After years of coming under assault in Washington on accusations of indecent programming, the television networks have decided to fight back. With no allies among either the Democrats or the Republicans on the Federal Communications Commission nor any significant ones in Congress, the four broadcast networks, joined by the Hearst-Argyle Television group of stations, embarked late last week on a low-risk strategy of turning to the courts. (Washington Post, Monday)
The broadcast spectrum was nationalized over 75 years ago.
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