[SBE] The future of Broadcasting

[Gary]

You know, there are many reasons why radio and tv are under attack for thir spectrum. The argument that says that the  broadcasters really should be in the content creation business (this, a favorite argument of the current FCC crowd) and not in the delivery business because everyone gets their TV via cable is REALLY an argument to INSURE that everyone does in fact get their content via cable. Radio is not far away with ubiquitous Wi-Fi. Trust me, over the air radio and tv has an advantage over determined Government "officialdom" as it was so well stated in Radio World Magazine of 1 March 2009. In that article entitled "Whatever Happened to Shortwave Radio?", author James Careless wrote: "The Internet, satellite signals, ...can be blocked by determined officialdom...Yet properly executed analog shortwave tends to get thru when others fail....Because of this, international broadcasters have the potential of saying pretty much what they please, when they please and to whom they please; they don't have to self-censor their messages to appease gatekeepers"...What Careless wrote applies to both broadcast TV and radio  in the United States right now. If broadcasters give up their ability to radiate a signal onto the air    and just push it onto the Internet then they have allowed a Trojan horse into their game. That Trojan horse will be someone whose "official"job will be as a gatekeeper. It has to do with the Constitution and the right to free speech in this country my friends. Don't be mislead.

GP Brefini
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