Were they prepackaged stories from the network headquarters, or do you mean the local anchor was reading a national story?
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WaPo Piece on Brendan Carr
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Correct, especially in smaller markets where there really weren’t enough local happenings of interest to fill a newscast. And remember the cable news alternatives didn’t exist pre-1980.
Networks provided their affiliates with national and international stories in the form of news packages and voiceover videos that were fed on the network line during time periods outside of national programming. These were usually sent between 5 and 6:30pm ET. There were also network news feeds during the late evening news slots that could be turned around quickly, or that stations could carry live. All this was augmented by suggested scripts provided by the network, in addition to the various wire services the stations subscribed to.
Here's Inside Radio's version of the Carr letter to Disney.
www.insideradio.com
He says public trust in media is low, but the fact is that more people trust the media than trust government. Pew says public trust in government is about 20%. Media is 30%. Mr. Carr should look to his own house before criticizing others.
The LA Times has this piece about the Disney strategy of avoiding conflicts with the new government:
www.latimes.com
Trump’s FCC Choice Fires Warning Shot In Letter To Disney’s Iger.
Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is signaling in a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger that he plans to take a heavy-handed approach toward the corporate owners of TV stations
He says public trust in media is low, but the fact is that more people trust the media than trust government. Pew says public trust in government is about 20%. Media is 30%. Mr. Carr should look to his own house before criticizing others.
The LA Times has this piece about the Disney strategy of avoiding conflicts with the new government:
'Politics is bad for business.' Why Disney's Bob Iger is trying to avoid hot buttons
Walt Disney Co. and its chief executive have made a sharp pivot since doubling-down on diversity and inclusion efforts in the wake of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis four and a half years ago.
www.latimes.com
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He says what suits the agenda, factual or not.
In a final blow to the Biden FCC, a federal appeals court struck down rules reinstating net neutrality:
Incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr voted against the reinstatement. So it's likely they would have been repealed anyway.
Yet he wants to use the FCC to rein in big tech, which isn't under the purview of the FCC.
Incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr voted against the reinstatement. So it's likely they would have been repealed anyway.
Yet he wants to use the FCC to rein in big tech, which isn't under the purview of the FCC.
Today, the FCC presented a report to congress on the state of broadcasting:
www.insideradio.com
radioink.com
Commissioner Carr dissented from the report with these comments:
No comments at all about AM/FM, and instead he takes issue with how broadband is measured. Just like Simba in Disney's The Lion King, Carr just can't wait to be king.
FCC Sees Radio Holding Up In Face Of New Threats From Online Audio.
The FCC, which concluded that broadcast radio reaches different listeners than online audio or satellite radio when setting ownership limits, says those principles remain. In its biannual report to Congress
FCC Captures Radio's Struggle Against Digital In Biennial Report - Radio Ink
The 2024 FCC Communications Marketplace Report provides a snapshot of radio in the increasingly competitive and evolving audio world.
radioink.com
Commissioner Carr dissented from the report with these comments:
No comments at all about AM/FM, and instead he takes issue with how broadband is measured. Just like Simba in Disney's The Lion King, Carr just can't wait to be king.
One of the first acts by new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was to eliminate any promotion of DEI:
www.insideradio.com
Nobody will notice the change, since the FCC consistently did nothing to encourage diversity of broadcast media ownership. They talked about it a lot, studied it annually, and concluded that yes, broadcasting is mainly owned by white men. Now that policy will be enshrined.
Carr Ends FCC’s Promotion Of DEI And Terminates Diversity Advisory Group.
Companies ranging from Ford to Walmart and Meta to McDonald’s are ending their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The Federal Communications Commission is the latest organization to do so. Chairman
Nobody will notice the change, since the FCC consistently did nothing to encourage diversity of broadcast media ownership. They talked about it a lot, studied it annually, and concluded that yes, broadcasting is mainly owned by white men. Now that policy will be enshrined.
As a friend said, DEI will be replaced by NPI-Nepotism, Patronage and Incivility.One of the first acts by new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was to eliminate any promotion of DEI:
Carr Ends FCC’s Promotion Of DEI And Terminates Diversity Advisory Group.
Companies ranging from Ford to Walmart and Meta to McDonald’s are ending their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The Federal Communications Commission is the latest organization to do so. Chairman
Nobody will notice the change, since the FCC consistently did nothing to encourage diversity of broadcast media ownership. They talked about it a lot, studied it annually, and concluded that yes, broadcasting is mainly owned by white men. Now that policy will be enshrined.
There are lots of factors involved in purchasing stations that are often unavailable to minorities. One is access to funding. SBA loans aren't available to buyers of radio stations. That's one thing the FCC hasn't been able to understand. Now it won't matter anymore. It's been interesting watching the way Tavis Smiley has been handing the funding of KBLA. It's unconventional, and fortunately he's working with a seller who is working with him.
What if they understand it, but can't do anything about it because the SBA is separate from the FCC? The FCC has seemed to be understanding about money issues for stations in terms of fines. If a station owner proves they can't pay a big fine, it can be and in some cases has been reduced.
It seems the only time they hold firm is when someone doesn't pay for a license they buy at an FCC auction, they'll go after them for the full amount. I remember reading about a couple cases of that happening on RadioInsight in the last few years. Even in those cases, they gave the people years to pay for the licenses.
