Prometheus De-Livered 20 January 2001

A quick apendix to our latest newsletter to help those of you seeking to meet Monday's filing deadline.

The filing window for round three is here- if you live in American Samoa, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho,Missouri, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, or Wisconsin . your application is due on Monday- no ifs, ands or buts...

Electronic filing-the injustice of it all...

For the third window, you are expected to file electronically for your lpfm license. paper applications will not be accepted. Strangely, the FCC does not mention this anywhere on their website except for in the announcement of the third window. If by the time this gets to you, you have already filed on paper and can no longer file electronically- keep your documentation of your filing and we will certainly give our best shot at arguing for you. But your best bet is to try to tackle their monstrous online application. Remember- they are the government- they have the guns and they can do what ever they want in the end. We think that this rule is utterly unfair- some of the Native Reservations we have spoken with can't get any better internet connection than a 14.4--- it will take them many frustrating hours to do this. And many people are having trouble with the electronic form (try using another browser if you have trouble- we have heard that Explorer interfaces better with the FCC website than Navigator) on the other hand, the internet application may help to prevent you from making clerical errors that can jeapordize your application.

My frequency is screwed...

If your frequency and location does not now meet the Grams standards- our condolences. We encourage you to file anyway, so that maybe you will be one of the nine test market stations, or so that you can be a party to future legal action. you should use your previously good frequency, and write a short little exhibit saying that you meet the reasonable original FCC standards, you consider the congressional standards to be capricious and ill-informed- thus you present your application for consideration. You might ask if you can be a test market. To determine whether you would have met the old standards ( since the FCC channel finder no longer works with them) go to http://rec.netfirms.com if you change the settings- it can show you what frequencies and locations meet the original FCC LP100 standards. Hats off to the geniuses at REC networks!!! A clever engineer might be able to find you a nearby frequency that is not immediately apparent- you can find some listed under our "people you can talk to" under resources on our website. remember that your station will definitely go somewhat further than the silly circle on the channel finder program, as mentioned in the last issue of Prometheus De-Livered.

Petitions to Deny...

If you have been hit with a Petition to Deny, let us know- we are getting ready to fight these dumb things. About 1/3 of all standard broadcast licenses are hit with these, and they are almost never granted- its just a hassle, usually, unless you have lied or made a mistake. There is a guide to petitions to deny available from Media Access Project available at www.mediaaccess.org or microradio.org Pete is back in town to help with your application- if he doesn't get arrested at the inauguration, he'll be in the office all day Sunday and Monday to call for help. 215-727-9620