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Union Calendar No. 220 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1147 
[Report No. 111–375] 
To implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications 
Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2009 
Mr. DOYLE (for himself, Mr. TERRY, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. PAUL, Mr. BRADY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Ms. BALD-
WIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
DECEMBER 14, 2009 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. CLAY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. FRANK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. OLVER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MASSA, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, 
Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, 
Mr. 
FILNER, 
Ms. 
CLARKE, 
Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HILL, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. ROTHMAN of New 
Jersey, Mr. AKIN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. HARE, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. STARK, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. BACA, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FOS-
TER, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. BISHOP 
of New York, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. REYES, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. SLAUGH-
TER, Mr. KING of New York, and Ms. HIRONO 
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DECEMBER 14, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 24, 2009] 
A BILL 
To implement the recommendations of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission report to the Congress regarding 
low-power FM service. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Community Radio 
Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The passage of the Telecommunications Act 
of 1996 led to increased consolidation of ownership in 
the radio industry. 
(2) At a hearing before the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
June 4, 2003, all 5 members of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission testified that there has been, in 
at least some local radio markets, too much consolida-
tion. 
(3) In part due to consolidation of media owner-
ship, there have been strong financial incentives for 
some companies to reduce local programming and 
rely instead on syndicated programming produced for 
hundreds of stations, though noncommercial edu-
cational radio stations, including FM translator sta-
tions, currently provide important local service, as do 
many commercial radio stations. A renewal of com-
mitment to localism—local operations, local research, 
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