[BC] The FCC bends over...AGAIN

[Jerry Mathis]

On 10/26/07, Dana Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
>
> That seems like at least a step in the right direction...
>
> Anyone else?
>
> -D
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:53:33 AM EDT
> From: R A Meuser <rameuser at ieee.org>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] The FCC bends over...AGAIN
>
>
> How about the Canadian system. One branch strictly regulates the
> technical aspects and another the other regulatory aspects of
> communication but they are technically 'blind'. So if you want to
> license a radio station you submit you application for technical
> approval. If it meets technical standards, it gets approved. I there is
> a compliant competing application, it too gets approved. All the
> approved applications go to a second body that selects which applicant
> gets the license. Everything starts with technical approval which is
> separate from the more political body.




O BROTHER! We started out with the "technical" body and now we have the
"political" body. The political body is the disaster. I don't want one of
these, even if paired with a technical body. Remember, the most constraining
unit in a system sets the standard for what comes out. A good technical
commission will be no good if it can be overridden by the political
commission.





-- 
Jerry Mathis