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What would happen if your state took over your local TV?

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mleach

OK.....I know this will never happen but considering that most states have their own "Association of Broadcasters" ( which to me BTW is more/less nothing more than like joing a country club )...what if and only what if..say that one day the FCC says to all the local TV and radio stations "..OK we will now take care of only the technical end and issuing the call letters BUT you guys are responsible as far as what goes out over your airwaves..we will NOT get involved with that". In other words the local TV and radio stations and/or the state assocaition of broadcasters will handle the content, how much children's TV they must air, etc...

If this would happen how would TV & radio be different, if it would even be different? Would there still be broadcast networks? I would imagine in that case it would be but content I wonder? Since of course some cities and states are more liberal than others that should be interesting. Could we see full blown nudity, sex and four letter words on local TV in such places as San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston or Denver ( I can see it now "F*cking on the Deuce" )? Or a lot more religious programming in places like Little Rock, Birmingham or Jackson, Mississippi?

Children's TV...more of it in some places and not at all in others?

Syndication...would we see a more graphic version of say Jerry Springer or Maury Povich for example in a place like LA or Chicago but a very tame version of the same show say in Huntington, West Virginia?

I would imagine we would see more overall local programming and perhaps less corporate ownership but would it be a good idea say if your state had got more involved with your local TV and radio as far as what goes out over the air is concerned?
 
Won't ever happen. Radio waves cross state lines, so they fall under the "Interstate commerce" clause in the Consitution. That puts them under Congress-critter control.
 
Well here in RI, they would probably take forever to air an entire program, if it were live, it would be one minute on the air, 10 minute commercial break. Well at least that's how construction works here (for example, a less than 250 foot long bridge that they're building...this is their 12th year of working on it!).
 
bg02445 said:
Well here in RI, they would probably take forever to air an entire program, if it were live, it would be one minute on the air, 10 minute commercial break. Well at least that's how construction works here (for example, a less than 250 foot long bridge that they're building...this is their 12th year of working on it!).
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Wouldn't a 250-foot bridge in Rhode Island be called a "cross-state" bridge? :)
 
In Kentucky the state government does not have a clue and most of the local tv stations on the cable have even less of a clue so we probably would not notice the difference
 
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