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...FCC engineers said, however, that the excess wattage is dispersed around the immediate area and causes interference...
...rock. Each believes, with some justice, that he is being made a special target by the Federal Government. Limbaugh says he feels persecuted by Democratic Congressmen who want to re- establish broadcasting's Fairness Doctrine in order to pressure TV and radio stations to cancel his shows. And the FCC is going after Stern vigorously, during the past year fining Stern's employer $1.1 million for using words no dirtier than "rump" and "wiener" and "love lava...
...FCC regulation meant to cut cable-TV rates failed to have the desired effect for many no-frills subscribers: instead of going down, their bills went up. Cable companies that had charged below the benchmark price for basic cable raised those rates to compensate for the lower prices the new law forced them to charge for equipment such as channel converters and remote controls...
...effort to ban recorded sales pitches has run afoul of free-speech protections. After Congress in 1991 prohibited the use of autodialers that delivered taped messages, an Oregon chimney sweep challenged the measure in federal court. Three months ago, he won a ruling that struck down the law; the FCC is expected to appeal...
WASHINGTON -- The little-noticed Fairness in Broadcasting Act, which would give the FCC's moribund Fairness Doctrine the force of law and require TV and radio stations to provide a balance of polticial opiions, has passed the Senate and been sent to the House. Some fans of RUSH LIMBAUGH believe the bill is intended to sap the power of the conservative commentator, but a spokesman for Congressman John Dingell says this isn't so: "The world does not revolve around Limbaugh, although he's large enough...