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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             News Media Contacts:
August 24, 2000                         David Fiske at (202) 418-0513
                                   Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511

 AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1 IS FILING WINDOW FOR NEXT GROUP OF LPFM
                          APPLICATIONS
                                
Applications will be accepted from Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Virginia and Wyoming

     Washington, DC   The FCC will accept the second round of applications for new
Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations from Monday, August 28 to Friday, September 1.
Non-profit organizations in Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Virginia and Wyoming may file
electronically or by mail during that filing window.

     This will be the second group of ten states and territories to file LPFM
applications. The FCC received over 700 applications from Alaska, California, the
District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Mariana Islands, Maryland,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Utah during the first filing window May 30-June 8.  The
order in which these groups states may file were selected by FCC lottery in March. 

LPFM stations will operate at a maximum power of 100 watts, serving an area
with approximately a three-and-a-half mile radius.  The stations will be licensed
exclusively to non-profit educational organizations or institutions to serve their local
communities. The new LPFM service was authorized by the FCC in January, 2000.

Applications for ten-watt LPFM stations that will serve areas with radii of
approximately 1-2 miles, will be accepted after the bulk of the licensing of the 100-watt
stations has been completed.

Further information on the LPFM service, and about applying for a station is on
the FCC's website at: www.fcc.gov/lpfm.

                         -FCC