where in the constitution does it state the government owns the airwaves?
Who provided the infrastructure? Or did the ‘airwaves’ just pop up by themselves?
I’m guessing Tom Jefferson didn’t think to include stuff about radio. The problem is, the radio dial is finite and there must be a way to regulate it—to keep people
from just throwing a station on the air. The Net, cable TV,
satellite radio, etc. is a different matter but we’re talking broadcast radio.
Someday someone down the block from you will set up their own station running liberal talk and use it to jam a legit station running conservative talk. But hey, can’t they do that? Freedom of speech!
The FCC’s charter is to allocate frequencies to avoid interference. Like the other regulators they seem to have forgotten their core mission hence net neutrality, the current LightSquared - GPS issue, BPL, etc.
Nowhere. Then again I don't think you really want us old timers to drag out our 1500 watt Collins tube equipment and blow away 1/3 of the AM band while we have fun.....
The all-powerful Commerce Clause