On Thursday, October 15, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved, by voice vote, H.R. 1147, introduced by Reps. Mike Doyle (PA-14) and Lee Terry (NE-02). The bill would remove third adjacent channel protection for full-power FM stations and allow many more low-power FM operators in the FM band.

During brief committee discussion, the debate reflected majority support for expanding low-power FM. However, some concerns were repeated over the potential for interference.

At this time, the Senate Commerce Committee has not announced any timetable for possible consideration of the Senate version of the bill.