31.   Underwriting, instead of advertising, though increasingly intrusive, permits a level of seriousness that commercial broadcasters are unable to achieve,

32.   An alliance between commercial broadcasters and public radio has gotten congressional support to undercut an administration plan to create hundreds of new low-power radio stations.

33.   An alliance between commercial broadcasters and public radio has won congressional support to undercut an administration plan to create hundreds of new low-power radio stations.

34.   But it met with fierce congressional and legal challenges from commercial broadcasters.

35.   Commercial broadcasters argue that adding new low-power stations would cause significant interference with existing stations and degrade service to listeners.

36.   Commercial broadcasters had warned that the initiative, as envisioned initially by the FCC, would cause harmful interference to their existing full-power FM stations.

37.   The bills are backed by commercial broadcasters, who say the new low-power radio services could interfere with existing FM radio.

38.   The FCC, while not adding protections for commercial broadcasters at large, did agree to institute a new interference complaint procedure.

39.   The Federal Communications Commission largely ignored the complaints of commercial broadcasters, who say low-power service will interfere with existing FM stations.

40.   The plan has faced opposition from commercial broadcasters, who fear low-power stations will interfere with existing FM stations.