People believe what they want to believe and I don't want anyone on the list to
take this the wrong way but I really don't give a rat's ass about the
situation. It is the methodology that upsets me. The Communications Act of 1996
made it impossible for the FCC to make any motions towards a broadcaster
regarding program content and all they have left is soemthing technical.
We will have to wait and see what the Zoning Board does. There are rules that
the FCC follows and they never vary. When you violate one or more of their
rules they fine you for it period.
The station did not commit any violations or else they would have been fined
or at least given a warning. No such thing here and why is that?
They walk in, turn the transmitter off, and say you don't have a license to
broadcast from Bangs Ave. Gee that is what the license says and if this was
indeed true why no fine?
Why no paperwork on the incident at all? If AP rejects their variance, and
for the life of me I can't see why, they merely have to move the transmitter
across the street to Neptune.
Still licensed to AP and listeners there will be none the wiser.
asburycouple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike,
With all due respect to your professional expertise which I won't
question at all, your argument that local politics has exerted itself
on the FCC doesn't hold water in either a court or in the court of
public opinion... It's not that you are wrong - you might be. Who
knows? It's that you have made several leaps in logic based on what
you believe rather than any hard facts. Let's assume that you are
right, the FCC is not acting as they normally do. That's really where
any factual argument you have made appears to stop. If you think
someone has exerted undue influence - please bring facts. I'm not
defending anyone nor am I wearing rose colored glasses. Just looking
for some sort of facts to support the rather specific accusations you
have made.
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