Thus, the FCC will be licensing new interfering stations that will be largely unlistenable for the intended audience. The cost of this ineffective spectrum allocation is the creation of a Swiss cheese coverage pattern for existing full-service broadcasters. The FCC doesn't have the resources to enforce these rules for hundreds or thousands of new stations. Notwithstanding their good intent, they haven't even been able to shut down the hundreds of pirate radio stations now on the air. The irony is that the Internet provides the creative tools and the distribution mechanism to accomplish all of the FCC's goals.
Broadcasters spend millions of dollars annually to keep high quality sound on the air.
Our audience demands it. In fact, the Commission issued is final LPFM order before receiving initial comments on its digital radio rulemaking. Don't let misguided social policy and a disregard for scientific evidence undermine the investment we have made and the expectations that your constituents have for the sound of their FM radios. It is the only way we can provide the spectrum integrity millions of American radio listeners need and deserve.