Is your transmitter legal?
Transmitters for LPFM must be FCC certified with a "FCC ID" label on it. Please see our list of certified transmitters to help you decide which transmitter to use.
Never purchase a transmitter directly from a China-based company. None of them are FCC certified, even if they claim to be "FCC approved".
Use of such transmitters may result in interference that can jeopardize public safety and could lead to enforcement action.
REC operational status (April 25, 12:30 PM EDT) - REC will be in reduced operations on Friday, April 26, 2024 due to family priorities. Phone support may not be available but email will be monitored. Thank you for your patience.
Thanks to Pete Tridish for reminding us that on this day, ten years ago, the Senate passed, on unanimous consent, the Local Community Radio Act of 2010 (LCRA). Just a day prior, the House passed the legislation on voice vote. The legislation was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011.
On a party line vote of 49-46, the Senate has confirmed Nathan Simington to serve on the Federal Communications Commission to replace Commissioner Michael O’Reilly, effective on January 20, 2021.
Section 154 of the Communications Act calls for the make-up of the Commission itself. Specifically, that of the 5 Commissioners, only 3 can be from the same political party.
This REC Advisory Letter is to advise LPFM licensees of a pending rulemaking proceeding before the FCC. This is an overview of the proceeding and our initial analysis of the impacts to LPFM and potential positions that will be taken by REC Networks in respect to this proceeding. As with any proceeding, REC always welcomes the input from LPFM licensees, including those that REC has not worked with in the past to provide input.
On Monday, REC Networks has filed Reply Comments in two FCC proceedings.
In MB Docket 20-343, REC opposed a suggestion by Educational Media Foundation (EMF), the largest licensee of noncommercial educational (NCE) FM broadcast stations operating under the K-Love and Air1 brands, that called for the ability to file unlimited applications outside of the urban markets as long as those proposals do not face any competing applications.
REC Networks has filed comments with the FCC today on their question regarding application caps in the noncommercial educational (NCE) FM Filing Window in 2021.
The FCC has proposed a cap of 10 applications being filed by any one entity. In addition, they also proposed a cap of 10 applications where any specific party to an application can appear. The latter is to prevent people from filing under different organization names.
Due to the high number of very important comments filed by individual amateur radio operators and amateur radio clubs, we are providing this list of comments filed by other entities regarding application fees for all services, including amateur.
National EBS Association - Educational Broadband Service Comments