After you read the FAQ, the next thing you should do is talk to people.
Start with your family and neighbors. Tell them how you miss hearing Peabody High School broadcasts. Tell them how we could do our own broadcast press coverage for community events. Tell them that we have the capability to return all of this, and more, to our community.
If you serve in a public faculty, you already know how important a local resource radio can be. Whether it's city planning, public issues or emergency concerns, a radio station that is directly in touch with our community is well-suited to voice its own interests.
Our businesses, churches and civic organizations know the importance of local stewardship. If you're a local business owner, you already know the importance of local trade, and greatly benefit when the local economy serves its own.
And this move toward LPFM isn't just our fight; people across America are vying for their own spot on the tuner. People across the country are
contacting their representatives, urging them to show their support for
Low Power FM by co-sponsoring the Local Community Radio Act (the link describes the LCRA), which will
expand LPFM across the country. The FCC recently again advised
Congress to expand Low Power FM, but Congress has yet to act!
There's an old saying in the radio industry: Between television and radio, the pictures are better on radio. There's a vivid history that Trenton lives daily, and we have the potential to describe it for everyone. And that's what we must do next.
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