On January 5, President Obama signed into law the Local Community Radio Act, which paves the way for hundreds of noncommercial FM stations. Maybe more.
I was lucky enough to get a chance to write about the law, the opportunities it creates, and the long battle it took to make it happen. Also: what terrestrial radio means in the age of the iPad, and how this all dovetails with ideas about “the power of local.”
Read “Live Transmission”— Marc Hogan’s comprehensive feature about the history and potential of noncommercial radio. And check out his Tumblr for some extra info on low-power FM, too.
