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 Dissenting  Statement  of  Commissioner  Harold  W.  Furchtgott-  Roth 
 In  the  Matter  of  Creation  of  Low  Power  Radio  Service,  MM  Docket  No.  99-  25,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  on  Reconsideration 


 For  the  reasons  given  in  my  dissent  from  the  original  Report  and  Order  on  low 
 power  radio,  1  I  dissent  from  this  Order  on  Reconsideration.  This  Order  reaffirms  the 
 Commission’s  threshold  decision  to  create  the  service  and  remove  existing  adjacent 
 channel  protections,  and  I  disagree  strongly  with  that  course  of  action. 


 In  addition,  I  note  that  the  Commission  continues  to  forge  relentlessly  ahead  on 
 this  issue,  notwithstanding  the  expression  of  substantial  Congressional  disapproval  of  its 
 approach  to  the  creation  of  this  service  and  the  serious  interference  questions  for  existing 
 broadcasters  and  their  listeners  that  remain  unresolved  to  this  day.  A  higher  regard  for 
 Congress,  and  for  those  broadcasters  who  today  serve  their  communities  ably  and  well, 
 would  counsel  a  more  serious  reconsideration  of  this  issue  than  that  performed  today. 


 1  See  Dissenting  Statement  of  Commissioner  Harold  W.  Furchtgott-  Roth,  In  the  Matter  of 
 Low  Power  Radio  Service,  Report  &  Order,  MM  Docket  No.  99-  25,  15  FCC  Rcd.  2205 
 (2000). 
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