REC in the News

On this page are links to various media stories where REC and/or Michelle Bradley are mentioned.

2025

• 02/14 - SoundExchange Applauds More Than 300 Major Recording Artists Asking Lawmakers To Pass The American Music Fairness Act - PRNewswire
• 01/31 - New LPFM Station CP Is Granted Near Dallas - RadioWorld

2024

• 09/18 - NAB Fights musicFIRST In Ongoing Battle Over FM Duplication - RadioINK
• 08/20 - Eight Applications for Amarillo LPFMs, Zero Winners: Why The FCC Said No. - Inside Radio
• 07/24 - REC Will Endorse 'Class A10' FM Plan, But On One Condition - Radio+Television Business Report (paywall)
• 07/23 - REC Asks FCC To Pair Class A10 with LP250 - RadioWorld
• 07/12 - LPFM "Know the Rules and Play by the Rules" - RadioWorld
• 07/08 - FCC Sets Date and Deadlines for FM Duplication Rule's Return - RadioINK
• 07/08 - Effective Date Set For FM Radio Duplication Rule Return - Radio+Television Business Report
• 06/17 - FCC Reinstates Radio Duplication Rule for Commercial FM Stations - Wiely Law
• 06/12 - WorldCast Expects LPFM Certification Shortly - RadioWorld
• 06/12 - FCC Reinstates Radio Duplication Rule for Commercial FM Stations - RadioWorld
• 06/12 - Partial Return of the Radio Duplication Rule - CommLaw Blog
• 06/11 - FCC Takes Radio Regulation U-Turn; Restores Duplication Rule - Radio Ink
• 06/10 - FCC Reinstates FM Duplicaiton Rule for Commercial FMs - Radio Insight
• 06/07 - This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters (REC's reconsideration of Geotargeted boosters) - Broadcast Law Blog
• 05/17 - This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters (Mandatory DIRS/NORS reporting) - Broadcast Law Blog
• 05/10 - This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters (Multi-lingual EAS alerts) - Broadcast Law Blog
• 05/07 - LPFM Advocate Asks FCC to Place Restrictions on ZoneCasting - RadioWorld
• 05/06 - Low-Power Group Says More ZoneCasting Safeguards Needed - Inside Radio
• 03/13 - FCC Local Content Proposal Insufficient and Will Have Modest Impact, Commenters Say - Communications Daily (paywall)
• 02/21 - REC, Music Rights Groups Push for Return of FM Nonduplication Rule - Communications Daily (paywall)

2023

• 11/29 - FCC Delays Implementation of New Emergency Alert Rules for Some Broadcasters - TV Tech
• 11/29 - FCC Grants Limited Extension of EAS Compliance Deadline for Customers Using Sage Equipment - Wiely Rein
• 11/19 - This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters (REC/NAB joint request to extend CAP Polling compliance date) - Broadcast Law Blog
• 11/16 - NAB and REC Networks Ask FCC For More Time for Stations to Meet New EAS Requirement - Inside Radio
• 10/18 - An Untended Consequence of Digital Radio - RadioWorld
• 10/18 - LPFM Advocates Rejoice, Says Application Extension Gives Power to the People - RadioWorld
• 10/17 - Will Superpowered FM Stations Get a HD Radio Power Boost - RadioWorld
• 10/17 - FCC Taps Brakes On Planned LPFM Filing Window; FM Filing Freeze Extended Into December - InsideRadio
• 10/17 - New LPFM Application Window Delayed By Media Bureau - Radio+Television Business Report
• 10/17 - FCC Delays the LPFM Window - RadioWorld
• 10/16 - Hams Worry About Shortwave Proposal - RadioWorld
• 10/16 - Industry Stakeholders Unite on Proposed Digital FM Changes - Radio Ink
• 10/6 - Attn. Radio: Only One Month to Go Before LPFM Filing Window - RadioWorld
• 9/5 - Taking It LPFM: Finding or Founding Your Nonprofit - RadioWorld
• 8/22 - Get Ready to Fire up the LPFM Frequencies - RadioWorld
• 8/14 - An LPFM Window This Fall Presents Opportunities - RadioWorld
• 7/18 - Here's What's in the FCC Draft on Digital Power Levels - RadioWorld
• 7/10 - REC Networks: FCC Should Do Away With Channel 6 Protections - Communications Daily
• 7/2 - This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters - Broadcast Law Blog (Translator Reform)
• 6/30 - New Opportunity for Low-Power FM Community Radio Stations Opens November 1, 2023 - RadioSurvivor
• 6/27 - REC Networks Proposes Series of 'Safeguards' For Next FM Translator Filing Window - Inside Radio
• 6/27 - NorthEast Radio Watch 6/26/2023: FCC Opens Window for New LPFMs - Fybush.com
• 6/29 - New Opportunity for Low-Power FM Community Radio Stations Opens November 1, 2023 - Radio Survivor
• 4/14 - FCC Looks to Grant New Full-Service FM in Ohio - RadioWorld
• 4/12 - Broadcasters Push for Use of Software-Based EAS - RadioWorld
• 2/28 - Community Radio Coalition Voices Support for Royalty Bill - Inside Radio
• 2/27 - The 'AMFA' vs. 'LRFA' Battle Heats Up - Radio+Television Business Report
• 1/21 - Ohio LPFM Faces Uncertain Future - RadioWorld
• 1/17 - Broadcasters Onboard With Proposal To Hike HD Radio Power Levels - Inside Radio

