[BC] FCC politics

[Rob Landry]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2014, Mike Vanhooser novaelec at sbcglobal.net.INVALID wrote:

> This was my point exactly, and why I believe many pirates are exercising 
> civil disobedience as the only means of dissent available, as they lack 
> the political clout necessary to have preference given and laws broken 
> for them with official approval by the powers that be.

I can't accept that. A client of mine recently bought a dark AM and moved 
it to Boston. He's done it more than once, actually, and he doesn't have 
any special clout with the FCC.

Moreover, even if you can't buy a station, there are several in the area 
that will sell you time. The Chinese government is buying one station's 
whole broadcast day -- no, not my client's -- for English-language 
propaganda. That such a thing can happen without so much as a whimper of 
protest I find astonishing, but that is a topic for another discussion.

Rob