STATEMENT OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. KENNARD ON LOW POWER FM RADIO

Today's action by the House Commerce Committee would eliminate 75% of the opportunities for schools, churches, transit authorities, local governments, volunteer fire departments and other community and civic groups to have access to the public's airwaves. Those who want to silence Low Power FM radio are ignoring a strong, substantive, methodically-developed, two-year public record replete with solid engineering analysis.

As someone who began my career in college radio, I would never authorize or approve a new radio service that causes harmful interference to existing broadcasters. The only real interference to Low Power FM radio is from high priced Washington lobbyists.