Re: [IRCA] KXEL Petition

[Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, but I have to disagree. Listen to KMOX, KDKA, WLW, and other 1_Aâs at night Some of them are all news, and most of it is local. 

Adding more stations to the AM band is not the answer. Reducing the number of stations, or allowing economic forces to reduce them is part of the solution. Manipulating power levels, adding stations, and other failed experiments by the FCC have all hurt the band. 

Why isnât IBOC eliminated from the band immediately? There is practically zero listenership, it generates a lot of interference, and has proven to be technically unfeasible. The answer is that manufacturers and business in general have WAY WAY WAY too much influence over what is supposed to be a regulatory agency. 

The FCC is little more than a corporate shill at the moment. Look no further than all the cheap Part 15 switching power supplies in your house for the proof. 

Itâs past time that we start holding these federal employees to task. Their job is to protect the rights of the American public, not that of commercial manufacturers. 



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
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> On Feb 26, 2016, at 12:34 PM, Theo <theod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Small stations... night power... local programming?  That's an oxymoron times two! <g>
> 
> Heck, even major-market stations at night are simply tx's of packaged feeds with advertising inserted by a computer.
> 
> How many 'small' stations even have a local news department?  The old idea of full-service programming went out the window years ago.
> 
> Theo
> Burnaby, BC
> 
> On 2/26/2016 9:34 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>> Here's my response:
>> 
>> Iâm all for the changesâ And Iâm a DXer and broadcaster!!
>> 
>> Who cares about WGY in Boston or Pittsburgh? Who cares about KDKA in
>> Cincinatti or NYC?
>> 
>> Reduce Class A Statiobs protection down from 750 miles to 300 miles and be
>> done with it. Most people, if they really wanna listen to WGY or KDKA from
>> far away listen online.
>> 
>> The only people this 750 mile rule really help are DXers and the few
>> distant distant listeners who donât have Internet.
>> 
>> Why service a few at the sacrifice and cost of many? Allow small stations
>> night power or more night power to provide local programming
>> 
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> 
> 
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