I think you've misunderstood, Ted. The criticism of government policy regards allowing (in fact fostering) concentration of control over a public resource--not a public vs. private broadcasting argument.
So, as to the sports talk situation, in Buffalo at least WGR is already widely heard on its 5kW regional AM frequency. So why simulcast it on an HD2 frequency that has a lesser reach? Absent such concentration of control that HD2 frequency would be more likely to offer something other than a rather useless repeat of something already available. John Figliozzi P.S.: I think it's WEPN that's transitioned to FM from AM in NYC. WFAN is on both 660AM which should be reaching into the Catskills even in daytime, and FM. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 9, 2014, at 8:43 PM, "Ted S." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:12:22 -0500, in shortwave you wrote: >> >> You'd >> think the squandered opportunity to put a meaningful format on WWKB > > This comes up against Scott Royall's comment, as you're implying that > sports talk is somehow not meaningful. (Ever since the New York ESPN > Radio affiliate went FM only, I haven't been able to pick one up here in > the Catskills. And I wouldn't mind having a competitor to WFAN.) > >> and should be managed to maximize the public good, is lost on the FCC >> and the rest of our government > > Are networks not in the public good? Or are they only in the public > good when they've got the government imprimatur like the CBC in Canada > or the BBC in the UK? > > -- > Ted Schuerzinger > fedya at hughes dot net > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
