[BC] Public File proceeding

[ACN]

Mike, with all due respect I think you missed the legal point regarding the 
LPF.

I agree we need to and we do serve our community as I am sure you do an 
excellent job.

We are not suggesting for a second that stations do not serve their 
community or keep records for their own renewal process, the point is that 
many FCC attorneys require a great deal of time and expenses on the part of 
stations to cross every "t" and dot every "i" for a process that is not 
serving the public.

FCC inspectors don't even agree on the exact form of the LPF material.   Yet 
the FCC gives fines to small stations because one program in the required 
"list" did not note the length of the program as required by the rules.

We would prefer to spend the staff time and money on making possible guest 
editorials for airing from the public than maintaining a LPF that the public 
does not use or care about.

Let's do a better job on local programming, and I am speaking for myself not 
reflecting on the job any of the rest of you are doing.

Thanks,
Tom
ACN



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Erickson" <wirelessmedia at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Public File proceeding


>I agree 100%
>
> Too many regulations have been relaxed.  I help to maintain 2 public files
> for non-commercial stations.  It's not a big deal.  I'll gladly operate 
> your
> station if the public file is such a problem.
>
> Broadcasters have forgotten why they are here and WHO they are here for.
>
> =Mike Erickson=
>
>
> On 6/12/06, Thomas G. Osenkowsky <tosenkowsky at prodigy.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I searched the FCC web site and find no evidence of RM-11332. I
>> searched the Media Bureau, Headlines, etc. with no results. I would
>> like to file comments if, in fact, there IS a Rulemaking.
>>
>> I look at stations' Public File. As an upstanding, hard working,
>> educated Citizen of these United States, I want the Federally
>> regulated broadcast stations to demonstrate HOW they are
>> serving ME. I pay taxes and I want to ensure I am being served
>> by the broadcast stations that are regulated by an agency of the
>> very government I am supporting. Broadcasters have to show ME
>> how they are serving my interest as a member of the public.
>>
>> As far as the FCC is concerned, I damn well want to voice my opinion
>> that THEY have failed ME but failing to update "The Public And
>> Broadcasting:.
>>
>> Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE
>>
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