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Reinforcements sign up to keep satellite national

The fact that satellite audio services have the technical ability to jury-rig automated local service for a number of markets doesn't mean they should be allowed to. As most broadcasters know, they are statutorially prohibited from providing service that is not nationally available. That has not stopped them from broadcasting national channels that are keyed to a certain market. It's one thing for them to have automated weather and traffic data keyed to a given city - - it's quite another for them to have boots on the ground during an actual emergency. They don't, and it's not part of the business model. That is the key reason why members of Congress say that truly local broadcasters need to be protected from competition from such pseudo-local services. Bipartisan legislation in the House sponsored by Chip Pickering (R-MS) and Gene Green (D-TX) has actually picked up further support with the addition of Thelma Drake (R-VA), Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Chistopher Shays (R-CT) to the co-sponsor list.

RBR observation: Attached, courtesy of the NAB, is the current list of co-sponsors. Your mission, should your representative not be listed, is to if at all possible rectify that situation.

Alabama: Jo Bonner (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL)

Alaska: Don Young (R-AK)

Arizona: J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ)

Arkansas: John Boozman (R-AR), Marion Berry (D-AR), Mike Ross (D-AR)

California: George Radanovich (R-CA)

Connecticut: John Larson (D-CT), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher Shays (R-CT)

Florida: Ric Keller (R-FL)

Hawaii: Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Ed Case (D-HI)

Illinois: John Shimkus (R-IL), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL)

Iowa: Tom Latham (R-IA), James Leach (R-IA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Steve King (R-IA), Jim Nussle (R-IA)

Kansas: Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Kentucky: Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Geoff Davis (R-KY)

Louisiana: Rodney Alexander (R-LA)

Maryland: Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD)

Massachusetts: Richard E. Neal (D-MA)

Michigan: Mike Rogers (R-MI), Bart Stupak (D-MI)

Minnesota: Collin Peterson (D-MN)

Mississippi: Charles Pickering (R-MS)

Missouri: Kenny C. Hulshof (R-MO)

Nebraska: Tom Osborne (R-NE)

New Hampshire: Jeb Bradley (R-NH)

New Jersey: Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ)

New Mexico: Tom Udall (D-NM)

New York: Randy Jr. Kuhl (R-NY), John E. Sweeney (R-NY), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY)

Ohio: Patrick Tiberi (R-OH)

Oklahoma: Tom Cole (R-OH), John Sullivan (R-OH), Frank D. Lucas (R-OH), Dan Boren (D-OH)

Oregon: Greg Walden (R-OR)

Pennsylvania: Tim Holden (D-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Phil English (R-PA)

South Carolina: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-SC)

South Dakota: Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)

Tennessee: Bart Gordon (D-TN), William Jenkins (R-TN), John S. Tanner (D-TN)

Texas: Charles Gonzales (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), John R. Carter (R-TX), Kenny Merchant (R-TX)

Utah: Jim Matheson (D-UT)

Virginia: Virgil Goode (R-VA), Thelma Drake (R-VA)

Washington: Cathy McMorris (R-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)

West Virginia: Nick J. Rahall II (D-WV)



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