2022

• 8/12 - FCC Upholds Fine Against LPFM That Doubled Power Using Unauthorized Antenna - InsideRadio
• 7/21 - NAB Responds to Indie Radio Licensee on ZoneCasting Stance - Radio/TV Business Report
• 7/14 - This Cool JDM Bluetooth Transmitter Taught Me an Exprensive Lesson - The Drive
• 6/13 - REC Networks: FCC Missing Key Point in Zonecasting Rulemaking - RadioWorld

2021

• 11/24 - REC Networks Warns LPFMs of Possible Displacement - RadioWorld
• 7/29 - 8-meter Experimental Station on the Air from the US - ARRL
• 7/24 - LPFM Station Permitted To Resume Operations - Radio World
• 7/12 - REC Networks Sees NAB "Conspiracy Campaign" - Radio World
• 7/8 - NFCB, Allies Speak Up For Radio & Music Creators - WORT
• 7/7 - NAB Continues To Fight Stronger LPFMs - Radio Ink
• 7/7 - Broadcasters Group Asks FCC to Toss Request for New Low Power FM Class - The Well
• 7/6 - NAB Urges FCC To Deny REC Networks' New 250-Watt Low-Power Radio Stations - All Access
• 7/6 - NAB Renews Objections to Expand LPFM Service to 250W - Radio Online
• 6/26 - Community Broadcaster: LPFM-250's Time Is Now - Radio World
• 6/25 - Michelle Bradley video interview by Ed Ryan, Editor, Radio Ink
• 6/24 - That's What Friends Are For: Warwick, musicians enlist Congress to get radio royalties - Roll Call
• 6/23 - NAB Opposes New Higher LPFM Service - Radio Ink
• 6/23 - NAB, ABC, EMF Clash With LPFM on Power Increases - Communications Daily (paywall)
• 6/22 - LP-250 FM Petition Draws Lots of Interest - Radio World
• 6/22 - NAB Urges REC To Toss Translator-Sized LPFM Ideas - Radio Business Report
• 6/22 - NAB Says New Class of LPFM Would Congest FM Band - Radio Online
• 6/17 - FCC Just Killed One Plan To Boost LPFM Power. But Another Proposal Takes Shape - Inside Radio
• 6/15 - LPFM Hopes for Power Increase; 4-0 Recon Vote Expected - Communications Daily (paywall)
• 6/15 - Bradley: LP-250 Is Not Dead In The Water - Radio World
• 6/8 - LPFMs Are Hopeful About "Simple LP250" - Radio World
• 6/8 - Proposal to FCC to Upgrade Low Power FM's Broadcast Power - Common Frequency
• 6/1 - LPFM Back In Front of FCC - Another Proposal To Raise Power and Word of a New Filing Window - Broadcast Law Blog
• 5/17 - AM Digital - What Is the End Game? - Radio World
• 5/14 - Even More to All-Digital AM (Michelle Bradley op ed) - Radio World
• 4/22 - In NCE Window, NCE Will Cap Apps at 10 - Radio World
• 4/21 - Stakeholders Comment on Amendments to EAS - Radio World
• 2/19 - Music Rights Groups Lobby Simington on Radio Dupe Recon - Washington Internet Daily (paywall)
• 1/22 - Pubcasters urge FCC to offer 'flexibility' on proposed foreign government sponsorship rules - Current
• 1/19 - Duplication Rule Vote Lacked Due Process, Critics Say - Radio World
• 1/19 - Objection to Elimination of Radio's Duplication Rule Filed - Radio Ink
• 1/9 - FCC Database Transition Nears Completion - Radio World
• 1/8 - NAB Pushes FCC To Stand Firm On Decision Doing Away With Radio Simulcasting Limits - Inside Radio
• 1/8 - Radio Simulcast Fight Could Provide Hint at New FCC Majority's Plans - Michigan Assoc. of Brocasters News Briefs
• 1/6 - NAB, Critics Duel Over Radio Duplication Rule - Radio World
• 1/6 - NAB Files Comments Defending FCC's Elimination Of Radio Duplication Rule - All Access

