LPFM

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

In my opinion, the FCC should not even have considered 
opening the Pandora's box that has now been opened. Web 
radio has already made LPFM nearly irrelevant. The 
advent of dedicted Web-radio devices, and eventually, 
dedicated _wireless_ Web-radio devices, will render LPFM 
completely irrelevant (and will probably do the same to 
standard terrestrial commercial and noncommercial 
stations).

I'm no great supporter of the NAB. I think the 
Telecommunications Act has seriously (maybe irreparably)
harmed US radio. I believe that the US broadcasting 
establishment is one of the world's most shortsighted 
groups of businesspeople. Most broadcasters appear ready 
to sacrifice _anything_ for a buck. But the havoc that 
large numbers of low-power stations will create on the 
already overcrowded FM band is inexcusable. The FCC 
already lacks the personnel to police the broadcast 
bands. Adding stations only makes policing more complex.

Be careful of what you wish for... you just might get 
it. Boy, is that the right message on LPFM!