Midnight Tonight: Local Radio Needs You E action

[Omaha Steve]

The window to support better radio closes at midnight tonight.

You can help create more independent, local stations and tune out the cookie-cutter corporate programming that has dominated the dial for decades. But to get more local radio, we need you to act now.

Tell the FCC: Local Radio Matters.

LPFM stations are community driven and locally oriented, providing news and information often ignored by mainstream radio -- information crucial to healthy communities and a vibrant democracy.

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a set of rules that could open the nation's airwaves to hundreds of new LPFM radio stations. These rules will determine whether our airwaves will be reserved for local operators or used for "translators" that simply relay commercial programming from far-off places.



The FCC needs to know that our airwaves must be set aside for local stations and the vital information, news, music, and cultural activities that they provide.

Act Now: Support LPFM Today.

After you take action for local radio, please then forward this e-mail to all of your friends.

With your activism, we will be one step closer to using the public airwaves to actually serve the public.

Onward,

Candace Clement
Campaign Coordinator
Free Press
www.freepress.net

1. Learn more about LPFM radio at: http://freepress.net/lpfm/

2. Also visit our allies at Prometheus Radio Project for other LPFM news and information: http://www.prometheusradio.org



Take action on this important campaign at: https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?id=253

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