Legisladores dos EUA querem que a rádio se mantenha local

mesmo perante os desafios do satélite. Ou por causa disso mesmo...

«The bill says that "because radio programming is supported by advertising, the ability of local stations to continue to provide local news and other services and to ensure communications during emergencies could be jeopardized by a diversion of the listening audience away from local radio programming." (...) It is crystal clear that both XM and Sirius – with nearly $1 billion in combined losses last year and having failed as a national programming service – are skirting the intent of their original FCC licenses. This bill holds satellite radio accountable to those licenses."»

(fonte: FMQB, Senate Proposes "Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act", March 16, 2006)