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How to Start a Low Power FM Radio Station? | LPFM | Low Power FM Radio

President Signs The Local Community Radio Act

On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, the President signed into law:

H.R. 6533, the “Local Community Radio Act of 2010,” which modifies current restrictions on low-power FM radio stations;

Next the FCC will need to open a rule making proceeding which would take aproximatly 60 days after which time a filing window would be announced!  After more than ten years waiting many new LPFM radio stations across the country will now have an opportunity to file this year!  Now is the time to act if you wish to apply for an LPFM station for your community  in the upcoming window.

Check back for details on this developing story.

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FCC News Flash:  The FCC Plans to open a new filing window in 2011!  Act now to have your application prepared and ready to file. The windows can be short (5 days) and notice limited (30 days).  Engineering companies get busy with LPFM clients once a window is opened.  Radio engineers availability is difficult and pricing increases substantially. Get started now if you want to operate a new LPFM station in 2011!

Start a Low Power FM (LPFM) Radio Station!

Nexus has set up hundreds of low power FM (LPFM) and commercial FM radio stations across the United States, and also supports hundreds of other installations in other parts of the world. We can assist you or your organization to start a new Radio Station - either broadcasting on a low power basis, on a commercial full power FM frequency or the internet.  If you're interesting in starting up a new LPFM radio station or an FM radio station, you're in the right place!

Experienced Broadcasters and
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We are broadcasters ourselves, and are one of the very few  LPFM broadcasters that have made the progression to obtaining a full power FM frequency and operating commercially, enabling us to offer unparalleled support through all the stages of building and operating a radio station.

Nexus offers complete service to help you start up a licensed FM or AM radio station in the United States, or anywhere else in the world for that matter. We can take care of the entire project - from licensing with the FCC to determining the best studio and antenna location, supplying all the equipment for the station, setting up the radio automation software, installing the studio equipment,  to providing training on how to use all the equipment.

Simply stated - we help you with starting a FM radio station from start to finish!

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If Nexus Broadcast has provided satisfactory service to your organization – please let others know – fill out the quick form located here.  Thanks!

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“I have had over 10 years experience working with Leo. He has technical and regulatory competence as a leader in the LPFM Community. He assisted KGCA-LP obtain its CP. Leo has a passion for Community Broadcasting. He has focused on how to provide affordable services to broadcasters with limited resources. His dedication and efforts are known to the FCC and the LPFM community from the very beginning of LPFM broadcasting service. I recommend that anyone wanting to obtain an LPFM discuss their project with Leo. I am not aware of anyone with more commitment and expertise in LPFM..” February 27, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value

Robert Kelley,  
hired Leo as a Broadcast Consultant in 2001, and hired Leo more than once

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“Leo At Nexus Broadcast can be a great asset to you if you are thinking of starting a new radio station. From LPFM Radio to full power commercial he can handle it all. Nexus is for a friendly, courteous, knowledgeable broadcast engineer , thanks Mike” March 3, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value

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hired Leo as a Radio in 2010

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“Leo: Has done a great job everytime for our stations. If you want results then you need to call Leo!” February 23, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

Frank Patterson,  
hired Leo as a Broadcasting Eng. in 2001, and hired Leo more than once

Listening to the Radio like doing Cocaine

Well now, this explains a few things.  Always interested in carrying science forward, I read with interest the article on Gawker which cites a study from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.  The gist of the article states that we seek out music we enjoy because of a chemical reaction in our brains:

Ever had goosebumps or felt euphoric chills when listening to a piece of music? If so, your brain is reacting to the music in the same way as it would to some delicious food or a psychoactive drug such as cocaine, according to scientists.

The experience of pleasure is mediated in all these situations by the release of the brain’s reward chemical, dopamine, according to results of experiments carried out by a team led by Valorie Salimpoor of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, which are published today in Nature Neuroscience.

Music seems to tap into the circuitry in the brain that has evolved to drive human motivation – any time we do something our brains want us to do again, dopamine is released into these circuits. “Now we’re showing that this ancient reward system that’s involved in biologically adaptive behaviours is being tapped into by a cognitive reward,” said Salimpoor.

If music-induced emotional states can lead to dopamine release, as our findings indicate, it may begin to explain why musical experiences are so valued. These results further speak to why music can be effectively used in rituals, marketing or film to manipulate hedonistic states. Our findings provide neurochemical evidence that intense emotional responses to music involve ancient reward circuitry and serve as a starting point for more detailed investigations of the biological substrates that underlie abstract forms of pleasure.

By extension, radio has previously been the venue for most new music discovery.  Although this continues today, it is being supplanted by “new media” sources such as youtube.  As a point of reference, studies on cocaine addiction show that dopamine levels increase by about 22% during use.  When a listener is exposed to what is perceived as good music (a subjective term), average dopamine levels increased by about 21%.

Radio Funding & Grants Radio & TV Stations

What is PTFP? For the past 40 years, PTFP has played a major role in the development of public broadcasting throughout the United States. With the program’s assistance, a public television signal now reaches about 95% of our nation’s population and public radio reaches approximately 90% of the population. The program also funds radio reading services, closed captioning and descriptive video services for the disabled, and numerous distance learning facilities that provide instructional programming for students and professionals. Who May Apply? Eligible applicants must be: a) a public (noncommercial) broadcast station or group of such stations; or b) a nonprofit organization organized primarily for educational or cultural purposes; or c) a State or local government, Indian Tribe or a political or special purpose subdivision of a State. Click here for specific information in the PTFP Rules about eligibility. What type of projects does PTFP fund? PTFP is a competitive, matching grant program that supports the planning for and construction of a) public (noncommercial) radio and television stations; b) distance learning telecommunications facilities using nonbroadcast technologies, such as microwave, fiber optic cable, satellite distribution, and Instructional Television Fixed Internet Service (ITFS); c) public telecommunications services and facilities available to, operated by and controlled by minorities and women; and, d) projects which strengthen the capability of existing public TV and radio stations to serve the public. PTFP classifies applications into several categories and funding priorities. Click here for specific information in the PTFP Rules (§2301.4) about funding priorities. What are the guidelines for PTFP funding? Construction Projects. PTFP awards funds to eligible entities to purchase equipment required to provide public telecommunications services. PTFP is limited by law to providing no more than 75% of eligible project costs for a construction project. PTFP’s general policy is to provide no more than 50% Federal funding for projects to replace, augment, or improve equipment at operating public broadcasting stations. Exceptions to this general policy are contained in 2301.6(b)(1)(ii) of the PTFP regulations. Planning Projects. PTFP can fund up to 100% of eligible project costs. PTFP regulations indicate, however, that there is a general presumption of no more than 75% Federal funding for planning projects. See 2301.6(a)(2) of the PTFP regulations for exceptions. Nonbroadcast Projects. PTFP’s dollar limits are the same for broadcast and nonbroadcast projects. By law, however, PTFP can only fund nonbroadcast projects which activate a new public telecommunications facility or extend the service of an existing public telecommunications facility. See the November 22, 1991, Policy Statement for further information on nonbroadcast applications. How are applications evaluated? All applications are reviewed by outside peer panels and evaluated according to the following six criteria: Applicant Qualifications, Project Objectives, Urgency, Technical (or Planning) Qualifications, Financial Qualifications, and Involvement of Women and Minorities. Click here for specific information in the PTFP Rules about the evaluation criteria.