‘‘(1) prescribe protection for co-channels and 
first- and second-adjacent channels; and 
‘‘(2) prohibit any applicant from obtaining a 
low-power FM license if the applicant has engaged in 
any manner in the unlicensed operation of any sta-
tion in violation of section 301 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301). 
‘‘(b) Any license that was issued by the Commission 
to a low-power FM station prior to the date on which the 
Commission modifies its rules as required by subsection (a) 
and that does not comply with such modifications shall be 
invalid.’’. 
SEC. 4. MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS. 
The Federal Communications Commission shall mod-
ify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum distance 
separation requirements between— 
(1) low-power FM stations; and 
(2) full-service FM stations, FM translator sta-
tions, and FM booster stations. 
SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF RADIO READING SERVICES. 
The Federal Communications Commission shall pro-
vide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power non-
commercial FM stations and noncommercial FM translator 
and booster stations that broadcast radio reading services 
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via an analog subcarrier frequency from potential low- 
power FM station interference. 
SEC. 6. ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF SPECTRUM FOR LOW- 
POWER FM STATIONS. 
The Federal Communications Commission, when li-
censing FM translator and low-power FM stations, shall 
ensure— 
(1) that licenses are available to both FM trans-
lator stations and low-power FM stations; and 
(2) that such decisions are made based on the 
needs of the local community. 
SEC. 7. PROTECTION OF TRANSLATOR INPUT SIGNALS. 
The Federal Communications Commission shall mod-
ify its rules to address the potential for predicted inter-
ference to FM translator input signals on third-adjacent 
channels set forth in section 2.7 of the technical report enti-
tled ‘‘Experimental Measurements of the Third-Adjacent 
Channel Impacts of Low-Power FM Stations, Volume 
One—Final Report (May 2003)’’. 
SEC. 8. ENSURING EFFECTIVE REMEDIATION OF INTER-
FERENCE. 
The Federal Communications Commission shall mod-
ify the interference complaint process described in section 
73.810 of its rules (47 CFR 73.810) as follows: 
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(1) For a period of one year after a new low- 
power FM station is constructed on a third-adjacent 
channel, the low-power FM station shall be required 
to broadcast periodic announcements that alert lis-
teners that interference that they may be experiencing 
could be the result of the operation of the new low- 
power FM station on a third-adjacent channel and 
shall instruct affected listeners to contact the low- 
power FM station to report any interference. The 
Federal Communications Commission shall require 
all newly constructed low-power FM stations on 
third-adjacent channels to— 
(A) notify the Federal Communications 
Commission and all affected stations on third- 
adjacent channels of interference complaints; and 
(B) cooperate in addressing any such inter-
ference. 
(2) Low-power FM stations on third-adjacent 
channels shall be required to address complaints of 
interference within the protected contour of an af-
fected station and shall be encouraged to address all 
other interference complaints, including complaints to 
the Federal Communications Commission based on 
interference to a full-service FM station, an FM 
translator station, or an FM booster station by the 
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