On Jimmy Kimmel: It's Time to Destroy the Censorship Machine and Repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996
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Side benefit: Terrestrial radio will start to suck less.
Back in the day normal folks owned radio stations. I went to public school with a guy whose family had been running a few stations for years.
Since it was locally run you’d actually get local bands played, and local sports broadcasts. And DJs who could play songs they liked instead of the same 50 songs in a loop.
Community radio kicks ass. My local community radio is the only station I'll ever tune to.
They can't command the advertising revue they used to so now they have no choice but non-stop ads. Quit the radio many years ago. It's a shame. I wouldn't mind a few ads like back in the day.
I wasn't expecting the media here to be some bullwork against fascism, but I also didn't expect them to roll over so easily.
Let's keep decentralizing