Audio Division Rejects 327 Out of 328 Recon Petitions Against FM Translators
The FCC Audio Division rejected all but one of 328 petitions for reconsideration filed by Prometheus Radio Project, Common Frequency and Center for International Media Action seeking to overturn rejected appeals against FM translator petitions the groups say didn’t ensure…
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filing opportunities for low-power FM stations, said a letter released Friday. The 328 petitions stemmed from the Media Bureau’s rejection of 994 objections filed by the groups earlier this year (see 1806080038). The 327 petitions were rejected over a failure to show standing, but one Prometheus petition did demonstrate “with particularity” how the petitioner’s interests would be affected, the letter said. That petition involves an LPFM station in Philadelphia that will be short spaced by a pending FM translator in Camden, New Jersey, the letter said. The short spacing would make it hard for the LPFM station to relocate, and that could harm the listener who signed the petition, the letter said. The merits of the sole remaining petition will be addressed “at a later date” the letter said.