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Broadcasting and Cable reports that the FCC has voted to eliminate "the almost eight-decade old requirement that broadcasters, radio and TV, maintain a main studio in or near their community of license." The National Association of Broadcasters expressed support for the change, saying the rule "has outlived its usefulness in an era of mobile news gathering and multiple content delivery platforms."
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn opposed the move, saying it signified "embracing a world in which automated national programming is the new normal." Other critics saw the vote as easing the way for a Sinclair–Tribune merger.
Further reading: statement of Ajit Pai (PDF)
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I don't want a pickle,
I just wanna ride on my motorsickle.
And I don't want to die,
I just want to ride on my motorcy.
Cle.
-- Arlo Guthrie
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @07:06PM (2 children)
You don't need your local community anymore! You don't need local information. You don't need anything but what your corporate overlords force upon you.
And people wonder why some reasonably basic concepts of values are missing?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday October 26 2017, @10:21PM (1 child)
Of course it is natural, local community is in fact local communism, opposed to profits at larger scale. Now, you wouldn't want communism, would you?
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:09PM
All the sense of belonging you need, branded right on your clothes, foor, drink, car, laptop, phone..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex