CapitalistOinker
@comcast.net
| Corporate fiscal responsibility...
The FCC should but out. This is capitalism at its finest.
The important thing here is to maximize station profit and enrich the pockets of top management and stock holders. The viewers don't matter. Get it?
Like the telco shills say, "If you don't like it then move."
Now quit whining and go watch some commercials. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| The difference is that telcos don't use the common airwaves. You can build more wires (though no one wants to), you can't get more TV stations, especially as the FCC shrinks the broadcast band more and more as more bands are sold off to cell-phone companies and others.
But I think a more capitalist way to deal with it is to allow "non-local local" stations, but if someone else comes along willing to actually have a local focus, they should have a chance at grabbing the license.
This happened in Boston, the original WHDH on channel 5 lost its license in the 1970s to the group that founded the modern WCVB, which promised more local programming. Even today they're known for their local focus, though they produce less programming in-house than they used to. |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
But your point is well-taken. Another example was WLBT. They lost their license because of the way they covered the civil rights movement. Whenever someone opposed to it was interviewed, things went fine, but when they were going to interview someone who supported it, the station suddenly developed "technical difficulties". This happened over and over and over, complaints were filed with the FCC, and WLBT's license was yanked. Actually, if I remember my history, the only reason the station remained on the air was because it was transferred to new owners who were committed to providing access to those on both sides of the issue. |
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