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MediaGeek has a great post on how right-wing Christian groups are abusing non-profit translator policy by hoarding translator licenses and using FM bandwidth that could otherwise be used for low-power community stations to broadcast conservative content distributed via satellite. It really chaps my hide how the FCC can engage in their rhetoric of "localism," yet allow politically conservative groups to use bandwidth set aside for local broadcasting for nationally-generated content. My own research into LPFM demonstrated that, although it was positioned as a concession to progressive media activists, it is largely conservative groups that benefit from LPFM licenses because of the way the process is structured.