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We offer opportunities for applicants and fellow-travelers to meet and plan. We provide information and technical support, hooking folks up with the experts in this process. We are identifying in-kind and financial support, talking with radio stations and other groups who may have broadcast equipment and other supplies to donate as well as foundations and other philanthropic groups. We'll give you as much moral support as you need!
Email this to an organization Print E-mail

Help us get the word out about the license window, to grassroots organizations and people. Below is a sample e-mail you send - simply  copy, paste, and personalize [if you'd like].

 

Dear Colleagues,


I am contacting you to ask your organization to help bring full-power community radio to your town and to join with other organizations and the Radio for People Coalition to help expand the power and reach of community-based radio.


Be the media.  It will soon be possible.  This October, from the 12th through the 19th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will open a seven-day window for organizations like yours to apply for new, FULL POWER non-commercial educational (NCE) radio frequencies. 


Full power station licensing has been frozen since 2000.  So, this is a brief and rare opportunity for your organization to acquire a powerful media resource, one that is not likely to come again in the foreseeable future.


The channels allocated in this window are designated as non-commercial educational stations.  You cannot apply as an individual.  The applicant must be an organization with an educational mission; however, you do not need 501(c)3 (tax exempt) status to qualify.


Radio for People is a national coalition of grassroots independent media groups, lawyers, radio engineers, radio stations, free media advocates, professional associations, social justice activists, and many other concerned individuals. We have joined together for the single purpose of helping you. If you want to build a radio station to give voice to issues, promote public discourse, and enrich community life, we will help you, every step of the way.


For more information about application requirements, costs, and the help Radio for People is offering, contact www.radioforpeople.org.  Or, if you know of another organization who might be ready to start its own community radio station, please forward this email. 


Independent media is built on community participation and grassroots organizing.  Soon, you could bring this resource to your town.  Help strengthen community media.  Help spread the word.  And Radio for People will help you to be the media.