The Federal Communications Commission is all about radio at the end of 2019, and we catch you up on what you need to know. We all have questions about the possibility of AM stations going all-digital, including the FCC. The regulatory body released the things it wants to know about how digital stations would work, and how it would impact listeners, especially those in rural communities.

Also, the Commission is reconsidering restrictions on duplication programming between AM and FM stations, and the fate of Channel 6 TV on the radio, a/k/a FrankenFMs, hangs in the balance.

Then we dive into the reports that CMJ – the publication and event series that documented and supported the cultural influence of college radio – will come back from the dead. Will it return to print? Will there be an annual Music Marathon in NYC? We ponder.

There was more to discuss about the CMJ return than we had time for, including provocative questions, like: Do we even need a CMJ anymore? Our Patreon supporters get to hear this unvarnished exchange in a Patron-exclusive bonus episode. You can hear it, too, when you sign up to support our work at Radio Survivor, starting at just $1 a month.

• Call for Papers: ‘Century of Broadcasting: Preservation and Renewal’ Conference
• Podcast #192: Saving Radio History with the Radio Preservation Task Force
• FCC Opens Proceeding for All-Digital AM Radio
• Radio World: FCC Takes Your Questions on AM All-Digital
• Multichannel News: FCC Seeks Input on Analog Radio as Digital TV Service
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: FCC Seeks Comment on All-Digital AM and Radio Non-Duplication NPRM
• The Rise and Possible Fall of FrankenFMs Is One of the Most Important Radio Trends of the Decade
• College Radio Watch: CMJ to Return in 2020 and More News
• College Radio Watch: CMJ Lawsuit, WREK’s 50th, Station Tours, and More News
• Podcast 62 – The FCC’s Legacy of Failure & CMJ’s Uncertain Future
• What is the Future of CMJ?
• College Radio Participants Meet Up at CMJ’s Inaugural College Day on Tour in Portland

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