The FCC is opening up a rare opportunity for non-profit organizations to apply for radio licenses. Usually commercial stations like these sell for millions of dollars, but since these are non-commercial channels they are given out for free. If your group meets the qualifications, and a frequency is available, you can start a radio station. Sound too good to be true? There is a catch.  The channels that are available are mostly just in smaller cities. Your group would  have to pay for engineering and legal consultants, and the costs of equipment, all of which could run 20,000 to 200,000 dollars.  And most places only have one or two open channels, and the competition will be stiff.  But this is the last chance in a generation to apply, and the Prometheus Radio Project can help you get your application in tip-top shape! 

 

Prometheus has  helped to build radio stations for  civil rights groups, unions, schools, tribes, environmentalists and neighborhood organizations of all sorts.  This is the first licensing window of its kind in 15 years, and this is the last opportunity for most cities and towns to get full power noncommercial radio stations.

 

So if you want a radio station, this is your big chance! If you want to know more, get in touch with the  Prometheus Radio Project at 215-727-9620 x509, or visit www.getradio.org on the web to see if there might be a frequency in your zip code.   Don't miss this opportunity to claim your community's slice of the FM dial!

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