NAB Lobbying To Constrain Local Content On Satellite Radio

DJAdapt writes "The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the organization that represents the large radio and television owners, is using its lobbyists, campaign contributions and political influence to have Congress and the Federal Communications Commission limit XM's ability to provide you with 'locally oriented' content, including the new XM Instant Traffic & Weather channels .... this is seriously what our government should be worried about? We're taking a trip back to the 70s, where AM was fighting FM."

Comments

Many years ago

[smurf975]

They had the same problem in the Netherlands, satelite networks/commercial networks were restricted in many ways.

The got arround that by having there HQ in a foreign country and airing about 1 hour a day in that foreign countries lang. Just to proove they are a foreign broadcaster.

So what if those satelite broadcasters would do the same? I mean set up their HQ in Mexico or something and broadcast on hour a day (in the down hours of course) in spanish. And the rest of the day they could do anything they wanted as Mexico doesn't fall under the FCC. That is if the FCC don't want to engage jammers.

This is just another step...

[phoenix.bam!]

America is taking to complete regulate itself into poverty. Like another poster said (And who i should have replied to) XM can just move to Mexico, and still broadcast into the United States, and you know what? That is money that is going to a Mexcian company, not American. Thank the government for recession, and thank the rich CEO's (Like the NYSE making millions to do WHAT exactly?) for taking fat paychecks then outsourcing work to foreign nations just to keep the company's bottom line out of the red.

Re:If you don't vote Libertarian, you ASKED FOR TH

[alienw]

The FCC, like the rest of the unconstitutional ways that the Fed.Gov controls your everyday life,

The FCC is unconstitutional? Since when? You may not like it, but it sure as hell isn't unconstitutional.

Re:In English...

[LWATCDR]

This is a little one sided. To get space in the FM band the stations have to at least claim that they are being run in the public intrest. XM does not have that problem. As far as commercials frankly that just ticks me off. Why should have ANY commercials for a channel I am paying for? You have to pay to listen to XM radio.
I like "local" radio. Around here I can get a small town country station. It is a local station and is a lot of fun to listen too. They have a show called Dial N Deal where people call in with yard sales and things to sell. They cover the local high school football games, and play pretty good music and I am not even a big country fan. I would hate to see stations like that go. Now if we are talking about clear channel stations... I count them as "Satellite" radio. The radio stations they own are really nothing but repeaters.