[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Sixty years ago you got 5 minutes of TV show for every one minute of advertising. A 25 minute show would give you five minutes of advertising broke up into the show.

Now for every 2 MINUTES of TV show you get one minute of advertising. TV shows now last 20 minutes with 10 minutes of advertising. And those advertising squeeze as many ads into the minute as possible.

[A thermonuclear marshmallow]

and the majority of those ads are for some drug you need to ask your Dr. about

TM

[A thermonuclear marshmallow]

and the majority of those ads are for some drug you need to ask your Dr. about

TM

[Angelino97]

Reagan did much to deregulate broadcasting in the 1980s. His FCC appointments are responsible for less programming, more advertising on TV.

Reagan also abolished the 7-7-7 rule, which said that no company can own more than 7 TV stations, 7 AM stations, and 7 FM stations.

Reagan replaced that with 12-12-12, then later abolished that as well. That's why companies like Clear Channel own over 1,000 radio stations.

[dfwgator]