more on Public radio seeks recall of FM devices used in cars

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From: Lee Revell <[email protected]>
Date: October 28, 2006 1:30:04 PM EDT
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Public radio seeks recall of FM devices  
used in cars

On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 10:13 -0400, David Farber wrote:
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> From: Matt Murray <[email protected]>
> Date: October 27, 2006 11:05:29 PM EDT
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [IP] Public radio seeks recall of FM devices used in cars
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> I am almost spitting tacks after reading this.
>

So am I.

> For decades J.C. Whitney, Radio Shack and other "electronic" vendors
> have sold FM modulators. Now all of a sudden when satellite radio is
> starting to pull listeners away from terrestrial broadcasting, does
> anyone, let alone National Public Radio, actually care about it?!?

Sirius had admitted conspiring with suppliers to ignore FCC regulations,
which is blatantly anticompetitive and illegal.  I hope they get the
book thrown at them.

Lee