Is your transmitter legal?
Transmitters for LPFM must be FCC certified with a "FCC ID" label on it. Please see our list of certified transmitters to help you decide which transmitter to use.
Never purchase a transmitter directly from a China-based company. None of them are FCC certified, even if they claim to be "FCC approved".
Use of such transmitters may result in interference that can jeopardize public safety and could lead to enforcement action.
REC operational status (April 25, 12:30 PM EDT) - REC will be in reduced operations on Friday, April 26, 2024 due to family priorities. Phone support may not be available but email will be monitored. Thank you for your patience.
In a Report and Order released today, the FCC has given the green light for broadcast stations, including noncommercial educational (NCE) and low power FM (LPFM) stations to operate FM boosters that can originate its own programming up to three minutes per hour.
On March 15, 2024, the FCC Media Bureau released a Public Notice to announce the official designations of the groups of mutually exclusive (MX) applications from the 2023 Third Generation Low Power FM (LPFM) Filing Window.
This notice also included the procedures associated with the 60-day settlement window that is open for all applicants identified as MX that will run through May 14, 2024.
On March 15, 2024, through public notice, the FCC Media Bureau identified LPFM applications that were mutually exclusive (MX) and assigned them to specific group numbers. The Bureau also opened a 60 day period in which settlements can be made. This settlement window will close on May 14, 2024. According to the notice, the FCC will accept settlement agreements that are universal (involving all applicants) and agreed upon by all applicants. These settlement agreements can include applicants requesting thei
Most of REC Networks’ web-based services are provided by servers operated by Digital Ocean. REC has been using Digital Ocean services for over a decade now.
We have been made aware that customers of Viasat satellite internet services for home and small businesses have not been able to access the legal content that is provided by REC on all of our Digital Ocean hosted servers.
On January 10 and released on January 17, 2024, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in MB Docket 24-14 that is titled “Priority Application Review for Broadcast Stations that Provide Local Journalism or Other Locally Originated Programming”.
REC Networks is the national regulatory advocacy supporting small radio broadcast stations, such as those in the noncommercial educational (NCE) sector with a very strong focus on the Low Power FM (LPFM) broadcast service.
In December, 2023, the FCC had conducted a filing window for new LPFM construction permits. On December 17, 2023, the FCC released the details of the applications filed in that window. A total of 1,336 applications were filed.