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Congressman Mike Doyle and Congressman Lee Terry, alongside Senators John McCain and Maria Cantwell, are introducing an important bill -- Senate Bill 1675, in the house, HR 2802 -- the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 -- which would expand access to community radio all across the country. Most big cities don't have community radio -- and this bill could bring it to them. Please sign this petition, add your thoughts below on how your community would improve with more community radio, and stay involved with this important fight! We expect a companion bill in the Senate soon -- and we need your help to pass this vital legislation. Read more about this site, learn more about taking action in Congress and beyond, and -- stay tuned!

Read the bill by clicking here -- Local Community Radio Act of 2007, HR 2802 (plaintext), Local Community Radio Act of 2007

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To: U.S. Congress

To my Senate and Congressional Representative,

As a concerned and dedicated member of my local community, I am writing in support of Low Power FM Radio.

This non-commercial, local radio service connects workers, families, and Americans like myself to our communities. We'd like you to think of us, and act to expand community radio in my area by supporting the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 (House Bill 2802, Senate Bill 1675), a bill in the Senate and the House of Representatives that would expand communities' access to low power FM. We desperately needs Congress to act to allow local groups to build low power FM radio stations in urban areas, and in thousands of communities across the country.

In 2000, Congress limited low power FM radio to rural towns, out of a concern that these tiny 100-watt stations would interfere with full power stations, especially in big cities. Congress asked the FCC to study this potential interference and to report back to them. In response,the Federal Communications Commission commissioned the MITRE Corporation to study the potential interference low power FM radio supposedly caused. $2.2 million later, the study proved, once and for all, that low power FM causes negligible interference, and is definitely possible in big cities as well as small communities. The FCC asked Congress to move to expand low power FM -- and now I am asking the Senate and the House of Representatives to expand low power FM as well.

There are about 800 stations on the air across the country, but there is potentially room for thousands, and we need low power FM more than ever, to spread emergency information, local political information, news, culture, and entertainment. Congressman Mike Doyle (Democrat of Pennsylvania) and Congressman Lee Terry (Republican of Nebraska), as well as Senator John McCain (Republican of Arizona) and Senator Maria Cantwell (Democrat of Washington State) recently introduced HR 2802 and S. 1675 -- the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 -- legislation that will expand low power FM radio availability to many of America's biggest cities. We need low power radio in our communities, and therefore we need leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives to support this essential bill.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned
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