On 7/25/2024 8:34 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
Small Government, what is that? How about those in charge of the FCC
determined that enforcement was not a priority and diverted those fund
elsewhere.
W0LEV and I were both around in the early '80s when the FCC was gutted
by Congress in the name of Small Government. Before that, the FCC had a
very strong enforcement arm -- broadcasters and manufacturers lived in
fear of FCC inspectors enforcing our country's laws about our radio
spectrum. But big business didn't like that, the FCC's budget was
slashed, their Regulations were scaled back, both with adherence to
technical Rules for broadcasters, and for conformance by manufacturers
to keeping equipment clean. Enforcement staff was drastically cut. Field
offices where the enforcement officers worked were closed. In following
decades, additional cuts were made.
These are facts of history. Anyone who worked anywhere around
broadcasting before and after can tell you about it. My first job in
broadcasting was in 1960, at a station in my hometown that had both an
5kW AM station and a TV station that had gone on the air in 1947. This
is not a "political statement."
73, Jim K9YC
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