quired to broadcast periodic announcements that 
alert listeners that interference that they may be ex-
periencing could be the result of the operation of 
such low-power FM station on a third-adjacent 
channel and shall instruct affected listeners to con-
tact such low-power FM station to report any inter-
ference. 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 an interference complaint 
by electronic communication within 48 hours 
after the receipt of such complaint; and 
(B) cooperate in addressing any such in-
terference. 
(3) 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 
transmitter site of a low-power FM station on a
third-adjacent channel at any distance from the full- 
service FM station, FM translator station, or FM 
booster station. The Federal Communications Com-
mission shall provide notice to the licensee of a low- 
power FM station of the existence of such inter-
ference within 7 calendar days of the receipt of a 
complaint from a listener or another station. 
(4) To the extent possible, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall grant low-power FM sta-
tions on third-adjacent channels the technical flexi-
bility to remediate interference through the coloca-
tion of the transmission facilities of the low-power 
FM station and any stations on third-adjacent chan-
nels. 
(5) The Federal Communications Commission 
shall— 
(A) permit the submission of informal evi-
dence of interference, including any engineering 
analysis that an affected station may commis-
sion; 
(B) accept complaints based on inter-
ference to a full-service FM station, FM trans-
lator station, or FM booster station by the 
transmitter site of a low-power FM station on 
a third-adjacent channel at any distance from
the full-service FM station, FM translator sta-
tion, or FM booster station; and 
(C) accept complaints of interference to 
mobile reception. 
SEC. 8. FCC STUDY ON IMPACT OF LOW-POWER FM STA-
TIONS ON FULL-SERVICE COMMERCIAL FM 
STATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Communications 
Commission shall conduct an economic study on the im-
pact that low-power FM stations will have on full-service 
commercial FM stations. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 
Commission shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives on the study conducted under sub-
section (a).
(c) LICENSING NOT AFFECTED BY STUDY.—Nothing 
in this section shall affect the licensing of new low-power 
FM stations as otherwise permitted under this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1147 
AN ACT 
To implement the recommendations of the Federal 
Communications Commission report to the Con-
gress regarding low-power FM service.