[BC] Public File proceeding

[DANA PUOPOLO]

Useless paperwoirk???!!

FIRST, we allow stations to move out of their city of license without as much
as a mail stop there. (If you think that 'toll free' numbers cut it, try this
- pick 10 stations at random that aren't in their city of license and then try
to find their 'free' numbers. I'll give you 4:1 odds you can't find half of
them!).

THEN we allow consolidation on a huge scale - which it turns out might just be
a two edged sword (at least some of the comsolidators seem to have begun
caring again!).

THEN we virtually get rid of all news and public affairs programming.

NOW you want to eliminate the last connection to the PUBLIC - where at least
the public can come and SEE what said station ISN'T doing for them.

C'mon guys! This is Bull**it!

Why not just SELL the frequencies to them?

Oh WAIT! We already DO that!

Never mind....

-D




 

------ Original Message ------
Received: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:51:55 AM PDT
From: "Larry Fuss" <lfuss2 at cox.net>
To: "'Broadcasters' Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: RE: [BC] Public File proceeding

> The public file is the last outpost of accountability.

Actually, it's an exercise in paperwork.  It serves no useful purpose.

> I have to laugh at the comments filed on behalf of Montclair
Communications.  Poor slob spent 20 hours LAST YEAR on maintaining the
public file.  Someone else spends an hour a week. The grand total.  70 hours
PER YEAR.  

That's time that could be better spent doing something that actually served
the public, rather than preparing paperwork that nobody ever sees.

> The lack of accountability is one of the reasons broadcasting finds itself
in the state it's in today.  A hands off, lazy approach to everything has
allowed it to fall, like a house, into a state of disrepair.

Then make stations accountable for things that matter.  The Public File
does not matter.

> I don't care if nobody shows up to see it... IF a broadcaster maintains an
accurate public file, it shows their fitness as a license holder.

No, it only shows that they spent time doing useless paperwork.

> RUNNING A RADIO STATION IS NOT EASY PEOPLE.  Things in life aren't
supposed
to be or it wouldn't be worth it.

No, running a radio station is not easy.  Burdening licensees with useless
paperwork makes it even more difficult.

Larry Fuss


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