At 10:23 PM 2/27/99 -0800, you wrote:
>FM domain registrar adds west coast station
>
>Sinclair Broadcast Group's (SBGI) 97.1 has registered for the Web
>address "97.fm." The .fm suffix belongs to the Federated States of
>Micronesia. U.S. companies BRS Media and FSM Telecom Corp. have
>licensed the right to register and market the domain to the
>broadcasting industry. BRS Media president George Bundy explained,
>"What's easier to remember than an Internet address with radio's name
>on it?" Other broadcasters using the .fm domain include London's
>Virgin Radio (http://wwww.virginradio.fm), Standard Radio's The Bear
>FM (http://www.thebear.fm), and Melbourne's Rock 105.1
>(http://www.mmm.fm).
>
>
Ah! Such chaos! It's all an "ATTORNEY'S GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM!"
What will they do if a tsunami comes along and Micronesia disappears?
(Just kidding! Just kidding!)
Bill Lovell
