A Change in the Airwaves After Election?

[NVMojo]

Not only YES, but HELL YES!!

WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - As voters go to the polls Tuesday, they probably won't be thinking about the makeup of the Federal Communications Commission. But whoever wins the presidency will get a shot at giving the nation's chief telecommunications regulator an extreme makeover worthy of a network reality show.

A majority on the five-member commission, which has a say in everything from telephone rates to indecent television, goes to the party that occupies the White House. While a change in administrations would shift the balance of power on the commission to the Democrats, whoever inhabits 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. probably will get to pack the commission with new faces.

Democratic commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's term has expired, so unless he is reappointed, his tenure ends when Congress adjourns after the lame-duck session. Most observers think that President Bush has no plans to reappoint Adelstein, leaving a vacant seat at the beginning of the next Congress. Adelstein's reappointment could hinge on whether Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota is re-elected. Adelstein was a top aide to Daschle, who is in a tough race, before gaining an FCC seat.

Also likely to go is controversial chairman Michael Powell. If Sen. John Kerry beats Bush, Powell is expected to resign soon after the inauguration. He could stay on as a minority commissioner in the Kerry administration as his term runs until 2007, but that's unlikely. Powell already has served as a minority commissioner in the Clinton administration, and insiders say he is ready for another job. The latest buzz is that he would become president of William & Mary College, his alma mater, but there also has been speculation that he wants to run for Senate or he's got his eye on the federal bench.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=6683996

[Jade Fox]

1. I've just been reading "The Republican Noise Machine"

I can only read a small part at a time because it makes me so mad!

The state of the media in this country is beyond comprehension.

[Mel]

5. I'm also reading "The Republican Noise Machine"

and have to read it the same way you are in small parts and might I add that I sometimes throw the book :grr:

You may of already saw this but here's a link you may be interested in
Renew the Fairness Doctrine, David Brock along with many others are involved.
http://www.fairnessdoctrine.com/

[Jade Fox]

6. Thanks for the link.

[Bandit]

2. At least Armed forces Radio

I want Rush off Armed Forces Radio and I will not quit writing about it until it happens. There is absolutely no reason in hell to politicize the military. In fact I would think it should be illegal. The military belongs to all Americans not just Republicans. I don't want equal time I want it stopped period. No politics on Armed Forces Radio Period.

[NVMojo]

4. Rush should have been booted off there a long time ago!!!

When my dad was in the Army and we were overseas, the only politics we got on AFRN was the news.

[Demit]

3. gee, icing on the cake...substantive media again...

[LeftHander]

7. LOW POWER FM! End the corprate control of the airwaves!

PLEEEAAASSSE!!!