Re: You can learn a lot about the FCC in about 5 minutes...

["Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com>]

>>A question was asked of the FCC representative (his name escapes me at the moment):  Considering the current definition of radio ownership limits and COL, what market would WHFS(FM) Annapolis MD be considered part of for these rules, Washington DC or Baltimore?  After the question there was silence, the sounds of a few officials rustling around asking each other how that would be handled, and after about a minute and a half or two minutes of this rustling, the representative abruptly changed the subject to the new television ownership cap numbers. Boy, what an FCC we have when they don't even know what they themselves are doing!  And yet, they are about to apply new rules to television where this very issue brought up is also applicable.  Downright scary if you ask me<<

The question was a purely technical one, and the questioner probably knew quite well that the FCC representative couldn't answer it.  It was a perfect way to elicit a response that makes the FCC look bad.  Do you have any idea how large a bureaucracy the FCC is?  Do you think that broadcasting is the only business the FCC regulates?

There are plenty of legitimate criticisms of the FCC and the way it conducts itself.  This wasn't one of them.



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