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Some quick comments:

I've never heard the story about three people sending thousands of complaints -- but it's certainly possible.

In the end, it would only take one complaint to generate millions of dollars of fines if the complaint is legitimate.

It would be the the same with a stations license.

I'm going to be interested to see what happens with Sirius. Mel Karmazan, former CEO of Viacom/CBS was just named Sirius CEO. He's a master salesman and adds huge status just by having his name involved. Although many would say he destroyed CBS. BTW, I think he was still in charge there during the Rather/Bush/National Guard fiasco.

The question is will the population be ready to pay for radio -- which is now "free." Obviously, they are for TV (cable).

Remember when listening to Stern that he has a clearly defined agenda -- not only against the FCC, but for Sirius. Which is his prerogative.

I thought it would be fun to work for a cutting edge group like Sirius and sent them a resume. Thought maybe I could work on/for and oldies channel either on air or in programming or production. Never heard a word from them. Of course, it's been a long time since I've done radio.

More on the original topic, the FCC could get scary with conservative membership, and a conservative Congress and President backing them.

On the other hand, some of the stuff they do is necessary. Totally unregulated electronic media can be a disaster.