wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (06/28/84)
So, the FCC has gone and done it. They have removed the limitations on how much advertising can be shown in any one hour of programming. I shudder to think how this will effect some of our smaller stations here in the NY metro area. If things weren't bad enough during the showing of some late movies, now we will be getting 2 minutes of the film and 15 minutes of commercials. This one stinks. What the government giveth with one hand, it taketh away with the other. They have reduced government interference on one hand, and set us up for commercial abuse with the other. Ain't deregulation weird? T. C. Wheeler
rwh@exodus.UUCP (Roy Haas) (06/28/84)
If the TV stations can broadcast as many minutes of commercials per hour as they like, then there seem to be only two things for the consumer to do: either complain to the FCC when a station comes up for renewal, or try to videotape most of what you watch and then zap the commercials, most of which are insulting to one's intelligence. I will opt for the latter solution. Note: this posting may be offensive to people in the advertising business. I sincerely hope so. Roy Haas exodus!rwh