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Sun Dec 11, 2011, 09:36 PM

NashVegas (28,957 posts)

86. 1996 Telecom Act Basically Gave Away the Public Airwaves In Return for Control

I don't mean FCC regulation control, I mean, control control.

Did you catch that national test last month, where the FCC took control of the nation's airwaves for 30-90 seconds or some such?

That was able to happen because of the agreement made for 1996. Prior to that, all radio stations had to have at least one person in the building at all times, in case of emergency.

Clear Channel and other radio corps wanted to be able to use syndicated programming without having to pay someone to babysit the board.

So we got EAS, a system where gov. agencies can automate an interrupt.

In 1995, alternative media begged the nation to care. No one did.

We get the government we deserve.

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107 replies	Author	Time	Post
Black and White TV and AM Radio [View all]	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	OP
This is an excellent action.	Luminous Animal	Dec 2011	#1
Thank you Luminous Animal.	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#2
You're welcome! It would be great if the activism forum had a calendar with an alert function.	Luminous Animal	Dec 2011	#4
I agree	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#9
I checked to see if you had also posted this in Activism and I'm glad that you did.	Luminous Animal	Dec 2011	#15
Yes, it provides a nice list of things to do	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#17
Fortunately, Here in Fargo we have a good progressive AM station.	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#3
I've heard KFGO	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#6
Last winter was nasty and seemed to go on forever.	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#11
It was a long one here, too, and many other places	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#13
How lucky you are	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#10
Folks around are far more Progessive than they thik they are.	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#14
AM Radio	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#5
I like your dream	Tumbulu	Dec 2011	#7
I still love WSM	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#12
Now, with satellite radio for the big guys...	hunter	Dec 2011	#34
You'd think, huh	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#35
Thanks for bringing this up	Tumbulu	Dec 2011	#8
Thank you for reading, Tumbulu	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#16
Reading all this is like tuning a distant station, fading in and out, but urgently communicating	NBachers	Dec 2011	#18
You might like this link, too	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#27
Yup, I was able to tune in Cousin Brucie and always enjoyed listening to WABC	NBachers	Dec 2011	#42
A snippet from the past:	Chipper Chat	Dec 2011	#19
I was doing that sort of thing all the time up until the mid 80s.	Systematic Chaos	Dec 2011	#20
Boy, that takes me back.	Morning Dew	Dec 2011	#22
When that moment struck	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#29
I grew up on a small-town AM station that played the local top 100. No matter what.	saras	Dec 2011	#21
KEEP 1450 in Twin Falls, Idaho, was like that.	Frank Cannon	Dec 2011	#23
I know!	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#30
Same Here	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2011	#100
well, if I had any idea how to rec this thread, I would.	rurallib	Dec 2011	#24
Well, it took me a minute to figure it out too	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#25
thank you so much!	rurallib	Dec 2011	#48
I remember the hey dey of AM Radio, so well.	KoKo	Dec 2011	#26
Thank you KoKo	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#31
I miss the real AM Radio	RockaFowler	Dec 2011	#28
I was Hendrie's Board Op/Producer on WSB for a while	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#33
Is Hendrie a true believer or is he a Righty for the money?	DeltaLitProf	Dec 2011	#99
I am love AM beyond all reason.	FredStembottom	Dec 2011	#32
I agree about digital tuners	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#36
Fun stuff!	FredStembottom	Dec 2011	#43
"Hey shut da door!	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#92
When i was a little kid in the 90s I remember picking up a Winnipeg station.	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#47
That's AM fun for you.	FredStembottom	Dec 2011	#102
The alternative station near me was purchased from Clear Channel	NutmegYankee	Dec 2011	#37
Some good news then	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#38
