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rectory spare call signs rec pace program more about lpfm reference reference sub navigation pending fcc applications fcc filing fees radio license renewal deadlines fcc record fcc reports pirate radio enforcement data premises info system premis itu and other international documents recent fcc callsign activity fcc enforcement actions federal register recent cap weather alerts legal unlicensed broadcasting more reference tools lpfm window about about sub navigation rec in the media supporting rec s efforts recommendations fcc filings and presentations our jingles rec radio history project delmarva fm riverton radio project j1 radio japanese broadcasting japan earthquake data rec systems status elms enhanced lms data project open data at rec our objectives contact breadcrumb home michi on youtube other tools info filing window tracking enforcement actions rec advisory letters faq knowledge base u d ratio calculator propagation curves runway slope rec towair coordinate conversion premis address profile spare call sign list fcc commercial filing fees class d fm stations in alaska arrr pirate radio notices unlicensed broadcasting part 15 fmmap broadcast atlas federal register rate card policies rec system status server status rec systems changelog complete site index alaska class d stations entities eligible for class d fm stations educational programming and acknowledgement of donors third party fundraising coverage areas channels frequencies available for class d stations availability in anchorage and the kenai peninsula public notice requirements identifying the site site selection and airports u s anti drug act adverse findings and character issues the construction permit application process modification of the construction permit determining transmitter power output tpo obtaining a call sign application for license ownership reports public file license renewals if you are ready to move forward normally the fcc solicits applications for new broadcast stations during windows that are normally about once every 10 years the last window for new broadcast stations was the low power fm lpfm window in 2013 in that window about 2000 lpfm construction permits were awarded there is one place though that the window is not closed in alaska prior to 1978 the fcc had a class d fm broadcast service that was available for noncommercial educational broadcasters the class d service was used primarily by high schools and colleges for student operated radio stations at that time class d stations were allowed to operate 10 watts from the transmitter tpo they were allowed to use a gain antenna to increase their effective radiated power erp for slightly wider coverage the large broadcast stations considered the class d stations to be a hinderance to the growth of the larger stations as well as the cause of interference as a result the fcc would make changes to the class d service including changing the power limit to 99 watts erp based on 30 meters height above average terrain they also made the stations secondary status thus meaning that they could be displaced by full power stations as a result class d stations in more urban areas would be forced to occasionally change channels if they want to stay on the air there are currently about 50 class d fm stations in the lower 48 finally the fcc put a freeze on applications for new class d stations in all but one state alaska in other words the fcc is accepting applications right now for new class d fm stations within alaska noncommercial fm broadcast stations are covered in the fcc rules under part 73 subpart d additional information applicable to all broadcasters is covered in part 73 subpart h you may see something like this in the text 73 000 this is a rule section that you can refer to for more information entities eligible for class d fm stations class d fm stations are available only to qualified noncommercial educational organizations what the fcc is looking for is a minimum of a state recognition of your organization as an incorporated entity the organization is not required to have an irs 501 c status if your organization is an unincorporated association the process is a bit more complex it is strongly suggested that you register with the alaska division of corporations or a similar agency in another state individuals for profit and public benefit corporations are not qualified as a noncommercial educational nce organization despite the word educational an nce does not have to be a school or university there are many churches ministries service organizations local governments tribal governments and organizations formed for the sole purpose of running the station that are fcc nce licensees the only requirement is that your organization has an educational purpose and the radio station must be used to advance that educational purpose those organizations that currently do not hold a license or construction permit for a broadcast station that originates programming will be required on their first application to demonstrate that the organization is qualified and that the proposed broadcast station will advance the organizations educational purpose 73 503 a please note that if the organization seeking a class d station currently holds a low power fm lpfm broadcast license or permit they must divest that lpfm station prior to turning on the class d fm station if one of more board members are also on the board of an organization holding an lpfm license the applicant must disclose that and agree that the board member will recuse themselves from decisions made about the lpfm station 73 858 organizations that already have a full power nce or other class d nce licenses or permits may own a class d station if anything the process for an existing organization with another nce station except translator is a bit easier since the educational qualifications of the station has already been established educational programming and acknowledgement of donors programming on the station is not required to be the traditional definition educational i e distance learning music cultural programming speech based programming and religious teaching are considered as educational the main restriction is around commercial advertising this is a hot button item with the fcc and there are no specific written rules on the subject only policy statements a class d station cannot run commercials but they can acknowledge donors and underwriters to the station what we have always suggested is that you start with a business card i e name and phone number and work your way up from there the main things to avoid with underwriting acknowledgements are calls to action verbs that encourage or incite a listener to take action i e come on down to call them today quantitative statements i e the largest the oldest the cheapest etc qualitative statements i e the best and other adjectives to describe the quality of a product or service promotional messages and suggestions you really want to do this and prices this also includes if an item is free a certain percentage off as well as interest rates there is more leeway if the organization being acknowledged is an irs 501 c non profit or is the license itself third party fundraising normally fundraising for the station is limited to supporting the station itself the fcc does allow the interruption of programming for fundraising for other organizations the station can devote up to 1 of time per year for third