April 14, 2008 Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 Sub ect! "ocal #adio $atters %Doc&et ''(25) Dear Federal Communications Commission! "ocal radio has all but disappeared *rom the dial in recent decades+ "ow -o,er F$ stations bring communit. /oices bac& to the airwa/es+ 0 strongly urge you to prioriti1e local programming on "-F$ stations o/er satellite(*ed translators across the countr.+ 0 encourage the Commission to establish rules that *airly promote local ownership and programming o/er repeated signals *rom *araway stations+ Than& you+ #ichard 3ewman -an Welland 244 -elham #d 81 3+ $ain Amherst, $A 01002 Florence, $A 01042 rich5 tagyerit.com panmorigan5 gmail+com 6evin Canterbury 9raeme Sephton 240 -leasant Street 42> Wendell #d 240 -leasant Street Shutesbury, $A 010;2 7arre, $A 01005 graeme@ *oiac+org b,ana&5 charter+net Douglas 7uc&ley 8+ 9+ "is 50 Cardinal "ane -leasant St Westfield, $A 01085 :asthampton, $A 0102; lonelybull5 /eri1on+net revel/ideo5 gmail+com "aura $itchell Daniel #omeo "iechtensteinstrasse 2>@1A 1; 7roo&side 9len Aienna, 010'0 <untington, $a, $A 01050 lauradmitchell5 hotmail+com andben5 ecoisp+com 3ancy S+ "o/ejoy 8im =ieger 425 $ountain #oad 18 "o,er <ampen #d -+B+ 7oC 158 $onson, $A 0105; 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