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NBC-TV Special On Low Power FM Scheduled For Sept. 26
LPFM: The People's Choice is a documentary set to premiere on NBC-TV stations September 26. It reportedly chronicles how “low power FM radio is bringing diverse peoples closer together and giving new life to declining communities, new strength to neighborhoods and new voices in the marketplace of ideas.”
If a news release sent out by LPFM’s proponents is any indicator, the documentary promises to be highly one-sided in favor of the new radio service. For example, the statement reads, in part, “Initiated by former Federal Communication Commission Chairman William E. Kennard in January 2000, LPFM is a low-cost service designed to promote diversity and localism and to encourage voices from the margins.” The statement also calls into question the efforts of the National Association of broadcasters to halt LPFM, noting that the NAB and others “have mounted significant challenges to LPFM, claiming that low power stations interfere with their larger signals. An independent study ordered by Congress has concluded that this is patently untrue.”
LPFM: The People's Choice includes interviews with:
• former FCC Chairman William E. Kennard;
• Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Wade Henderson;
• Media Advocates Michael Bracy and Cheryl Leanza:
• Congressional Members Senator John McCain and Representative Ed Markey;
• LPFM Organizers Pete Tridish and Andrea Cano;
• FCC Commissioner Michael Copps;
• Former FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani;
• National Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar, and
• NCC Washington, D.C., Communication Officer Rev. Leslie Tune.
Noticeably absent: any representatives from major radio industry trade associations or commercial radio group executives.
LPFM: The People's Choice is produced by the United Church of Christ Office of Communication, which is promoting a bill in Congress that would enable the licensing of thousands of new LPFM radio stations. It is part of the 2004 "Horizons of the Spirit" series of the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, a partnership among The Jewish Theological Seminary, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, National Council of Churches USA, and the Southern Baptist Broadcast Communications Group.
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