tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54415246110351952522024-02-20T00:08:40.069-08:00Elk Grove Community Radio ProjectRadioElkGrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13099092074039512094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441524611035195252.post-18683630887760884742012-04-30T10:07:00.001-07:002012-04-30T10:07:09.292-07:00May 7th Deadline could shut Elk Grove out!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just received this important update on the possibilities for Elk Grove Community Radio from Prometheus Radio Project. They are a non-Profit created to help develop local community radio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's VITAL that we let the FCC hear that we want community radio in Elk Grove RIGHT AWAY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please read below, TAKE ACTION, and leave a comment that you did. All it takes is an online petition to make yourself heard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the letter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_2_0_5_1335804627500642" style="color: black;">Dear Denny,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Under the current FCC rules, there's little or no room for community radio in your zip code in Elk Grove. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">However, the FCC is currently deciding whether to allow special rule waivers that would allow community radio in more locations. The good news is that in your zip code, these waivers would make a difference!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">But to win fair rules for community radio, the FCC needs to hear from us by May 7. </span><strong style="color: black;">To send the FCC your customized comment, just enter your zip code on our <a href="http://forms.prometheusradio.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5139&qid=295205" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1335804727_1" style="color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">channel finder tool</span></a>. Then click "Tell the FCC" on your results page and send your comment.</strong></div>
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<span style="color: black;">These are our cities and our airwaves! Tell the FCC that all our cities and towns deserve community radio.</span><br /><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Ian Smith, Prometheus Radio Project </span></div>RadioElkGrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13099092074039512094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441524611035195252.post-42458223525585850222012-04-16T09:38:00.000-07:002012-04-25T18:58:49.334-07:00Does Elk Grove Want Its Own FM Station?Elk Grove has 10% of the population of Sacramento County. You'd never know it to listen to or watch local broadcast stations. If no one is murdered or there's no high-speed chase down Highway 99, you won't get much Elk Grove news, and no community affairs.<br />
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Is this good enough?<br />
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It doesn't have to be this way. A new ruling by the FCC is opening up the FM dial to new Low Power FM (LPFM) Radio licenses. See the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/21-5" target="_blank">News Release</a>.<br />
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What does this mean for Elk Grove? It means that our city could have its own radio station. It would have to be community run, non-profit, educational, and represent the needs of the community.<br />
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It could be the exact kind of thing to help Elk Grove become the city we want.<br />
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The station could start broadcasting as early as 2014.<br />
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This can't happen without local involvement. Community Groups, City Leaders, and the general public will have to get involved. They will have to WANT it.<br />
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So, step one is to be heard and plug in.<br />
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Be heard by leaving a comment here on our blog. Let us know you're out there.<br />
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Plug in by subscribing to this blog and become a part of the development effort.<br />
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Let's get Elk Grove "On the Air"RadioElkGrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13099092074039512094noreply@blogger.com0