[John Beresford Tipton]

"The airwaves belong to the American public
and broadcasters "borrow" them for free"

The Congress belongs to the American public
and broadcasters "lease" them for cash.

[Let's Roll]

Be careful. They say they're asking you to support decency but it's tied to limits on media ownership and they plan to seque it into reviving the Fairness Doctrine to kill conservative talk radio. Lott is wrong on this. Sounds like this parents council is in cahoots with moveon.org.

Details in this Wall Street Journal editorial:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004005

[Paleo Conservative]

Stern's radio program is by far the raunchiest on American airwaves, yet the FCC saw fit to put it in the same category as Meet the Press.

Gee I'm not sure "Meet the Press" doesn't belong in the same category as Howard Sterm's radio show.

[LasVegasMac]

Yes, the FCC is out of touch, they are out of control, also.

Some time ago they posted an RFC (Request for Comments) about an issue called BPL - Broadband over Power Lines. This is your Internet connection coming to you via the electrical power lines / grid. Technically proven to work. The problem is that when they start these transmissions it will cause major interference on other frequencies.

My concern is the radio - Amateur Radio (Ham) - frequencies. It will be a significant problem.

Other electronic devices will be affected as well. Read the labels on your electronic gadgets some time - the part about "must accept all interference".

The troubling part about the FCC on this issue was this: they did not ask for comments on whether or not people thought this would be a problem, they simply stated, how do we best implement this?

Their minds are already made up. The communications industry has obviously paid the right people the right amount of bribe money.

Amateur Radio communications will take a big hit on this. Emergency communications provided by Amateur Radio capability will take a big hit.

We all lose.

LVM

[Once-Ler]

I like Powell and the FCC rules did not go far enough. There is no reason why Murdock can't own 100% of the media if the free market says his product is best. Government control of media is Fascism and violates the 1st Amendment.

Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press.

[singsong]

The FCC's decision to characterize Stern's filth as "news" and "information"
Last I checked, nobody was begging FCC to tell them who Stern is. There is much more at stake here. The Democrats are trying to silence Conservative radio. Search FR. Contact your reprisentative to vote NO.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Does the FCC regulate cable, like it regulates the public airwaves?