{"id":34037,"date":"2018-09-08T05:13:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T09:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34037"},"modified":"2018-09-08T12:53:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T16:53:31","slug":"fcc-audio-programming-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/fcc-audio-programming-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Audio Programming Inquiry: Implications for HF Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to Bennett Z. Kobb, Kim Andrew Elliott, and Christopher Rumbaugh for authoring “Comments of the High Frequency Parties” that is now filed with the FCC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> please also check out this FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the introduction:<\/p>\n

The Public Notice in MB Docket 18-227 requests comment on \u201cwhether laws, regulations,
\nregulatory practices or demonstrated marketplace practices pose a barrier to competitive
\nentry into the marketplace for the delivery of audio programming \u2026 [and] concerning the
\nextent to which any such laws, regulations or marketplace practices affect entry barriers for
\nentrepreneurs and other small businesses in the marketplace for the delivery of audio
\nprogramming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s Rules do pose barriers to entry and unnecessarily restrict the licensing
\nand delivery of programming by International Broadcast Stations.<\/p>\n

These rules originated in a period when the government utilized or countenanced privately owned, high-frequency (HF, 3-30 MHz) broadcasters as voices against foreign adversaries.
\nThe rules prohibit stations directed primarily to U.S. audiences. They impose detailed
\nlanguage, announcement, advertising and record keeping practices, require monitoring of
\nforeign market particulars, and mandate a minimum DSB transmission power level that is
\nexcessive for domestic service and textual and image content.<\/p>\n

These and certain other obsolete restrictions are overdue for review and revision or deletion.[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click here to download and read the full document as a PDF.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to check out the FAQ regarding the HF Broadcasting Filing.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Bennett Z. Kobb, Kim Andrew Elliott, and Christopher Rumbaugh for authoring “Comments of the High Frequency Parties” that is now filed with the FCC. Update: please also check out this FAQ. Here’s the introduction: The Public Notice in MB Docket 18-227 requests comment on \u201cwhether laws, regulations, regulatory practices or demonstrated marketplace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[2675,2676,1241,7293,1664,242],"class_list":["post-34037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-benn-kobb","tag-chris-rumbaugh","tag-fcc","tag-hf-broadcasting","tag-kim-elliott","tag-shortwave-broadcasting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8QZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44244,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/high-frequency-parties-asks-fcc-to-question-proposed-chicago-drm-broadcasters-true-mission\/","url_meta":{"origin":34037,"position":0},"title":"High-Frequency Parties asks FCC to question proposed Chicago DRM broadcaster’s true mission","author":"Thomas","date":"July 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bennett Kobb, who shares an FCC Informal Objection he drafted and filed together with Kim Elliott and Christopher Rumbaugh. 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