Low Power Radio FCC Filings

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Comments
Technical Filing (Reply Comments)
Petition for Reconsideration
Opposition to Petitions for Reconsideration
Brief Filed in U.S. Court of Appeals

The following FCC filings are available for download
in Portable Document Format (PDF).  PDF files can be
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Comments

On August 2, 1999, Media Access Project filed comments at the Federal Communications Commission in support of low power radio on behalf of: the United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc.; National Council of the Churches of Christ, Communication Commission; General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church; Department for Communication of the Egangelical Lutheran Church in America; Civil Rights Forum; Libraries for the Future; and Consumers Union.

Click here to read the summary of these comments. The full comments are also available for download in pdf format (110KB).

Reply Comments (Technical Filing)

On November 15, 1999, Media Access Project filed reply comments with the FCC in the low power radio proceeding on behalf of its clients:the United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc.; National Council of the Churches of Christ, Communication Commission; General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church; Department for Communication of the Egangelical Lutheran Church in America; Civil Rights Forum; Libraries for the Future; and Consumers Union.

MAP included a technical study in its reply comments. The technical study, prepared by Dr. Ted Rappaport of Virginia Tech, shows that low power radio will not cause unacceptable levels of interference to existing FM broadcast stations, contrary to the claims of low power radio opponents. A one page summary of the technical issues is also available here.

MAP's Press Release, Reply Comments and the accompanying Technical Study can be downloaded below:

• MAP's press release
• MAP's low power radio reply comments in pdf format filed with the FCC on November 15, 1999 in MM Docket 99-25. (157 KB)
• The summary of the technical study in html
• The text of the study in a pdf file, without attachments (188KB)
• The entire study as filed at the FCC in a zip file, including all technical appendices, except for the City Maps (1736KB)
• Ten City Maps in a zip file which show the possible locations of low power stations in urban areas (2105KB)
• Read about Wireless Valley Communications engineer Dr. Theodore Rappaport, who conducted this study

Additional technical materials are available:

• The spreadsheets which simulate results of LP100, LP10 and LP1 stations (188KB)
• The computer program used to create these results (source code) (56KB)
• The compiled code, used to run the computer program (executables) (284KB)

Petition for Reconsideration

On March 16, 2000, Media Access Project filed a Petition for Reconsideration at the FCC. Available in PDF format (50KB).

Opposition to Petitions for Reconsideration

On April 24, 2000, Media Access Project filed an Opposition to Petitions for Reconsideration filed by other parties. MAP asserted that the low power radio service should move forward, and should retain most of its ownership limits. Available in PDF format (31KB).

Brief Filed in U.S. Court of Appeals

On Febuary 16, 2000 the National Association of Broadcasters filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals questioning the legality of the FCC's low power radio proceeding. MAP intervened on behalf of the following clients: United Church of Christ, Office of Communications; National Council of the Churches of Christ, Communications Commission; General Board of Global Minestries of the Untied Methodist Church; Department for Communication of the Evangelicial Lutheran Church of America; and Libraries for the Future . On September 29, 2000, MAP filed the following brief in support of the FCC's decision. Oral argument will be heard November 28, 2000 before Circuit Court Judges Henderson, Rogers and Tatel. The brief is available in pdf format (77KB).

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