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Michelle Bradley, CBT

REC's Michelle (Michi) Bradley is a SBE Certified Broadcast Technologist handling FM filings (LPFM, translator & full service).
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REC operational status (updated November 5, 2024 10:30 PM EST) - Minimal operations due to family priority on the following dates: 11/18, 11/19, 11/27. Reduced operations due to holiday on 11/29. Federal holidays 11/11 & 11/28, REC closed. Phones open outside of reduced and limited operations. Active System40 post-transition work in progress for the beginning of November.

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FCC to vote on proposing to change LPFM administrative rules and other policies

Lessons learned from the 2023 LPFM Filing Window, the Electron Benders case and some general cleaning up are the topics of this omnibus NPRM, currently in draft.

FCC101: NCE/LPFM, Project 2025 and another Trump administration

Love him or hate him.. Trump is the next President. Here is our perspective for potential things to come and what community radio and other NCE/LPFM stations can do to stay compliant.

REC Networks LPFM.us 2024 End of Year Inventory of LPFM Stations

Stations currently eligible for full listings on LPFM.us, the official national LPFM station directory.

Statement of REC Networks

Outcome of the 2024 federal elections.

Preparing for HD and Booster Rule Changes

How recent and upcoming rule changes will impact LPFM stations.

FCC to vote on adopting rule changes for FM boosters

FCC expected to normalize the use of "geotargeted" FM boosters. Adds additional interference protections.

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Read more about Further implementation of Bluesky automated services.

We have built new functionality into System40 that will obtain new Bluesky API tokens once every 3 minutes for each bot application. This has resolved the rate limiting issue that we were experiencing with our live playlist bots for J1 and Michi-FM. These bots are now running stable. Those bots are located at:

Read more about System40 Update - 11/6/2024 - PROJECT COMPLETE

On November 6, 2024 at 6:55PM EDT, the legacy server has been permanently shut down.

The REC System40 transition is now complete.

We will still be checking for bugs. We appreciate your bug reports.

Thank you for your patience during this transition.

In a public notice, the Federal Communications Commission has announced a filing window for new construction permits for full-service noncommercial educational (NCE) television stations.

The filing window will be open from December 4 through December 11, 2024.

To participate in the window, the organization must be an educational institution, such as a school or university, a government entity which does not operate a school or a “nonprofit educational organization”.

Read more about FCC to open filing window for new educational television stations

Read more about Network Change Notice - Effective Sunday 10/13/2024 until further notice (System40 eLMS Dual Operation) (FCCdata, FCC.today & other systems)

From Monday October 14, 2024 until further notice, the frequency of updates provided by REC through eLMS will be reduced from every 10 minutes to every 15 minutes on weekdays.

The Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission has reached what is believed to be the first in up to three decisions on the LPFM stations that would eventually be referred to as the “Charlottesville 5”.

The Charlottesville 5 stations included WREN-LP, WXRK-LP, WVAI-LP and WPVC-LP, all licensed to Charlottesville, VA; as well as WKMZ-LP, Ruckersville, VA. The licenses of WPVC-LP and WKMZ-LP would be subsequently cancelled and therefore, only three of the stations remain today.

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FCC to vote on proposing to change LPFM administrative rules and other policies

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REC Networks LPFM.us 2024 End of Year Inventory of LPFM Stations

Statement of REC Networks

Preparing for HD and Booster Rule Changes

FCC to vote on adopting rule changes for FM boosters

Further implementation of Bluesky automated services.

System40 Update - 11/6/2024 - PROJECT COMPLETE

FCC to open filing window for new educational television stations

Network Change Notice - Effective Sunday 10/13/2024 until further notice (System40 eLMS Dual Operation) (FCCdata, FCC.today & other systems)

MB releases decision on one of the "Charlottesville 5" LPFM stations accused of multiple ownership, commercial advertising, etc.

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