What they could have done was use some of the money they're getting from selling radio spectrum to telecom to set up a minority ownership fund. Instead they use that money to hire more lawyers and bureaucrats. Not a very productive use of an American resource.
Here we go.....there will be no negative coverage of Dear Leader.
Brendan Carr, newly installed as chairman of the FCC under the new Trump administration, is reviving a trio of complaints aimed at NBC, ABC and CBS content, ones that his predecessor dismissed for being “at odds with the First Amendment.”
The revived complaints come from the conservative Center for American Rights and generally align with Trump’s gripes about media coverage during the 2024 presidential campaign.
deadline.com
Brendan Carr, newly installed as chairman of the FCC under the new Trump administration, is reviving a trio of complaints aimed at NBC, ABC and CBS content, ones that his predecessor dismissed for being “at odds with the First Amendment.”
The revived complaints come from the conservative Center for American Rights and generally align with Trump’s gripes about media coverage during the 2024 presidential campaign.
New FCC Chair Revives Complaints About ABC, CBS And NBC Content That His Predecessor Rejected As “At Odds With The First Amendment”
Brendan Carr, newly installed as chairman of the FCC under the new Trump administration, is reviving a trio of complaints aimed at NBC, ABC and CBS content, ones that his predecessor dismissed for being “at odds with the First Amendment.” The revived complaints come from the conservative Center...
deadline.com
Meanwhile, a fourth complaint against a FOX affiliate over the Dominion Voting System lawsuit remained closed. In weaponizing the FCC to facilitate Trump's authoritarian control of the media, Carr claims that one is “at odds with the First Amendment and continued freedom of the press.”
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That would have been possible back in the nineties when spectrum auctions were first applied for doling out broadcast station construction permits. Nowadays it wouldn't be an option as such a policy would end up attracting a slew of lawsuits from right-wing organizations whining about how victimized White men are by such policies. That said, while I'm generally pretty unsympathetic to those right-wing organizations, there had been problems in the past with policies that favored minority applicants where you'd get a "sham" applicant that had a minority fronting an application but it would turn out that all the money (and the actual control) was with someone else. So even aside from the current political environment, encouraging minority ownership of broadcast stations wasn't all that simple of a process.
It's a reminder that Brendan Carr really is a political hack who doesn't seem to have much respect for the law or the constitution. Because the argument against ABC, CBS, and NBC is one that inherently craps all over the First Amendment. It's also notable that should the FCC be stupid enough to continue in this vein, they're setting things up for a mass of complaints to be filed against Sinclair's television stations, along with a slew of right-wing talk radio stations.
Continuing the subject of the FCC opening inquiries into the major networks, tonight CBS News says it will comply with a request from the FCC to supply transcripts of the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. This interview is at the center of a lawsuit by the president against CBS:
www.cbsnews.com
This comes as CBS parent Paramount Global is going through a sale and FCC approval will be part of that sale process. Having the FCC make this request is a bit unusual. But Carr said a few weeks ago that he was going to get involved in this. Very likely that this will be used to attack the credibility of CBS News and 60 Minutes. Lawyers for CBS are attempting to negotiate a settlement of the lawsuit.
CBS News to comply with FCC demand for "60 Minutes" transcript and video
The FCC sent a letter of inquiry demanding the "full, unedited transcript and camera feeds" from an interview with Kamala Harris.
www.cbsnews.com
This comes as CBS parent Paramount Global is going through a sale and FCC approval will be part of that sale process. Having the FCC make this request is a bit unusual. But Carr said a few weeks ago that he was going to get involved in this. Very likely that this will be used to attack the credibility of CBS News and 60 Minutes. Lawyers for CBS are attempting to negotiate a settlement of the lawsuit.
The request from the FCC is complete BS -- never in the history of the FCC has the agency tried to second guess the editing practices of a network news department.Continuing the subject of the FCC opening inquiries into the major networks, tonight CBS News says it will comply with a request from the FCC to supply transcripts of the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. This interview is at the center of a lawsuit by the president against CBS:
CBS News to comply with FCC demand for "60 Minutes" transcript and video
The FCC sent a letter of inquiry demanding the "full, unedited transcript and camera feeds" from an interview with Kamala Harris.
This comes as CBS parent Paramount Global is going through a sale and FCC approval will be part of that sale process. Having the FCC make this request is a bit unusual. But Carr said a few weeks ago that he was going to get involved in this. Very likely that this will be used to attack the credibility of CBS News and 60 Minutes. Lawyers for CBS are attempting to negotiate a settlement of the lawsuit.
Apparently, CBS owner Paramount is desperate to not have the FCC slow down its sale to Skydance, which is why they're caving on this. But the fact is that if CBS had ownership that were willing to fight, CBS would prevail over the FCC's harassment and would also win in Trump's even more ridiculous lawsuit against them.
My wife, Hispanic, and I spent many years prior to the pandemic evaluating the purchase of s single market cluster or small regional group. After a great deal of consideration, and despite our successful experience in radio, we decided that radio… any radio… was a bad investment.
So, today, the real issue is not “why can’t minorities and woman buy stations?” but “why would anyone in their right mind buy radio stations?”
Sadly, it seems to be getting to that point. I'm guessing that the right station for the right price could still be a viable investment, but there are far fewer "right stations" today than was the case in the past, and the "right price" is much lower since a buyer is not only not expecting growth but probably expecting a continued decline.