Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bob,
> 
> Oh yes, there is such a rule or law. Infact Dish just recently was
> hauled into court and was told by a judge in FL that they broke the
> law
> in selling distant network signals to people that legally could not
> have
> distant network signals. Dish now cannot sell the Distant networks to
> anyone. The TV stations call the shots and the radio stations want
> the
> same protection. 
> 
>

The situation isn't quite analogous. In this case, the parties being
protcted are network affiliates and the law in question was initially
applicable to regular cable TV. The major networks ( at the time CBS,
ABC & NBC ) wanted to protect their owned-and-operated TV stations. At
that time radio wasn't being carried by cable.

The law was never extended to cover either AM or FM, and the primary
reason for that is revenue. Relatively speaking, a network can get far 
more revenue from its TV stations than from its radio stations -
especially AM.


Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
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