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The City of Leominster, MA, is firing up its own community radio station in a few weeks. And a big reason for that, according to Mayor Dean Mazzarella, “When we lost cable and we lost everything in the big storms that we had, the two big ones, radio was oftentimes the only thing that’s left."

(by John Garziglia) A week ago Friday, on January 29, a small but significant slice of broadcast station owners, engineers, and lawyers went wild, filing some 416 or so FM translator modification applications on Day 1 of the 250-mile move filing window.

(John Garziglia) Matthew Wesolowski writes in the July 2, 2014 edition of Radio Ink advocating for a Class C4 classification for Class A FM stations that would allow for 12 kilowatts ERP for approximately one-third of all such Zone II stations. I am all for maximum power and coverage for FM stations. As the proponent of both the Class C3 and Class C0 power levels for FM stations some years ago, I would ordinarily be hard pressed to find fault with such a proposal. But....

(By John Garziglia) At the Radio Show in Dallas, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai advocated an AM radio revitalization initiative, asking if there are regulatory barriers to helping AM stations. Our piece from John Garziglia turned out to be one of our hottest stories last week, and your comments are still coming in. Many of you are very passionate about saving the AM band. Broadcast Attorney John Garziglia started it all off with his piece that follows, and many of you have added great information to the conversation.