New Filing Window

The FCC is getting ready to open a FULL POWER NON-COMMERCIAL/EDUCATIONAL licensing window for new public radio stations. Non-Commercial Educational (NCE) full power radio licensing has been frozen since 2000, and this will be the first opportunity to apply for more than six years. Groups all over the country have been waiting a long time, so there will be a tremendous number of applications that will be filed.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO APPLY, TOO!

This may be the last opportunity for years to come. The NFCB is working with media democracy groups, attorneys and engineers to provide assistance to community-based groups that are interested to apply. We urge stations with translators to consider upgrading them to fully licensed transmitters. This will provide protection from another station increasing its power or that frequency being assigned to a new station. It may also be possible for you to increase your present wattage to cover more area.

Here are documents to help you get started.

Applications for New Stations (3.8mb PDF)    Facts to Help You Get Started (41kb PDF)    Pointers on the Point System (76kb PDF)

NEW!
February 24, 2010
NFCB files testimony
with the Senate in support
of PTFP for FY2011.
[Click here to read the Testimony]

NEW!
February 4, 2010
More info on and registration for the 35th Annual Community Radio Conference is now available.
[Click here to Register Online]

NEW!
February 3, 2010
The FCC established a Tribal Priority in broadcast licensing for Native America.
[Click here to view the press release]

November 16, 2009
Maxie C. Jackson III is NFCB's new President and CEO
[Click here to read press release]

NFCB and NPR announce the Station Action for Emergency Readiness (SAFER)
[Click here to read Press Release]

DEI-NFCB Collaboration
Website Now Launched
[Read the press release here]

Digital AudioCraft Available Now
[Click here]

Streaming Copyright Basics
from Melodie Virtue at
Garvey Schubert Barer
[Click here (121kb PDF)]

Keynote speech and other select materials from the 2009 NFCB Community Radio Conference is now available.
[Click here]

Results of the WMMT Audience Research Study
[Click here]

New Technologies,
New Music
If you missed NFCB's seminar series on independent music and digital platforms, we have all the content available now on demand.
[Click here to access all the files]

NFCB Participant Members covered by CPB Sound Exchange Agreement
CPB has reached an agreement with Sound Exchange around royalties for webcasters which covers NFCB participant members.
[Click here to learn more about this]

NFCB’s Strategic Plan
[Click here to view the Word document]

Music Licensing Information
Includes fee schedules and links to licensing applications.

Check Your Indecency IQ
Attorney John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer has an indecency quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you know about current FCC indecency rulings. John has also written an indecency primer. Download and read the Primer.