party fundraising and certain reporting has to be kept the fcc may also at times following major disasters allow nce stations to raise funds for particular organizations coverage areas the fcc rules permit a class d station to operate up to 99 watts at 100 feet 30 meters above average terrain if the average terrain at the antenna site including the height of the antenna on the tower exceeds 30 meters then the 99 watt power will be reduced to compensate on perfectly flat land at 100 feet the average coverage area is about 3 ½ miles because many villages and communities in alaska are in canyons and valleys with significant mountains on one or more sides your average height will be low in some cases going to a foothill location will gain some additional coverage channels frequencies available for class d stations all frequencies channels from 88 1 to 107 9 fm are available to class d stations we suggest that class d stations use the channels between 88 1 and 91 9 as those channels are reserved for non commercial educational broadcast stations in most parts of alaska there is a wide availability of channels first write down all of the fm channel frequencies for this we will stick with the reserved channels 88 1 88 3 88 5 88 7 88 9 89 1 89 3 89 5 89 7 89 9 90 1 90 3 90 5 90 7 90 9 91 1 91 3 91 5 91 7 91 9 first find out if there are any existing fm stations in that community you can scan the dial or check a website like fccdata org to see all of the fm stations available if a channel is in use then you will want to cross out that channel and the three additional channels around it each way therefore you could be scratching out up to 7 channels let s say that 88 7 is currently being used in this area you will then want to scratch out the channels from 88 1 to 89 3 88 1 88 3 88 5 88 7 88 9 89 1 89 3 89 5 89 7 89 9 90 1 90 3 90 5 90 7 90 9 91 1 91 3 91 5 91 7 91 9 once you scratch out all of the channels for the fm stations that are in that area use an fm radio with a digital tuner to check out the other frequencies test this from a table radio from areas where you are expecting the station to cover also test it from a vehicle located at several parts of your service area make a note if you are hearing a station even if it coming in with a lot of static the fcc has a formula for determining protections to other stations these protections are primarily around the co channel and up to three adjacent channels even despite these protections most of alaska has very wide open spectrum availability so even if there is a channel where there is a weak station or even a station that is listed within about 200 miles but not heard there s still many opportunities to maximize the coverage free of potential interference from other stations availability in anchorage and kenai peninsula due to the higher concentration of existing stations in anchorage finding an available frequency will be challenging and there may be some areas where there is no availability areas on the kenai peninsula e g soldotna sterling homer etc may have more limited availability but it may be possible please check with rec for assistance public notice requirements the fcc requires that public notice be given for most application types including new stations the public notice normally takes the form of a classified ad that would appear in a daily newspaper twice a week for two weeks or if there is no daily newspaper a weekly newspaper once every week for three weeks if there is no daily or weekly paper published in that community in the daily paper wherever published with the greatest circulation in that community 73 3580 c in the case of alaskan villages it may be likely that there is no newspaper in those cases we may need to ask for a waiver of the public notice rules and instead offer to place the public notice in a post office or other public place 73 3580 g identifying the site the site must be identified and the geographic coordinates determined for coordinates the fcc uses the older north american datum 1927 nad27 this will mean that coordinates received from a gps unit or from google maps google earth would have to be converted from the nad83 value that those devices use to nad27 both rec and noaa provide web tools that can do those conversions you will also need to determine the overall height of the tower this is the height from ground level even if the tower structure is on top of a building the radiation center of the antenna will also need to be calculated most fm broadcast antennas are side mounted and therefore the center of radiation would be lower than the overall height of the tower once granted you will have a tolerance of building at that height or within 2 meters above to 4 meters below the authorized radiation center height the fcc rules do not permit vertical polarized antennas in the class d service 73 316 therefore antennas such as ground planes and the norwalk dominator cannot be used antennas must be horizontally or circularly polarized site selection and airports any site selected must be evaluated to assure that antenna structure registration asr is not required the asr process notifies the faa of an antenna that may be located near an airport and could be a hazard to navigation any proposed antenna structure within 5 miles of an airport runway is evaluated based on the glide slope method to determine if the antenna will require registration antenna structures further away from the airport can go higher vs those closer to the airport all structures that exceed 200 feet above ground level require registration regardless of their location in respect to an airport even near airports any antenna structure that is less than 20 feet above the highest point of a building that is not already an antenna structure is exempt from the antenna structure registration requirement rec can determine if structure registration is required u s anti drug abuse act adverse findings and character issues the fcc has certain expectations regarding board members i e parties to the application the us anti drug abuse act 21 usc 862 denies certain federal benefits to those convicted of federal drug offenses for a certain period of time this is the same law that denies those with drug convictions of being able to receive a student loan any time that you file an application with the fcc including renewals you will have to certify that all members of your board are not being denied federal benefits under the us anti drug act the fcc also requires certification that the applicant or a party to the application must certify that they were not involved in any previous fcc proceeding where character issues have been raised or there is another pending application where character issues have been raised this mainly stems around making misleading statements with the fcc the fcc may make a determination of a lack of candor or character issues and require a person that if they file any future applications they must disclose the character issues applicants must also disclose that there is no adverse findings or pending cases of any board member that involves any kind of felony mass media related antitrust or unfair competition fraudulent statements to another government agency or discrimination a felony conviction properly disclosed in the application process does not always exclude an applicant but it will put the application under a deeper review process the construction permit application process before construction can take place the broadca...