I sure miss the old days. Now you hear Sean Insanity ever 10 Kcs. on the dial.	BiggJawn	Dec 2011	#39
Ahhhh, shortwave.....	FredStembottom	Dec 2011	#44
It has gotten pretty freaky.	BiggJawn	Dec 2011	#45
Yeah, you have to sift through garbage on shortwave as well	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#51
Radio Moscow ....	BOHICA12	Dec 2011	#55
Whenever I drive through Atlanta	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#78
LOL!	FredStembottom	Dec 2011	#103
To Answer Your Question	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2011	#101
My first Rec on DU3. Great post.	Stinky The Clown	Dec 2011	#40
My first recommendation on DU3, too. :) n/t	OneGrassRoot	Dec 2011	#41
That rec means a lot	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#49
Ahhh.... AM Radio. Interesting yet dying beast.	mwooldri	Dec 2011	#46
One of my Favorite Radio shows	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#50
Thank you for this thread ! AM Radio DX'ing used to be my big hobby back in the '70's	steve2470	Dec 2011	#52
I only wish I lived in those places	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#62
Scream for progressive radio in your communities	farmbo	Dec 2011	#53
Someday maybe	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#63
That's my dream.....	FredStembottom	Dec 2011	#104
it wont come by screaming- it's going to take actions like tsiyu is describing, and others, like	certainot	Dec 2011	#106
I remember going on vacation as a kid and seeing how far from L.A. we could still get KFI.	trackfan	Dec 2011	#54
A 50,000 Watter can reach incredibly far under the right conditions	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#64
I contacted the FCC once	cullen7282	Dec 2011	#56
The FCC no longer works for the people who pay for it	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#65
Very interesting! n/t	Mimosa	Dec 2011	#57
Thanks! n/t	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#66
Not to defend Clear Channel	blaze	Dec 2011	#58
The stations in TN that I can hear have none of these	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#67
am 760 went prog before the 2006 elections and IMO was major in getting CO blue	certainot	Dec 2011	#105
Great post.	stevedeshazer	Dec 2011	#59
yeah, the winter is the best time to tune in	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#68
I was thinking...that the "Plug could be pulled" on Twitter, Facebook and the Internet/Intertubes	KoKo	Dec 2011	#60
AM is almost like an "Organic Medium"	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#69
This message was self-deleted by its author	KoKo	Dec 2011	#71
Oh yeah	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#74
Fantastic post.	wakemewhenitsover	Dec 2011	#61
Thanks	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#70
Many years ago	xmas74	Dec 2011	#72
You would hate Coast to Coast now	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#75
That's so disappointing.	xmas74	Dec 2011	#77
They do re-broadcast some of Art's old shows	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#79
I'll have to remember when I can't sleep.	xmas74	Dec 2011	#80
Art was great. Noory really blows.	Frank Cannon	Dec 2011	#85
I wonder sometimes if Noory only plays dumb	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#93
It was papa Bush and Bill Clinton who ended the duopoly restrictions that prohibited any one company	WCGreen	Dec 2011	#73
Can you believe that the FCC stated that the reason they	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#76
Oh yea....	WCGreen	Dec 2011	#83
Yes you are correct	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#84
K&R	drm604	Dec 2011	#81
Thank you drm604	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#82
1996 Telecom Act Basically Gave Away the Public Airwaves In Return for Control	NashVegas	Dec 2011	#86
People are starting to wise up	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#89
more important than the monopoly, IMO, is the the coordinated unchallenged lying that loss of the	certainot	Dec 2011	#95
as a young kid....	unkachuck	Dec 2011	#87
cool	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#90
I love baseball games on AM radio!	RB TexLa	Dec 2011	#88
I think it's more enjoyable to listen to baseball on the radio	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#91
i think sports on RW radio may be the biggest advantage RW radio has as far as ad revenue and	certainot	Dec 2011	#107
an organized challenge to RW radio will have a huge pos effect on next elections- good on all those	certainot	Dec 2011	#94
Great memories..... until Clear Channel sucked the life out of radio	lib2DaBone	Dec 2011	#96
AM like my Princess Phone	burrowowl	Dec 2011	#97
Its funny but...	AsahinaKimi	Dec 2011	#98

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