[BCN] coop radio? to forward

[Sarah H. Cross]

FREE RADIO STATIONS. APPLY WITHIN.
You live outside of a major metropolitan area? Your community deserves 
it's own line of defense against the encroachment of ClearChannel, and 
the FCC may very well give you what you deserve. The FCC is opening up a 
rare opportunity where they will be giving away free radio licenses to 
non-profit organizations (does not have to be 501(c)3). Usually 
commercial stations like this sell for millions of dollars, but since 
these are non-commercial channels they are given out for free. If your 
group meets the qualifications, and a frequency is available, you can 
start a radio station. Sound too good to be true?

There is a catch. Well, several catches. The channels that are available 
are mostly just in smaller cities. Your group would  have to pay for 
engineering and legal consultants, and the costs of equipment, which can 
add up.  And most places only have one or two open channels, and 
sometimes the competition  can be complicated between the various  
activist groups, agencies, schools, and churches for that one channel.  
But your group has as good a chance as anyone else!   And finally, this 
is the first time that the FCC has done this in close to 15 years and it 
is quite possible that it will be another 15 years before they open it 
again. If you want to know more, check out the Radio For People 
Coalition <http://www.radioforthepeople.org>, or call one of the 
coalition groups like Prometheus Radio Project 
<http://www.prometheusradio.org/> at 215-727-9620. They can help you 
claim your communities' slice of the FM dial! Prometheus  Radio Project 
has  helped to build radio stations for  civil rights groups, unions, 
schools, tribes, environmentalists and neighborhood organizations of all 
sorts, and can help you evaluate whether this is right for your 
organization, and if it is, lead you through the process.

from sarah at cambridge coop...
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