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These "Friends" Of KTRU Are Quite Persistent

FCC is gonna do nothing about this they will looking it over but that is it
 
Hey, in this age of 'net neutrality' and the promise of LPFM getting more stations somehow, I wouldn't be surprised at anything this FCC does.
 
More idiotic delusion from the "Save KTRU" group.

Let's go over this again: KTRU is owned by Rice University, not the students. And you cannot force someone to keep something they want to sell.

I got a good laugh over the arguments about KTRU being an important teaching and training tool for the broadcast industry. If anyone thinks that what goes on at KTRU bears any resemblance to the real world of radio broadcasting, they are crazy.

This sale is a slam dunk. And there are plenty of lawyers in the world who will gladly take money from delusional types with frivolous litigation.

And I thought Rice students were supposed to be smart.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
More idiotic delusion from the "Save KTRU" group.

Let's go over this again: KTRU is owned by Rice University, not the students. And you cannot force someone to keep something they want to sell.

I got a good laugh over the arguments about KTRU being an important teaching and training tool for the broadcast industry. If anyone thinks that what goes on at KTRU bears any resemblance to the real world of radio broadcasting, they are crazy.

This sale is a slam dunk. And there are plenty of lawyers in the world who will gladly take money from delusional types with frivolous litigation.

And I thought Rice students were supposed to be smart.
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And on top of everything else, when UH's Opposition to Petition pointed out that their proposed schedule for classical at 91.7 will have up to 21 hours of local programming weekdays (I say "up to" since the brief says that overnight will be locally automated while their proposed grid seems to hint that it might be Classical 24 instead), with nothing from NPR other than possible newscasts (the national programs are APM's "Performance Today" in midday and WFMT Fine Arts Network's "Discovering Music" in the early evenings), they still yammer about NPR domination, all-national programming, blah blah blah.
 
You're right about what they do at that place having no resemblance to what real radio stations are doing. With the crap that they put on the air at that place, I'm surprised that they can make ANY argument to the effect of losing educational programming. It may very well be "educational" alright. It's a lesson in how NOT to program a radio station.
 
stan said:
You may be surprised at the Christmas present the FCC may give these 'friends'.
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The surprise for the "Save KTRU" group will be that the sale goes through. Anything else is delusion.

Since it appears some basic facts aren't getting through here, let us review:

KTRU is owned by Rice University, not the students. And you cannot force someone to keep something they want to sell.

Once again: KTRU is owned by Rice University, not the students. And you cannot force someone to keep something they want to sell.

Again: KTRU is owned by Rice University, not the students. And you cannot force someone to keep something they want to sell.

One more time: KTRU is owned by Rice University, not the students. And you cannot force someone to keep something they want to sell.

Any questions?
 
It appears you think saying something over and over will make it true. Just keep telling yourself that.

What you say would be true if this were a perfect and logical world, but in case you haven't noticed, we don't live in a world like that. The world I see out there is controlled to a large extent by political decisions, and in this case, I believe absolutely that the FCC will reject the application for political reasons.

This is not your ordinary garden variety application for sale and reassigment of license. This application is coming from people who were appointed to their jobs by one of the Obama administration's most vocal and strident critics, who, it is reported, is also thinking of trying to take Obama's job away from him. Rick Perry and Sarah Palin share first place on Obama's persona non grata roster.

Further, three of the five seats on the FCC are occupied by Obama appointees, all of whom represent a liberal and leftist constituency that despises Perry and everything he stands for. If you can convince me that the FCC has never made a decision based on politics, I will agree with your belief that the application will be approved.
 
FilioScotia said:
I believe absolutely that the FCC will reject the application for political reasons.
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I really believe you and a lot of other folks here are over-analyzing this.

The FCC simply doesn't deny sales based upon planned format changes, at least not any more. It then comes down to whether the applicant is qualified and in this case there's no question that they are. Despite accusations of a conspiracy, Rice wants to sell and they have a buyer. It's that simple. I predict that the sale to U. of H., like many others before it will be approved for all the right reasons, politics aside.
 
Please don't get me wrong JD. I agree that's how it SHOULD happen, and I really hope it will happen that way. It probably would if it were a simple case of a seller and buyer coming together on a deal, but we're not talking about a "typical" seller and buyer. This isn't a swamp station somewhere in BFE, and the buyers are not a bunch of political nobodies, or even some local business people you've never heard of.

When the political tendrils and connections reach as high as the White House, who can predict with any certainty what will happen to this deal? I'm just too cynical to believe that Presidential politics won't play a role in the FCC decision.

Let me say it again. I hope I am wrong. I will be delighted to be proven wrong. And when and if the application is approved, I will be among the first to come back here and admit I was wrong.
 
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