Well, sounds like Amateur Radio Newsline had a story this week about REC. I seriously question if they did any research on the issue and on REC Networks. Even though I have a ham license, REC Networks is not an amateur radio organization. REC Networks cares about issues that assures private citizens access to the airwaves. Even though most of our focus is on broadcast radio (mostly LPFM) but we do comment on other spectrum issues, such as amateur radio.

First of all, this is an EXTREMELY OLD story. REC filed our amicus filing and did a news release and a podcast to report this filing back in June (remember, this is currently late September).

Advisory of actualites regarding the REC column in Radio World.

REC Networks has been advised that an editorial column that was written by REC's Rich Eyre has appeared in the December 15, 2004 printed edition of "Radio World". REC will release a copy of the unedited column on our website and through the reclpfm Yahoo group this weekend.

In addition, REC's Rich Eyre appeared for two hours on the December 17, 2004 edition of "Tech This!" that airs on WTND-LP and via satellite. The program included a discussion that addressed the following issues:
- The Radio World column regarding the LPFM and Distant Translator debate.
- REC's LPFM Petition for Rulemaking
- REC's current issues with Live365 (changes in Japan)
- REC's telephone entertainment past.

REC to FCC: Major changes in policy are necessary to promote localism

REC Networks has told the FCC that serious changes need to be made to support local voices have access to the airwaves. REC continues to affirm it's position that because of a serious expansion of full power FM broadcast stations into areas that were otherwise underserved in the past, the FCC needs to seriously consider the status of FM translators including those that do not rebroadcast a local station.

Educational Media Foundation, the operator of two satellite translator networks K-Love and Air1 have encouraged their listeners to fight any attempts to have LPFM displace their translators. Many listeners did comment.

REC is very closely watching a Table of Allotments case in Phoenix that can have a ripple effect and could impact the future of channels reserved for non-commercial use.

Just a full disclosure here, REC normally involves itself with radio issues however what we are going to talk about here is going to impact television.

In Phoenix, a Petition for Rulemaking has been filed jointly by NBC (GE)-Telemundo, licensee of KPHZ Channel 11 in the rural community of Holbrook and Community Television Educators, licensee of non-commercial educational station KDTP Channel *39 in Phoenix. KDTP runs Daystar Christian programming.

The joint petitioners are asking the FCC:
- To dereserve Channel *39 in Phoenix to allow for a commercial station (Telemundo) to use the channel