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
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Cuff [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:53 AM
To: Internet radio discussion
Subject: [Internetradio] NAB Leaders: Consumers Deserve Radio-
capable Cell
Phones
Not a bad idea...my little MP3 player has an FM tuner (though not an
AM tuner). Since a Smartphone can easily masquerade as an MP3 player
as well as an Internet radio, it ought to be able to serve as a "real"
radio as well...
Alas, I don't think we'll see Sony 2010-scale shortwave functionality,
but one can dream...
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA
http://radiomagonline.com/currents/news/nab-leaders-consumers-
deserve-radio-cell
phones-0920/
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