REC Advisory Letter #6: FM Boosters and GeoTargeting
Updated May 29, 2024
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| REC operational status (updated November 5, 2024 10:30 PM EST) - Minimal operations due to family priority on the following dates: 11/18, 11/19, 11/27. Reduced operations due to holiday on 11/29. Federal holidays 11/11 & 11/28, REC closed. Phones open outside of reduced and limited operations. Active System40 post-transition work in progress for the beginning of November. |
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Statement of REC Networks: Ajit Pai's announced departure from the FCC
Statement of Michelle Bradley, Founder, REC Networks:
Greetings from Riverton.
Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced that he will be departing from the Federal Communications Commission on January 20, 2021.
REC files Reply Comments opposing exceptions to NCE application caps while calling for more transparency at the FCC.
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.
19-310: In support of diversity and listener choice, REC & Music Industry team up to fight FM duplication rule repeal
REC Networks, along with the musicFIRST Coalition and the Future of Music Coalition have filed a Petition for Reconsideration on the Report and Order in the Broadcast Duplication proceeding, MB Docket 19-310, which was a part of Chairman Pai’s Media Modernization Initiative.
20-343: REC promotes a 5 cap and census data equity in NCE window
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.
