[BC] Valcom Whip

[Mike McCarthy]

Incorrect.  The narrowly written PRB-1 was FCC initiated and issued at the
behest of several federal agencies. It is not statutory.

Others have suggested, even petitioned the same type of premption across
many industries. Will not happen. PRB-1 is and shall remain a limited
exemption for amateur radio ONLY.

There are FAR too many reasons why this will never be expanded into the
commercial world by the FCC. It will need to come in the form if a broadly
written statute usurping local control of land use and zoning. While this
occurred on a limited basis with the cell companies in the Comm. Act of
1996, justifiable objections are still possible and occur all the time. 
Which makes siting cell towers still a time consuming and frustrating
matter.

The powers that are and were repeatedly said the federal government
doesn't belong in nominal land use issues. It's a local matter. This
opinion spans across party lines.

MM

> The FCC didn't do it, the Congress did.  It was PRB-1.
>
> --chip
>
> On Feb 4, 2010, at 8:57 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
>
>> Message: 6
>> From: Kevin Raper <kj4hyd at gmail.com>
>>
>> The FCC did this for Ham Radio, so it is not too far fetched to get
>> them
>> to do it for Broadcast Radio as well.
>> --
>> 73,
>> Kevin Raper
>> KJ4HYD
>> CE WCKI WQIZ
>>
>> Jerry Mathis wrote:
>>> All this is why I still maintain that the FCC needs to get a Federal
>>> mandate that federally licensed radio facilities are not subject to
>>> local zoning laws.