Bill Wertz

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    • Should You Buy Sirius-XM? [view article]
      I am a Sirius shareholder and a huge fan of Mel but, having said that, if final OK is given by the FCC for the merger the following items need to be a part of that approval...
      1. HD Radio should be mandated to be included in radio's equipped to also receive XM and Sirius as that is a benefit that accrues to the consumer.
      2. The combined company should be held to its 'national' license and not be permitted to provide 'local' content as that was a condition of the individual licenses originally.
      3. Huge fines should be levied for past transgressions by both companies including numerous ground based transmitter sites; if XM's satellites stopped working most people wouldn't know it due to the many unlicensed transmitter sites. The license says satellite!
      4. The merged company should be required to provide new radio's to existing customers to make certain their loyal subscribers aren't left with, in essence, a boat anchor.

      I actually hope the FCC gives its final blessing with conditions that insure the playing field is at it was originally intended and that will allow both the merged company and local broadcasters to continue to provide valuable services to their audience; in the case of local broadcasters that includes vital emergency information that is simply no available anywhere else when the chips are down.
      Mar 26 01:01 PM
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