2020

• 11/30 - FCC To Decide How Many Applications Is Too Many In Upcoming FM Filing Window - Inside Radio
• 11/24 - Groups Ask FCC To Reverse Decision That Opened Door To More Simulcasts - Inside Radio
• 11/23 - REC Networks Seeks 5-Application Cap in 2021 NCE Window - Communications Daily (paywall)
• 6/1 - GBS Gathers Support fo Geo-Targeting - Radio World
• 5/13 - FCC Tweaks LPFM Technical Rules - Radio World (May 13, 2020 issue, page 10)
• 4/28 - New LPFM Rules Adopted As Anticipated - Communications Law Blog
• 4/27 - FCC Finalizes LPFM Rule Changes in New Order - Radio World
• 4/6 - FCC Poised to Improve Reception of LPFM Stations - Radio World
• 3/13 - College Radio Watch: College Radio's Response to COVID-19 and More News - Radio Survivor
• 2/13 - Franken FM Stations Service Public Interest, LPTV Advocate Argues  - TV Technology
• 1/28 - Broadcasters Back FCC Proposal to Allow Stations More Freedom to Simulcast - Inside Radio

2019

• 11/29 - LPFM Stations Seek Technical Upgrades - Radio World
• 10/30 - Is there an Afterlife for "Franken FMs"? - Radio World
• 8/29 - Battle Lines Are Drawn in Translator Interference Rules Order - Radio World
• 8/23 - LPFMs Shoud Check Transmitters for FCC Label - Michigan Assoc. of Broadcasters
• 8/8 - REC 'N' Roll in the FM Band: LPFM Changes Proposed, NCE-FM Changes Requested - CommLawBlog
• 7/31 - Up For Comment: 'Rules to Modernize the LPFM Technical Rules' - Radio+Television Business Report
• 7/16 - LPFM Technical Changes May Be Coming - Radio World
• 7/15 - FCC's Pai Proposes Technical Rule Changes To Help LPFMs - InsideRadio
• 7/12 - 'Improved' LPFM Radio Service Technical Changes En Route - Radio+Television Business Report
• 7/9 - Petition Seeks New Amateur Band at 40 MHz - CQ Amateur Radio Magazine
• 7/3 - Petitioner Asks FCC For New 8-Meter Amateur Band - InCompliance
• 7/2 - 业余界：为40MHz新业余无线电频段请愿，这群火腿也是操碎了心！ - 599 (Chinese)
• 6/27 - Petition for Rulemaking Asks FCC to Create a New 8-Meter Amateur Band - ARRL
• 5/22 - LPFM Is Not A Threat To Full-Service Radio - Radio World (print edition, pages 29-30)
• 4/22 - FCC Wants Your Input on Digital-Only AM Proposal - Radio World
• 3/28 - FCC Hopes to Streamline NCE Selection Rules - Radio World

2018

• 10/10 - C4 Debate Centers  on Interference Worries - Radio World
• 9/27 - C4 Opposition Is "Nothing New Under The Sun" - Radio World
• 9/14 - REC Networks Offers Hurricane Guide for LPFMs - Radio World
• 7/11 - REC Networks Looks at LPFM's Past and Future - Radio World
• 6/22 - REC Networks Wants FCC To Treat LPFM Stations as a Mature Service - Radio Magazine
• 5/21 - Booster Waiver Helps LPFM Station Restore Signal - Radio World
• 5/21 - Sides are Split on those 998 Informal Objections - Radio World
• 5/18 - Fybush: Prometheus' Assault on Translators Hurts the Little Guys More Than the Big - Radio Insight
• 4/27 - LPFMs Need More EAS Outreach, Low-Power Advocacy Says - Inside Radio
• 4/26 - REC to FCC: Changes Needed to Boost LPFM Participation in EAS - Radio World
• 4/07 - More Express Polar Opposite Ideas on Incubator Program - Radio World
• 4/05 - Two LPFMs See Their Licenses Rescinded - Radio World
• 3/28 - Will Cass C4 Idea Move to Front Burner? - Radio World
• 3/21 - Booster Waiver Helps LPFM Station Restore Signal - Radio World

