[BC] FCC politics

[Donna Halper]

On 7/23/2014 12:03 PM, Henry Ruhwiedel a9xw at cs.com.INVALID wrote:
> Obama Campaign Donor Wins FCC Waiver From Auction Rules
> By Todd Shields and Jonathan D. Salant  Jul 22, 2014 11:00 PM CT
>    
Before this becomes very political very quickly, it should be pointed 
out that Bush donors, Clinton donors, Reagan donors, etc have enjoyed 
similar preferential treatment, and this is one of many reasons why a 
lot of us believe the FCC is not a neutral agency at all.  As far back 
as 1928, the then-FRC (Federal Radio Commission) issued General Order 
32, at the request of Republicans and various business concerns. It 
basically removed 107 small and individually-owned stations from the air 
and gave their frequencies over to NBC and CBS.  Not much has changed, 
no matter which party is in office.