Congresspersons Rick Boucher, McNearny, Doyle. Witnesses: Peter Doyle (FCC),Cheryl A. Leanza,Caroline Beasley,Jim Starzynski,David Donovan,Joel Kelsey,Sheriff David Goad,Curtis Hopfinger,Frank W. Krogh,
June 11, 2009 Hearings in the US House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet re: H.R. 1147, the Local Community Radio Act of 2009, and H.R. 1133, the Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2009, and H.R. 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act)
HSCSpan is aired every Monday at 12:30pm both on 97.3FM on the dial in Richmond Va., as well as streamed live on the web at http://www.WRIR.org and here occasionally on Radio4All. There are many other fantastic programs on WRIR, Richmond Independent Radio. Listen and support our station!
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These hearings are presented as roughly half-hour radio shows with commentaries that explore the value of HR1147 and other bills to independent media consumers and activists and the fact that we NEED to have little WRIR's (or similar) in every voting precinct in the US in order to prevent our civilization from decaying further to the point that American civilization will no longer support life as we know it.
H.R. 1147, the Local Community Radio Act of 2009 That last comment about the "captive customer" was in reference to a bill: H.R. 1133, the Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2009, that addresses the egregiously high cost of collect calls prisoners or their families must pay in order for the prisoners to be able to call their families etc. These connections are vital to rehabilitation so we don't have to suffer more crime and expense of jails and they don't have to suffer going back to prison.
Also considered in these hearings before Congress that we are airing today on Home Spun C-Span is H.R. 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) that's all about those really loud commercials on TV .
For more info on the subcommittee, this hearing and its witnesses:
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