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posted by martyb on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the non-local-local-news dept.

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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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by SomeGuy on Thursday October 26 2017, @07:10PM (5 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Thursday October 26 2017, @07:10PM (#587949)

    I look forward to all of our local news now brought to us live and direct from some hovel in India.

    Not.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @07:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @07:27PM (#587959)

    I get all the Chicago weather I need from ctabustracker.com

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 26 2017, @09:54PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 26 2017, @09:54PM (#588016) Journal

    A news team at a hovel in India can cover local events just as effectively. Coverage of local fires. Floods. Emergencies. Police shootings of elderly people unable to stand when so ordered. Etc.

    ABC: We have breaking news in Uncanny Valley NJ. We're taking you to our local affiliate now. (what's that?) I have just been informed that our local affiliates are all automated and have no local reporters.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @10:51PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @10:51PM (#588038)

      our local affiliates are all automated and have no local reporters.

      Send camera drones.

      • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:28PM

        by MostCynical (2589) on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:28PM (#588046) Journal

        "Just in: a man in some town I cannot pronounce in the US has been attacked by a swarm of drones. Apaprently, an emergency phone call suggested someone saw a gun near a bank. No further word on reports the drones were all from news companies. Also no further comments on the attacked man being a "guard". HD video has been pixellated remove implied guilt from the man's company. "

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      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday October 27 2017, @01:39PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 27 2017, @01:39PM (#588212) Journal

        I can imagine an alternative . . .

        Government Provided News!

        Yes, get your Real News right hear! Sea how grate your new Government Reportifying is! We have always been at war with Eastasia.

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