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No it’s not the same at all. People in the public square are in the same vicinity, and can accommodate one another using the courtesy and intelligence you reference, Antifa and their ilk excepted. Radio and television broadcasting are quite different. There is a significant investment in time and equipment to start such a business, and in some stations in close proximity broadcasting on the same frequency aren’t even in the same country, as in the case of KIEV in the Los Angeles area and XEWW in Baja. Some sort of regulation is required to prevent co-channel interference. I’m not a fascist, im open to a business group doing it. They could probably do a more efficient job of it than the government.

I’m not sure why you say TV stations don’t broadcast anymore. There’s a lot of TV antennas for sale at Walmart. At such time as ALL radio and TV are distributed in ways other than over the air broadcasting, which I agree is coming, then I suppose licenses will no longer be required, anymore than having a website does.

I’m for less government. A lot less. I’m also in favor of government staying within its legitimate functions. Exactly what those should be are debatable, obviously. Some regulating, whether that’s deciding what side of the road to drive on, or setting the drinking age, etc. are probably going to continue.