Since an FCC rule change in 1989, hundreds of hometown FM stations have been bought by big chain broadcasters, who then moved them into larger urban markets. The rules changed again in January, 2007 to streamline this "FM move-in" process. Now station owners can uproot and relocate FM stations in only a few months. Thanks to these changes, many more local FM stations will disappear, then pop up in an urban area miles away, rebranded as the newest outlet of a corporate radio "cluster."

We'll show you:

• How FM move-ins harm communities by taking their FM radio stations away.
• What happens at a move-in's new urban home when it goes on the air.
• Why Federal rules to foster local radio can rob small towns of their FM stations.

... and most importantly:

• What you can do to stop it!

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