From the Future of Music Coalition:

On July 1, 2004, the Federal Communications Commission issued a “Notice of Inquiry” (NOI) on localism in broadcasting. Since issuing this document, the FCC has been collecting comments from stakeholders and members of the public on localism in radio and television.

It’s essential that musicians, performers and citizens weigh on this topic by submitting a written comment to the FCC. To help musicians, recording artists, performers and citizens file comments that address the issues that are on the table, FMC and AFTRA have built this web tool that will help you to submit comments that help the FCC create regulatory policies that match musicians' and citizens' expectations.

Note that the FCC's NOI asks for comments on a sizable range of topics associated with localism – everything from license renewal, to political speech, to TV network affliation rules, to serving under-represented communities, to payola and voicetracking. We suggest that anyone who wants to understand and comment on the full scope of this proceeding to download and read the actual NOI [PDF] and file a comment directly through the FCC's online comment filing system.