Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Michael O’Rielly, Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel will participate in four separate sessions at NAB Show, April 7-12 in Las Vegas. Pai will deliver remarks at the “We Are Broadcasters Celebration,” Tuesday, April 10, 3:00-4:15 p.m. The event celebrates local radio and television stations’ vital role in communities and ongoing commitment to innovation that enables broadcasters to better serve listeners and viewers.
Commissioners O’Rielly, Carr, and Rosenworcel will address three separate sessions within the NAB Show “Business of Broadcast Conference,” April 8-11. The conference brings together radio and television station management executives and digital professionals to examine broadcast and digital business models and practices, and provides insight on regulatory and legislative issues impacting radio and television.
Similar to the NRA’s vice grip on Congress, the NAB owns the FCC. With Radio giants IHeart and Cumulus leveraged beyond repair, solvent players CBS Radio and Entercom became too big too fail. Coupled with their massive NAB lobby contributions keeping the wheels greased in Congress and at the FCC has allowed CBS Radio/Entercom to police itself.
With no one minding the shop and profits as the only barometer, we will see more illegal and unethical behavior like the blatant payola engaged in by Imus replacement Sid Rosenberg go unchecked.
This is nothing to celebrate.
Yours in truth
Kevin DeBlasi, Esq