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Related: About this forumLocal TV and radio stations no longer required to have local studios
Local TV and radio stations no longer required to have local studiosRepublicans eliminate rule, make it easier for stations to close local studios.
JON BRODKIN - 10/24/2017, 5:18 PM
The Federal Communications Commission today eliminated a decades-old rule that required TV and radio stations to maintain studios in the local communities they serve.
The FCC's Republican majority claims that the change will produce cost savings that broadcasters can use to improve "programming, equipment upgrades, newsgathering, and other services that benefit consumers." But Democrats say the change will instead make it easier for stations to abandon the cities and towns they serve.
Mignon Clyburn, one of two Democrats to dissent in the 3-2 vote, argued:
By eliminating the main studio rule in its entirety for all broadcast stationsregardless of size or locationthe FCC signals that it no longer believes those awarded a license to use the public airwaves should have a local presence in their community. Yes, the very same majority that talks about embracing policies to promote job creation is paving the way for broadcast station groups, large and small, to terminate studio staff and abandon the communities they are obligated to serve.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/fcc-rule-change-could-help-tv-and-radio-stations-abandon-local-communities/
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Local TV and radio stations no longer required to have local studios (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Oct 2017
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underpants
(187,251 posts)1. Trying desperately to keep iHeartradio alive
The point is that there are people to get on air in case of a local emergency
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Good good points
Tribalceltic
(1,000 posts)2. First they came for the newspapers
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Radio is nothing like it was years ago
brush
(58,015 posts)4. So all the local anchors, weather persons, cameramen, field reporters etc will be out of work.
Just great, repugs. Now all the stations have to do is get the feed from right wing Sinclair or some other ultra-conservative outlet.
The tentacles are spreading everywhere.
BigmanPigman
(52,353 posts)5. That is what I thought too.
Sinclair and Circa are going to be more damaging than Fux Ruse propaganda.