‘National’ Public Radio’s Local Franchises

March 24, 2011

If you want a new Cadillac, you can’t go to the General Motors website and order one from the factory. You have to go to a franchised dealer. And if you are driving your Cadillac on a lonely stretch of Interstate and you want to get your evening news from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, you can’t tune your satellite radio to its NPR channel and listen. Satellite offers …

A Dumb Idea For Smart Phones

September 10, 2010

Do you wish you could use your cutting-edge, Internet-enabled smart phone to receive FM radio broadcasts, like a transistor radio that you (or your parents) owned decades ago? Me neither. Well, shame on us for being so selfish and narrow-minded. A coalition of music companies and, not surprisingly, broadcasters is asking Congress to require every new cell phone to include an FM receiver, whether consumers want it or not. You …

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