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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: The FCC verses Captain Kangaroo
Message-ID: <1891@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 20:57:58 EST
Article-I.D.: hammer.1891
Posted: Mon Mar 24 20:57:58 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Mar-86 06:49:11 EST
References: <728@olivee.UUCP> <58300043@trsvax>
Reply-To: tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy (Snoopy)
Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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In article <58300043@trsvax> uhclem@trsvax writes:

>In case you hadn't noticed, the FCC (you know, those guys) removed
>the UHF 83 channel rule for TV makers.  The last channel you are supposed
>to put on the dial is UHF 69 now.  The UHF 69-83... range now contains
>cellular phone traffic.
>
>If the legislation you speak of goes into effect, you will be breaking
>the law if you punch in a channel number above UHF 69 on your TV set,
>as that is no longer a civilian band.   Next thing twe know they will
>require us to buy new tuners that stop at UHF 69!

I can see it now: Captain Kangaroo gets arrested for watching
channel one, the FCC is buried under a mountain of protest letters
written in crayon...

Snoopy
tektronix!tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy

"Freedom's just another word for
    nothin' left to lose."