[BC] Phil and Rich may get their wish

[Charles Ring W3NU]

Rich Wood wrote:
> ------ At 08:19 AM 6/1/2006, Reader wrote: -------
>
>> The Senate confirmed the nomination of telecommunications lawyer 
>> Robert M. McDowell to fill the third Republican seat on the Federal 
>> Communications Commission. McDowell's appointment gives FCC Chairman 
>> Kevin J. Martin a 3-to-2 Republican majority.
>>
>> McDowell's nomination could allow the FCC to take up a number of 
>> contentious issues that have stalemated while Martin lacked a 
>> majority. An FCC official said the chairman's office this week 
>> circulated a draft notice on media ownership, the first step toward 
>> tackling the issue.
>
> I was pleased to see the position filled. It doesn't really matter who 
> it is. The Nighttime IBUZ issue should be easy to get out of the way. 
> If they don't permit nighttime operation I believe AM IBUZ is dead. 
> Ownership issues will take forever. The egg has already been 
> scrambled. They might be able to stop further consolidation but I 
> don't think it's fair to require anyone to divest once you've given 
> them permission to acquire what they have.
>
> Rich
>

It's an exaggeration but not paranoia to say they will now allow the big 
group owners to all merge, take the name All Channel, and use mandatory 
IBOC to kill off the remaining independents.

Golden parachutes for surplus executives, boot out the door with nothing 
for thousands of others.

Oh, and jumbo dumpsters at the historic radio sites that haven't already 
been trashed.

I know I am ignoring TV and newspapers, Radio is (was) my life.

Bitter? You Bet.