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Re: [IRCA] It's more than IBOC..
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] It's more than IBOC..
- From: "W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:05:46 -0400
Craig,
An excellent piece, thank you.
I would add one more recent chilling event, threats by a US
Congressman to put his staff to work monitoring AM talk radio for
"improprieties", clearly a politically motivated attack. The FCC has
been called in to discuss the reinstitution of the failed "fairness
doctrine", which is guaranteed would eliminate the primary revenue
stream of AM radio.
Regardless of who proposes it, Congressman or dictator, whenever the
government gets into the business of monitoring and overseeing what
is said on radio, not much more is going to be said.
Clearly a bigger issue, but still one that could drag AM back to
where it was after FM grabbed up music and before talk radio took
off. If you can't carry talk, and you can't play music, and sports
broadcasting becomes increasingly restricted by the league
monopolies, there's nothing much left. Nothing that is until the
next EDS warning when hurricane, tornado or non-natural disaster
strikes. But by then there will be no stations that can be heard
more than a few miles, left to carry them.
Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida, USA
At 11:37 AM 10/9/2007, you wrote:
>I really don't want to start an overpowering thread, especially in the hot
>part of the season, but I do want to make a quick comment on the state of
>things.
>
>[snip]
>
>Craig Healy
>Providence, RI
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