According to an article in All Access, the next FCC open meeting will include a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to the future licensing of LPFM and FM Translators as a result of the Local Community Radio Act.

This meeting is scheduled for July 12 and will be streamed.

NOTE: Comments are due June 17

The Federal Communications Commission is inviting public comment to reduce paperwork burden by proposing changes to public files kept by commercial and non-commercial radio and TV stations. LPFM stations are not required to keep a full public file but are required to keep a political file.

This proposal is not a Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and therefore there is docket number at this time.

Broadcasted hate speech is still broadcasted hate speech, no matter the language spoken. For many years, non-English broadcasting, especially Spanish language broadcasting has been a hotbed of hate speech and obscenity. Some may say its because no one from the government is listening in their language while others may say its because those in the minority communities may not be aware of the complaint process. Those who defend this speech on radio and TV state that it is a different culture.

REC Networks has been broadcasting Japanese chart music for 10 years under the previous moniker Hardcore J and the current moniker J1 Radio. To celebrate, J1 Radio will be presenting a 6-day music marathon called "J1 TO Z" where one song from every artist and collaboration will be played in alphabetical order until we reach ZYX. The music marathon is currently in progress and will run until Wednesday afternoon at approximately 6PM.

For more information on this special as well as other new programming coming to J1, visit the Michiasa Blog at
http://michiasa.com/node/10