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Is that Report and Order really necessary? Stations already shake off those
"regulatory burdens" themselves, on a nightly basis.
Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee
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From: Stewart, Joseph R <[email protected]>
To: NRC-AM listserv <[email protected]>; irca <[email protected]>; Glenn
Hauser <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 3:21 pm
Subject: [IRCA] FCC Commish Talks the Talk of AM Revitalization (?)
The current edition of the online industry talk-radio journal Talkers Magazine
http://www.talkers.com/ mentions FCC Chair Tom Wheeler writing in a blog post
about being "committed to taking action... so that AM radio will flourish." He
says he'll conclude the "open item" on AM technical issues "in the coming
weeks... with a Report and Order that will buttress AM broadcast service and
ease regulatory burdens on AM broadcasters. The proposed Order would adopt
specific measures to address practical problems and interference-related issues
that have long plagued AM stations across the country." Among the items in the
proposed Order: giving "stations more flexibility in choosing site locations,
complying with local zoning requirements, obtaining power increases, and
incorporating energy-efficient technologies." Wheeler claims "these actions
will help to ease some of the technical limitations that have hindered AM
stations in serving their listeners." The NAB's Dennis Wharton p
rofesses
gratitude for Chairman Wheeler's plans, and both he and Wheeler give props to
FCC Commissioners Clyburn and Pai for laying some groundwork on this.
I
don't know... are they just putting Band-Aids on a lethal shotgun wound?
Discuss, discuss....
Randy Stewart
Arts Producer
KSMU
901 S.
National
Springfield MO
65897
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