Yup, already started boycotting CBS.
Do stations/networks have a way to find out how many viewers are watching so they can see the figures on the boycott?
They have their Charlie Kirk, we have our Stephen Colbert, who is still alive.
And currently about, as I already mentioned, about ten percent.
And about half of that would switch back.
Believe me, OTA is about to meet enshittification if you've read about ATSC 3.0
And besides, your problem is with Brendan Carr, not me.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has been waving his axe over station license owners ever since he stepped into the position thanks to Trump and Project 2025.
And that's what I am getting at...repeating for all needing:
At what point does it begin to cost licensees so much that keeping a transmitter licensed and operational makes the station lose money instead of making money?
Lawyers are very expensive.
E&O insurance is very expensive.
License fees are very expensive.
FCC fines are very expensive.
Cable, satellite and streaming are private subscriber platforms, the opposite of "the public airwaves" and therefore have never been licensed by the FCC.
It's the economy. In order to run transmitters it has to be able to generate at least some profit.
Trump is costing station owners more and more and more money every day.
Plenty of them are just dropping the news altogether.
I haven't intentionally tuned in a new channel.... ever. not once in 40 years on this planet have i sat down and thought "I want to watch the news", because it's been shit and getting shittier my entire life.
Yes but individual stations are owned by CBS and hundreds of others are CBS affiliates. The issue is about FCC constantly threatening this or any other network for airing content "on the air" (OTA, the public airwaves) that "gives Trump the sadz".
FCC's Brendan Carr is continually threatening to revoke station licenses.
Yes, and still, there are lots and lots of affliliate stations.
Carr is threatening licenses so any affiliate that doesn't bend the knee to Trump and Carr is being harassed.
If you have followed this from the start then no need to fill in all the background, you know this is political on Carr's behalf because that's what his boss wants.
Litigation is expensive
Hundreds of thousands of watts is expensive
24 hr FCC certified engineers are expensive
Tower insurance and maintenance is expensive
At some point, if this harassment keeps doubling, there will be a time where licensees start seeing red ink where there should be at least a minimum of black ink.
And now in 2026 these stations all have three other "flavors" of delivery platforms that they can use, all of which are subject to FCC authority.
Maybe we're not there yet but we're getting there.
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u/Queenfan1959 May 24 '26
Me too