This is unreal as if they don't have enough control over what is allowed and punishable now they want to push it even farther..
Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called for a “confrontational movement” to combat what he claimed was control of the media by international corporations and to re-establish the regulatory power of government through robust public broadcasting and a more powerful FCC.
There goes what little freedom of speech the media has left.
Lloyd also said that public broadcasting should be funded through new license fees charged to the nation’s private radio and television broadcasters, and that new regulatory fees should be used to fund eight new regional FCC offices.
Great more fees. Just what stations need when times are already tough So how do you like that licensed stations? You get to foot the bill so you can be censored and better monitored. It's this kind of bogus governing of radio that turns people into pirates
These offices would be responsible for monitoring political advertising and commentary, children’s educational programs, number of commercials, and content ratings of the programs.
Frequently referencing one of his heroes, left-wing activist Saul Alinsky, Lloyd claims in his book that the history of American communications policy has been one of continued corporate control of every form of communication from the telegraph to the Internet.
And finally if this doesn't catch your eye..
The FCC should be fully funded with regulatory fees from broadcast, cable, satellite, and telecommunications companies. The FCC should be staffed at regional offices, matching those CPB regions, at levels sufficient to monitor and enforce communication regulation.
Well looks like they will be cracking down a lot more on broadcasters if they get the funds by squeezing every last penny out of the very people who make radio and TV happen. I'm sure they will start cracking down on pirates like a ton of bricks again if money starts rolling in since that will be the last true sourch of free speech. More rules and regulations. Oh the fun just doesn't stop. All hail big government!
I'm sure they will start cracking down on pirates like a ton of bricks again if money starts rolling in
It has already started; with the new target being part 15 AM broadcasters They have also going after undocumented FM broadcasters in the east and north west. They are picking on Ma & Pa broadcasters too over nit picky thing and fining them out of business.
Well technically the guy wasn't running a part 15 compliant setup since his transmitter had a ground wire going from his transmitter at the top of the tower all the way to the ground. Part 15 takes into account the combined length of the antenna and ground wire and even the length of the feed line. So using a 40 foot wire running to ground is well beyond the 10 foot maximum length of the *whole* antenna system.
However in that case the FCC was just being hardasses. I am guessing someone turned them in that didn't like the owner or the station. I know people running watts of power on MW with full blown radials and antennas and never getting in trouble.
There aren't very many cases of MW operators being cited even when running a lot of power. For a Part 15er to get cited is even more rare. I find that the FCC seems to be cracking down really hard in some areas, and not even bothering in others. I know over here the FCC could care less about pirates unless someone is causing bad interference or stirring up trouble. In Florida you're lucky if you can run a transmitter for 10 minutes w/o a knock on the door.
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