2017

• 10/10 - REC Advocates More PR and USVI Aid - Radio World
• 10/07 - Low-power, high-energy: Grassroots Radio Conference meets in Albany - Albany (NY) Times Union
• 8/10 - FM Translators Sought All Over Map; Mainly Smaller Markets - Inside Radio
• 8/7 - What about Low-Power AM (LPAM)? - Radio Survivor
• 7/25 - First LPFM Booster in U.S. Signs On - Radio World
• 7/16 - Guel Application Axed by FCC - Radio World
• 6/30 - Plenty of Opinions on FCC Regulation Modernization - Radio World
• 6/27 - FCC Grants CPs for LPFM Booster Stations - Radio World
• 6/23 - LPFM Stations Get a Boost - Radio Survivor
• 6/15 - Perspectives Range Widely on Main Studio Rule - Radio World
• 6/13 - Guel-related CP gets nixed by the FCC - Radio World
• 6/8 - What's The Deal With LPFM and HD Radio? - Radio Survivor
• 5/3 - LPFM Advocate Reacts to FM Translator Petition - Radio World
• 4/19 - NAB Wants FCC To Say 'No' To FM Translator Petition - Inside Radio
• 4/7 - LPFM Supporters At Odds Over Coming Translator Rule Changes - Inside Radio
• 4/5 - Two LPFMs See Their Licenses Rescinded - Radio World
• 3/24 - Punk Radio is Pending in Pasadena - Radio World
• 1/20 - FCC May Be Expediting LPFM Change Apps - Radio World

2016

• 12/27 - Possible C4 Upgrade Stirs Debate - Radio World
• 11/10 - Deregulatory Mood & Worries About CPB in Wake of Trump Win - Radio World
• 11/8 - Beasley Grows; Guel Gone From First Coast - RBR
• 10/18 - Podcast #68 - Report Back from the Grassroots Radio Conference 2016 - Radio Survivor
• 8/5 - A station is born: Inside the high-risk, low-watt, quirky world of community radio - Washington Post
• 6/27 - FCC Decision in San Francisco LPFM Group Means Probably SF Community Radio and SF Public Press Time-Share - Radio Survivor
• 6/2 - Five years after WRVU left the airwaves, community radio is back and better than ever on WXNA - Nashville Scene
• 3/24 - Groups Weigh in on Alleged Interference - RadioWorld
• 2/4 - How About Translators for LPFMs? - Radio World

2015

• 12/29 - Japan Offers a Long-Term Model for FM - RadioWorld
• 10/27 - FCC's AM Revitalization = Move AM Stations to FM - Radio Survivor
• 9/28 - Some LPFM Permittees Surrender CPs - RadioWorld
• 9/2 - Bradley Digs Deep Into FCC Records - RadioWorld
• 8/12 - The Push Is On for LP-250 - RadioWorld
• 8/12 - Las LPFM miran hacia el futuro - RadioWorld
• 8/6 - Beasley Goes After LPFM For Competing Against Them - RadioInsight
• 8/5 - A Station is born; Inside the high-risk, low-watt quirky world of community radio - The Washington Post
• 8/4 - In New Haven, a low-power FM experiment seeks local conversation - and financial sustainability - Neiman Foundation at Harvard University
• 7/29 - Let's Set The Facts Straight About LPFM - RadioWorld
• 7/1 - LPFM Watch: The Six Segments of LPFM + More Community Radio in Seattle - Radio Survivor
• 6/25 - LPFM Watch: Big Competition in LA Still Unresolved; The 250 Watt Battle - Radio Survivor
• 6/18 - LPFM Watch: NAB Opposes REC's 250-watt LPFM Proposal - Radio Survivor
• 6/16 - NAB Opposes LPFM Power Increase Request - Radio Ink
• 6/11 - LPFMs Speak Up for More Power - Radio World
• 6/5 - LPFM On The Air - Radio World
• 5/19 - Preliminary Comments Sought By FCC on Porposal to Increase LPFM Power to 250 Watts and Modify LPFM Translator Rules - Broadcast Law Blog
• 5/18 - FCC Opens REC Networks 250-Watt LPFM Proposal For Comments - All Access
• 5/18 - 250-watt LPFM "Upgrade" Petition Filed - DIYmedia
• 5/18 - LP-250 Proposal Open for Comments - RadioWorld
• 4/23 - LPFM Watch: REC Proposes LPFM Power Increase to 250 watts + 9 More LPFM Construction Permits - Radio Survivor
• 4/22 - REC Networks Asks For LPFM Power Increase - All Access
• 4/22 - Petition For Rulemaking Calls For LPFM Power Increase - Media Confidential
• 4/22- Radio News - WGXC via a-Infos Radio Project
• 4/22 - LPFM Advocates Seek 250 Watts - Inside Radio
• 4/2 - LPFM Watch: 90% of the Way There! - Radio Survivor
• 3/19 - LPFM News: FL Pirate Denied LPFM; Upcoming Events - Radio Survivor
• 3/2 - REC Launches Radio History Project - Radio Survivor
• 1/8 - LPFM News: A Good Start to 2015 - Radio Survivor
• 1/4 - LPFM Applicaton Tally Surprises - Media Alliance

