Satellite radio debate heats up as FCC ruling nears. (ruling on satellite digital radio) (includes related article on Radio Advertising Bureau President Gary Fries)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 1995 by Petrozello, Donna

Broadcasters fear loss of listeners to services; applicants say they will deliver programing local stations cannot provide With the FCC expected to rule next month on introducing satellite-delivered digital audio radio services nationwide, long-standing debate over the value and impact of satellite DARS reached new levels at last week's NAB convention in Las Vegas.

Several broadcasters reiterated their opposition to DARS. They argue that national satellite radio channels, with CD-quality sound, more program diversity and access to a national listenership, will steal listeners and advertisers from radio, especially in smaller markets. "We're worried that none of these individual satellite channels has to win face to face against a commercial operator,"...

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