Ferree: ‘Early’ for LPFM Conclusions

FCC Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree said it’s too soon to reach any conclusions about the recently-released Mitre report on potential LPFM interference.
Mitre seems to suggest in its 700+ pages that little or no interference to full-power FMs would result from LPFMs if third-adjacent channel protections were lifted. The commission has requested comments on the report by September; Ferree believes the commission may issue a report on the matter by the end of the year.
The agency would have to ask Congress for authority to make any channel protection changes.