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FCC Lame Duck

TheBigA said:
How has the FCC done anything to Drudge or Breitbart?
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I thought by following with "progressives" it would be clear. I said nothing about "FCC." The next sentence, where I mention the FCC, is in response to the commission's fixation on media "morality." There are many on both the left and right side that would love to use the FCC to shut down free speech if it doesn't pass their litmus test. And these same people want to extend the FCC's jurisdiction to cover all things internet.
David: I'm not the one labeling Drudge as "rightwing hate speech." You will find plenty, if you Google, who will label his site as such.
Forget the pesky fact that he links to NYT and Washington Post far more than Breitbart and Infowars. But then...what does logic have to do with any of this?
 
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wavo said:
I thought by following with "progressives" it would be clear. I said nothing about "FCC."
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What's this thread about? The FCC.

Meanwhile, while you bring up one side of the equation, you ignore that the other side tries everything from legislation to Constitutional amendments to shut down things it doesn't like. That's why the FCC is supposed to stay clear of it all. They are not supposed to be arbiters. That's what the courts do. And in every recent case, the courts have reversed the FCC's decisions on obscenity, calling their rules are "capricious." And Congress has shut down their involvement in the internet.
 
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TheBigA said:
What's this thread about? The FCC.

Meanwhile, while you bring up one side of the equation, you ignore that the other side tries everything from legislation to Constitutional amendments to shut down things it doesn't like. That's why the FCC is supposed to stay clear of it all. They are not supposed to be arbiters. That's what the courts do. And in every recent case, the courts have reversed the FCC's decisions on obscenity, calling their rules are "capricious." And Congress has shut down their involvement in the internet.
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The FCCs original primary mandate was spectrum management. They are no longer interested in that. That statement came from a FCC District Director...he said it to me.
I could care less about politics and have no interest in shilling for anyone. There are right wingers who want to shut down any media that doesn't toe their line too. I didn't intend to call out progs or conservatives exclusively. After the election there has been more progressive talk about limiting "hate speech" than conservative talk about limiting "sin speech." I only used Drdge as an example.
 
wavo said:
The FCCs original primary mandate was spectrum management. They are no longer interested in that.
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They're interested in spectrum sales, not management.

wavo said:
After the election there has been more progressive talk about limiting "hate speech" than conservative talk about limiting "sin speech."
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Talk is talk. I'm sure it was in response to the tone of the election, which was not the highest of quality. People can talk all they want. What we're talking about here is policy. Its a very different thing.
 
TheBigA said:
But Congress has told the FCC to stay away from broadband.
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Not regulation, but for example making sure that it becomes available in rural areas, and spectrum issues other than FM (AM will probably get more attention with the current economic and interference issues) . I attended a town hall meeting with one of the commissioners. In the hour presentation, the times radio was mentioned...once. When I asked a question in the audience.
 
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TheBigA said:
That will take regulation, and so far, I haven't seen any.



Obviously wasn't Ajit Pai. Things may change next year.
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If Pai was REALLY for AM revitalization, he would go with Kintronics' proposal to MANDATE better AM radios! Require noise blankers and AM stereo in all radios capable of FM radio...quit putting AMs on FM translators.. that does NOTHING for the AM band and only adds to the growing mess on FM!
 
ContinuousWave said:
If Pai was REALLY for AM revitalization, he would go with Kintronics' proposal to MANDATE better AM radios!
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The FCC hasn't used the "m" word since the 60s. It's not something they like to do. We know the Consumer Electronics Association isn't in favor of a mandate. Perhaps the proper course of action is for Kintronics to change minds within the CEA, rather than wait for some kind of FCC action.
 
The AM ship has sailed. You can't mandate AM radios anymore than you can mandate the FM chip.
 
TheBigA said:
Exactly. Or AM Stereo, for that matter, which the FCC refused to do. Or HD Radio, which also the FCC hasn't done.
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They did not even mandate FM on all radios back in the 60's when it was proposed.
 
ContinuousWave said:
If Pai was REALLY for AM revitalization, he would go with Kintronics' proposal to MANDATE better AM radios! Require noise blankers and AM stereo in all radios capable of FM radio...quit putting AMs on FM translators.. that does NOTHING for the AM band and only adds to the growing mess on FM!
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AM is the incandescent light bulb of broadcast technology. It still works, but on many counts is inadequate.
 
TheBigA said:
The FCC hasn't used the "m" word since the 60s. It's not something they like to do. We know the Consumer Electronics Association isn't in favor of a mandate. Perhaps the proper course of action is for Kintronics to change minds within the CEA, rather than wait for some kind of FCC action.
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:cool: Listeners drive the bus, You haft to give them something they want to listen to they cant get any where else so they will put up with the short comings of AM, received noise, power lines, electronic power controls, sky wave at night with reduced coverage area, Good local community programing, high school sports and other local interest shows. or perhaps a high stakes radio bingo game on AM only, no web casts, and it could be day time only since the little old ladies that like to play bingo go to bed early.
 
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First Fone 65 said:
Good local community programing, high school sports and other local interest shows. or perhaps a high stakes radio bingo game on AM only, no web casts, and it could be day time only since the little old ladies that like to play bingo go to bed early.
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That only really works in small towns. Not PPM markets.
 
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