the permit and build it?	08/18/2015
FAQ: Can an unincorporated association be a LPFM/NCE licensee?	05/15/2015
FAQ: Can one sell or otherwise transfer control of an LPFM station to a different organization?	05/14/2015
FAQ: Do I have to have 75% of my board AND my headquarters within 10 or 20 miles of the transmitter?	05/14/2015
FAQ: The Archdiocese has full power broadcast holdings, can a local Catholic church have an LPFM?	05/14/2015
FAQ: Can a school district that does not have any AM, FM or TV holdings but does have Educational Broadband Service (formerly ITFS) have an LPFM?	05/14/2015
FAQ: What was LP-10 (LP10)?	05/14/2015
FAQ: Can the FCC grant a waiver of the Local Community Radio Act?	05/14/2015
FAQ: If I am on the board of an LPFM station, can I also purchase an AM or FM radio station (or be a part owner)?	05/13/2015