RE: Telecommunications Act (Lack of) Coverage

["Hakim Madjid" <HMadjid@mindspring.com>]

Councellor, if I recall correctly, Telecomms reform had been brought up in
congress from time to time, for about a decade or so before the '96 act
passed.

73, de Hakim (N1ZFF)

-----Original Message-----
From: A. Joseph Ross [mailto:lawyer@world.std.com]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:04 AM
To: Hakim Madjid
Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
Subject: RE: Telecommunications Act (Lack of) Coverage


On 3 May 2001,  Hakim Madjid wrote:

> I seem to remember, that in the Senate, that the Telecommunications act
> passed quite  overwhelmingly, something like 99 to 1. McCain was the lone
> 'NO' vote. So at least in the Senate it seemed quite bi-partisan in favor,
> so one can't blame just the Republicans, or Democrats alone.
> I don't remember what the vote margin was in the House.

There was much in the Telecommunications Act that had been in the works
for some time before the Republicans took over Congress.  The Broadcasting
provisions were actually a fairly small part of the act.  And I think the
broadcast industry lobbyists made sure that the attention was on other
parts of the act as much as possible.


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