”Demonstrated demand for radio-capable cell phones” and the medium’s role in...
"Demonstrated demand for radio-capable cell phones” and the medium’s role in emergencies should be taken into account as debate continues on whether Congress should mandate that carriers include analog FM chips in all wireless devices, NAB board members wrote key…
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legislators. Responding to a letter from wireless companies opposing any deal between terrestrial broadcasters and music labels (CD Aug 24 p1) that includes an FM chip provision, NAB Joint Board Chairman Steve Newberry and radio board Chairman Caroline Beasley said, “Americans deserve better choices than what is being offered by gatekeeper mobile service providers.” The WARN Act, which became law almost four years ago, “established a process by which cell phone providers volunteered to devise a system for reaching their subscribers during times of emergency,” they wrote the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees Monday, http://xrl.us/bhzux8. “The cell phone industry’s answer to date has been a text-based system limited to 90 characters, which has still not been deployed."