Why can't the FCC simply let a thousand flowers like Freak Radio Santa Cruz bloom across the country? Why must a government entity control who is allowed to broadcast, any more than they can control who can print a magazine or newspaper? Why doesn't the First Amendment apply fully to broadcasters? Who would care about corporate control of the existing radio and TV stations if others could spring up spontaneously to counter the establishment propaganda and truly serve community needs?

In worrying about media ownership concentration, and pleading with our rulers for fairer rules, aren't we just buying into the lie that government has any proper business keeping people OFF the air? Aren't we asking the wrong questions and going down the wrong roads? When will we ask the right questions and take the high road of refusing to allow the FCC the authority to grant frequency monopolies to broadcasters, whether corporate or individual? Why can't we treat spectrum space like land? Why can't you stake a claim and "homestead" if nobody is using the frequency and you interfere with nobody else in your own use of it? Why can't we say, "do what you want with the spectrum space, but if you don't use it you lose it and somebody else can move in?"

Why can't we see that, in the modern day, there is enough spectrum space for everyone who wants to make use of it? That there are enough broadcast channels to let everyone get on the air who has a need or desire to do so? Why can't we just let it happen without the traffic cop turned tyrant: the FCC?

Why haven't you written your elected officials in Washington about this yet?