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1. FCC: Keep Over the Air TV (OTA) free and available.

   The recent re-banding and auctioning of spectrum formerly reserved for broadcast TV has spurred the thoughts of many that the FCC might be anxious to sell off even more spectrum. Some have gone as far as to say that, with cable, satellite and Internet media available, there is no longer a need for OTA TV broadcasting. Nothing could be further from the truth.
   OTA broadcasting provides a local focus from a broadcaster in a specific geographic region. That focus is not shared by cable and satellite operations.
   There are also economic and social arguments to be made in favor of maintaining free OTA broadcasting. While most households have at least one television, not everyon can afford a subscription to cable or satellite content.
   Free OTA broadcasting, serving the community interest, must be maintained.

   The recent re-banding and auctioning of spectrum formerly reserved for broadcast TV has spurred the thoughts of many that the FCC might be anxious to sell off even more spectrum. Some have gone as far as to say that, with cable, satellite and Internet media available, there is no longer a need for OTA TV broadcasting. Nothing could be further from the truth.
   OTA broadcasting provides a local focus from a broadcaster in a specific geographic region. That focus is not shared by cable and satellite operations.
   There are also economic and social arguments to be made in favor of… more

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2. Renew the focus on "...serving the community interest..."

   Media companies, and the FCC, need to be reminded of the charter to "...serve in the interest of the local community..." These words were, for many years, the key covenant made between the broadcaster and the FCC in exchange for the right to use the airwaves. At some point in the 80's, the covenant was broken. Local radio stations were assimilated into media conglomerates, local news and regional programming were replaced, formats were changed and, by the end of the 90's, most of the radio programming was served via a "lights out" facility with a national feed and "local traffic and weather on the hour". The Television industry followed the same model. The result was best illustrated last week when we could see Tiger Woods on almost every station on the dial.

   Let's get back to media that serves the needs of the local community and acts in the public interest .

   Media companies, and the FCC, need to be reminded of the charter to "...serve in the interest of the local community..." These words were, for many years, the key covenant made between the broadcaster and the FCC in exchange for the right to use the airwaves. At some point in the 80's, the covenant was broken. Local radio stations were assimilated into media conglomerates, local news and regional programming were replaced, formats were changed and, by the end of the 90's, most of the radio programming was served via a "lights out" facility with a national feed and "local traffic… more

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3. Commercial media reap monetary benefits via public; They should subsidize public service news media.

   Need for balance between commercial excess and public service in news services.

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4. There needs to be a counterweight to the "first to break a story" mentality
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5. This should be for the companies themselves to decide.

   The Commission has the power to regulate some aspects of the business of communication by radio and by wire. But constitutionally, government does not have the power to regulate companies' "approaches to delivering news and information." This is an area in which the companies should be free to be creative, and the marketplace free to vote with its eyes and its wallets. Don't you agree?

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