arstechnica.com — Do terrestrial radio stations need government protection from satellite broadcasters? A pair of congressmen think so and have introduced legislation that would take local traffic and weather off of XM Radio and Sirius.
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Closed AccountFeb 16, 2007
This, among other things, should prove to Americans that NOBODY who's currently in politics should be president.
sneakernetsFeb 16, 2007
Anything convenient is obviously something that will destroy your way of life forever, as Allah in his greatness knows that Weather reports will help us determine when it's a sunny day in Boston to put up lite-brites. We will use the weather reports and traffic jams for Allah, as he is great, and we will bomb the traffic jams in rush hour, if only we could GET THROUGH THIS DAMNED CONSTRUCTION ZONE!!! *HONK* *HONK*"Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007"... What the f**k is this, a game? Yeah, let's make it even HARDER to receive critical information.
blackscorpionFeb 16, 2007
It is getting difficult where I live to get local news and info on any of the local radio stations because nationally syndicated programs seem to be more important. I actually got more info about the recent snow storm that went through Ohio from the weather channel on my XM radio than any of the local stations. This just proves once again that you can get anything you want as long as you have the money.
Closed AccountFeb 16, 2007
Mirror: <a class="user" href="http://www.shoutpost.com/read/digg/2487/new-bill-to-keep-xm-sirius-from-offering-local-news-and-alerts">http://www.shoutpost.com/read/digg/2487/new-bill-to-keep-xm-sirius-from-offering-local-news-and-alerts</a>