Oh, I'd say you aren't kidding at all! With you on this 100% John. -- -Rob de Santos
-----Original Message----- From: John Figliozzi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:36 PM To: [email protected]; Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Internetradio] NAB Leaders: Consumers Deserve Radio-capable Cell Phones They *need* to mandate it in order to get their regular, expected campaign contributions from the NAB! I'm only half kidding. The NAB is one of the most--if not the most-- powerful lobby in Washington and distributes millions in campaign cash. The cell phone makers with fight this suggestion tooth and nail.... which will make them another valuable source of campaign cash. As they say... "It's in the game!" John Figliozzi On Sep 23, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Rob de Santos wrote: > I'm all for FM radios in cell phones... I just don't see why > Congress or the FCC > needs to mandate it. If the demand is there why wouldn't > manufacturers add it > to the product? The only (possibly) valid argument is public > safety and > emergency communications. Judging though from the number of local > stations that > interrupted programming to notify residents in my area of tornado > warnings last > week and this week, that's not a high priority of the FM station > owners. > > -- > -Rob de Santos _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