2014

• 12/31 - LPFMs Look Ahead to 2015 - Radio World
• 12/18 - LPFM News: Involuntary Time Shares & Call Letter Contest in WI - Radio Survivor
• 10/31 - Looking at LPFM - Radio World/Dan Slentz
• 10/30 - LPFM News: Will Stations Keep Their Localism Pledges? - Radio Survivor
• 10/16 - LPFM Watch: More than 40 New Grants to Birthchoice, Art X FM... - Radio Survivor
• 10/14 - Applicants Form Factions in Fight for LA LPFM Slot - RadioWorld
• 9/25 - Storm Clouds Brewing in LA Over Potential LPFM - RadioWorld
• 9/11 - LPFM News: 6 More Stations; Questioning HD on LPFM - Radio Survivor
• 9/11 - Louisville's ARTxFM on way to Low Power FM license - Radio Survivor
• 8/18 - REC Networks Launches Engineering Services Firm - RadioWorld
• 8/1 - LPFM Gear Supplier Nexus Broadcast Closed - RadioWorld
• 7/24 - LPFM News: Dismissals due to Lack of Non-Profit Status.. - Radio Survivor
• 7/10 - LPFM News: Original Proposed Says the Service is "Incomplete" - Radio Survivor
• 6/27 - LPFM Hopefuls Weigh Time Sharing, Collaboration to Resolve MX Groups - Communications Daily
• 4/18 - FCC & US Marshals Raid Another Pirate... - Radio Survivor
• 3/20 - LPFM Watch: Why 420 Apps Were Dismissed - Radio Survivor
• 2/27 - REC Informal Objection Led to LPFM LOI - Radio World
• 2/14 - "Extreme Similarities" of LPFM Apps Concerns Advocates - RadioWorld
• 1/16 - LPFM Watch: FCC Grants 107 LPFM Applications, More Oppositions Filed - Radio Survivor
• 1/2 - LPFM Application Tally Surprises - Media Alliance
• LPFM 2014: Low-Power Stations Ramp Up - RadioWorld eBook

2013

• 12/2 - REC Networks Questions 245 LPFM Applications Filed By Hispanic Christian Community Network President - Radio Survivor
• 11/26 - LPFM Update: Making sense of 2,799 applications - Radio Survivor
• 11/12 - Consultants Say LPFM Procrastinators Just Calling Now - Radio World/Leslie Stimson
• 10/18 - Commission Rejects Most Remaining LPFM Petitions - RadioWorld
• 10/7 - LPFM Advocates Debate Window Scenarios - Radio World/Leslie Stimson
• 10/5 - Groups making post-shutdown plans for LPFM support - Radio Survivor
• 9/6 - 10 Reasons Why College Radio Stations Should Apply for LPFM Licenses - Radio Survivor
• 3/13 - FM Translator Roulette Begins - RadioWorld
• 3/12 -FCC LPFM time sharing rules: will they work? - Radio Survivor
• 3/1 - Seizing The Airwaves - FAIR
• 1/17 - LPFM Faithful Prepare for Expansion - RadioWorld

2012

• 11/30 - LPFM Advocates Exhale - RadioWorld
• 3/27 - LPFM Homesteading Help - RadioWorld
• 3/22 - FCC Outlines LPFM Expansion - diymedia.net
• 3/22 - Reactions to the FCC's LPFM Ruling - Radio Survivor
• 3/22 - Should FCC License LP250, LP10s? - RadioWorld

2011

• 9/11 - FCC Mulls Fine Print of LPFM - diymedia.net

2010

• 12/18 - Senate Joines House in Passing the Local Community Act - WOBC

2005

• 7/7 - Media Watch: Radio DMAFB Drama, Act II - Tucson Weekly