IS THE FCC INVITING AM/PM MADNESS?
Congratulations FCC, you're now entering the realm of many other U.S. government
agencies who have created a problem you don't know how to solve. Yes, from that same
U.S. Government who gave us the "brilliance" of the IRS, EPA, the Affordable Care
Act, the VA, the Department of Education, The Postal System...you, the "Futile"
Communications Commission has taken on the problem of AM Radio Revitalization.
Keep in mind, that the commissioners are political appointees, and this may forewarn
you into thinking that this "problem" is another doomed to failure. As if Deregulation
in the 1990's wasn't enough to help destroy Radio, now this Federal agency wants to
further Radio's demolition through so-called revitalization. It's only taken 40-50 years
to figure out that this was necessary through a Sargasso Sea of static and interference.
Obviously, as Government is want to do, it's a complicated and conviluted contrivance
of lower power for some, higher power for others, and it's the end of Class 1-A or clear
channel stations all together. As I read it, most all stations(even daytimers) will be able
to stay on the air at night, thus creating more clutter when they will now be allowed to
interfere with once clear-unobstructed clear channel frequencies. This will now inhibit
emergency notice broadcasts to be heard by millions in the "hinterlands" as before.
There are many flaws to the FCC's approach to solving this AM interference situation,
but creating more of the same hardly seems the right one to this old disc spinner. As of
now, there are several petitions on the internet to try and keep the Class 1-A 50kw
stations from being compromised....WLW in Cincinnati being one. One must read the
proposed "fixes" that is proposed by our Federal Friends in Washington, then only hope
you can make any sense of it**. It's worth a try. I'm reminded these Federal guys are to
work for us...it's time to let them know we're here and would like some accountability.
Otherwise, start looking for that last nail for the FCC to put in Radio's AM coffin!
That's my RadiOpinion...what's yours?
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