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The Ministry of Communications MCom published this Thursday 15 authorizations for six entities to carry out the community radio broadcasting service for a period of ten years. The associations are located in the municipalities of Ouricuri PE Floresta PE Ipu CE Paripiranga BA Itamarandiba MG and So Jorge do Iva PR. The grants are in the Federal Official Gazette DOU.The cities of Itamarandiba MG Ouricuri PE Floresta PE and Paripiranga BA will use channel 200 and the frequency of 87.9 MHz. In So Jorge do Iva PR the service will run on channel 290 with a frequency of 105.9 MHz. In turn in Ipu CE families will be able to tune into the community radio on the 98.7 FM frequency channel 254.The beginning of the execution of the community broadcasting service depends on the deliberation of the National Congress. Among other points the legislation determines that the authorized institution starts the service definitively within a period of six months counted from the publication of the deliberation.RENEWALS Two renewals valid for ten years for radios were also published in the Official Gazette. The first is to carry out sound broadcasting service in modulated frequency without exclusive right in Muzambinho MG and Tubaro SP - the latter in medium wave OM later adapted for sound broadcasting service in modulated frequency FM. The acts have legal effects only after deliberation by the National Congress pursuant to article 223 of the Federal Constitution.MIGRATION - MCom authorized four AM stations which operate in Medium Waves OM to migrate to the FM band in So Paulo. Extracts from the Additive Terms benefit radio stations that operate in the municipalities of Santo Andr SP Ja SP Cotia SP and Presidente Prudente SP.With the change radios can transmit with more quality. In addition broadcasters can reach a larger audience considering that devices such as cell phones and tablets do not capture an AM signal. Another advantage is the reduction of transmission costs as FM devices consume less energy. Listeners gain from more quality and diversity in programming.
