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=====Local Community Radio Act of 2005===== The Local Community Radio Act of 2005 was introduced by Senators [[John McCain]], [[Maria Cantwell]] and [[Patrick Leahy]]. After the FCC complied with the provisions of the Radio Broadcasting Act of 2000 by commissioning [http://www.recnet.net/mitre/2.pdf the MITRE Report] to test if there was significant interference from LPFM stations on the full-power stations, the study showed that the interference of LPFM is minimal and would not have a significant effect on other stations.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Janssen |date=August 4, 2003 |title=Interference study finds room for more low-power FMs |newspaper=[[Current (newspaper)|Current]] |place=Washington, DC |publisher=American University |department=School of Communication |url=http://www.current.org/tech/tech0314lpfm.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525090155/http://www.current.org/tech/tech0314lpfm.html |archive-date=May 25, 2011}}</ref> According to Sen. Leahy, "This bill will open up the airwaves to truly local broadcasting while protecting full-power broadcasters from unreasonable interference and preserving important services such as reading services for the blind."<ref>{{cite press release |title=United States Senator John McCain<!-- Bot generated title --> |department=Press Office |url=http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8904246a-cd92-489c-81b1-48d8eddc4298&Region_id=&Issue_id= |url-status=dead |access-date=March 7, 2009 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526152301/http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8904246a-cd92-489c-81b1-48d8eddc4298&Region_id=&Issue_id= }}{{full citation needed|date=August 2021|reason=Needs real title, author(s), date, archive URL}}</ref>
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