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While there was substantial activism in Washington to support the creation of a new low power radio service, on the regulatory side, the process started in February and March, 1998 with three ''Petitions for Rulemaking'' [[RM-9208, RM-9242 and RM-9246]] which introduced various concepts of doing LPFM from petitioner and from commenters.  On February 3, 1999, the FCC opened Mass Media (MM) Docket 99-25 with a ''[[LPFM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking|Notice of Proposed Rulemaking]]'' that proposed a noncommercial service with three service levels.  On January 27, 2020, the FCC would adopt the first [[LPFM Report and Order|LPFM ''Report and Order'']] to create a new non commercial educational low power radio service with two of the three service classes originally proposed including LP-100, a secondary service allowing stations of up to 100 watts effective radiated power (ERP) at 30 meters height above average terrain (HAAT) and LP-10, a tertiary service allowing stations of up to 10 watts ERP at 30 meters HAAT.  One organization may gradually be able to own up to 10 LPFM stations, however the first filing opportunities were limited to one station (with exceptions for local and state governments) and a requirement that the applicant was local.