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To: bushwon
>>>> So was the original 7-year licensing period originally established to insulate media from politics of an administration?

You got it exactly right!

And, with the rolling 7 years, no more 15% of stations licenses were renewed every year, which all added up to a calming effect.

123 posted on 02/10/2009 9:18:53 AM PST by MindBender26 (Does Obama want to end the USA as we know it? What indication has he given that he doesn't!?!)
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To: MindBender26

Hmmm, so my concern—on the one hand, MSM gets what they deserve—dwindling viewership, etc.; but, on other, the uneducated masses stay uneducated—what can be done to stop this?


127 posted on 02/10/2009 2:56:57 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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