The Local Community Radio Act was passed by the House Wednesday night. The bill would clear the way for hundreds of new low-power FMs.
Lee Terry (R-NE), the bill’s co-sponsor claims it will “revolutionize what Americans hear on the radio,” and that LPFM will give “people at the local community level the opportunity to broadcast when otherwise they may not afford to do so.”
Radio Ink reports a similar bill passed in the Senate Commerce Committee and is due for a vote in the full Senate.