FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHA I RMAN 
The Honorable Lee Terry 
U.S. House of Representatives 
2265 Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20515 
Dear Congressman Terry: 
June 20, 2014 
Thank you for your recent letter seeking resolution to a pending Low Power FM (LPFM) 
mutually exclusive application group. I appreciate your long-standing interest and support of 
LPFM. 
The Audio Division of the Media Bureau is actively working on the approximately 2,800 
applications received during the filing window at the end of last year. A tremendous effort has 
been made with over 1,200 new LPFM construction permits issued, but as you note, the tougher 
issue of resolving mutually exclusive situations remains. 
The Commission received an update on LPFM at its June Open Meeting, and the good 
news is that the Bureau recently provided recommendations to the full Commission for 
resolution of approximately 80 mutually-exclusive groups in the near term. I understand that the 
Nebraska groups - including North Omaha- are included in this first Public Notice. 
As you may know, the Communications Act specifically requires that the Commission 
apply the point system to determine the tentative selectees for mutually-exclusive non­
commercial services, as opposed to such action being made on delegated authority. It is my hope 
that the Commission can quickly vote to approve the tentative selections paving the way for 
those applications to be processed quickly and construction permits can be issued. 
Again, thank you for your interest. I can assure you that we share the same goal in 
providing communities with the opportunity to have new, truly local voices on the air, and it is a 
priority for the Media Bureau. 
Tom Wheeler