Setting up a Broadcast and Production Studio
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 6pm EST Free Registration
Not just for gear heads, this training will give you what you need to know to set up your broadcast and production studio! Our knowledgeable presenters will discuss the ingredients for a studio: what you need and how to use these pieces of equipment, how they work together, and where to source them.
Prometheus Radio Project
P.O. Box 42158
Philadelphia, PA 19101
One of the most daunting steps of qualifying to apply for an LPFM license is the organization of a 501(c)3 tax exempt not-for-profit community organization.
The time delays in being approved for such a corporation might already conflict with the fast upcoming filing window.
I actually founded such a group in the 1980s, and it was the most complex thing I've ever done. That organization has since expired.
A question that might be worth asking is "what minimum number of members" are required to form a recognized community organization. In my view, the fewer the better, but there are many other points of view. It gets political.
To add some helps to the steps posted so far, these are the general steps involved;
http://www.prometheusradio.org/checklist
I just used legal zoom and had my NPC in about 2 weeks...
mir, I think the FCC will require a 501(c)3 corporation, which means it must be granted a 501(c)3 status by the IRS to truly qualify. It is this step of the process that got hung up when I started a NPC in the past. Their approval process requires them to closely study your proposed activities to decide if it qualifies under the tax code.
How many board members do you have?
By the way, a classic trap that has arisen in many not-for-profit corporations is that the FOUNDERs have been voted OUT. By that, I don't mean their was a vote to kick anyone out, but during periodic (required) voting of members, the founder was NOT voted in for another term and was off the board.
A woman I know started a not-for-profit wildlife rescue operation which became very successfull. One day she was not re-elected to her position, and was kicked out. The animal rescue was thus taken over by other people, the remaining board.
This happens a lot on these organizations.
Yep - 501(c)3 ; local first (about 75 bucks IIRC), and another 75 to get the federal.
Couple of weeks.. no biggies.
Also; when you write the bylaws, always include the default voting is always for whatever preexisted.. keeps the founders from getting voted out (or not voted in). If they do get voted out, maybe they suck at their job 🙂
4 members.
Oh on the LPFM note; I'm not sure if this is stated anywhere for general consumption, or if its buried in the fcc docs somewhere - while not a REQUIREMENT per se, the FCC wants to see the 501(c)3 having been in existence for about 2 years... YMMV