Brendan Carr - will he fix FCC regs for us?

[UncleYoda]

I don't know who he is, but...

President Trump Announces Brendan Carr as Chairman of the FCC:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/president-trump-announces-brendan-carr-as-chairman-fcc/

[SteveShannon]

Don’t hold your breath hoping for an improvement. The last time Trump was president the Agriculture Act of 2018 was passed which eventually led to the Forest Service wanting to recoup costs for radio repeaters at forest service sites. 
 

[WRXB215]

It's always a "wait and see" situation with things like this. I do hope Carr will do a good job.

[Socalgmrs]

What’s broken?  It’s works just fine for me and every one I know. 

[Lscott]

The only thing I see that has any chance of changing is allowing the use of Part 90 radios on GMRS. And that's still a VERY BIG if. Allowing the use of Part 90 radios would acknowledge what's been going on for years, and would make the practice legitimate. All those used wide-band only LMR radios would find a new home on GMRS. They would be a better and higher quality alternative to the CCR's out there.

The fly on the butter are the radios need programming. Since GMRS was aimed for non technical users how one would placate the FCC's concerns over missed programmed Part 90 radios causing interference to other services has to be addressed. That won't be easy to do.

[SteveShannon]

The FCC like all other regulatory agencies has to follow NPRM. The FCC Chief can’t decree a change to GMRS regulations, although he could call for changes which result in NPRM proceedings.
Based on his own comments I expect he will be focusing on freedom of speech in Social Media, election fairness for broadcast networks, and Trump’s grievances against “mainstream media”.

[AdmiralCochrane]

I predict NOTHING will change regarding GMRS under Trump.  He and his are only interested in the internet as related to FCC.

[SteveShannon]

1 minute ago, AdmiralCochrane said:

I predict NOTHING will change regarding GMRS under Trump.  He and his are only interested in the internet as related to FCC.

He also has an axe to grind with the broadcast networks. Several times he said they should lose their licenses because he didn’t like the stories they broadcast. 

[OffRoaderX]

12 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

he said they should lose their licenses because he didn’t like the stories they broadcast. 

Is that exactly what he said? He simply "does not like their stories"? (I read that as "shows"/storylines) or was there maybe something more to what he actually meant, in context?

[SteveShannon]

6 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

Is that exactly what he said? He simply "does not like their stories"? (I read that as "shows"/storylines) or was there maybe something more to what he actually meant, in context?

He didn’t like the way CBS edited the Harris 60 minutes interview, he didn’t like the way the ABC moderators fact checked him during the debate, and he was upset in 2017 when NBC reported that his first Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, referred to him as a moron.  

[kc9pke]

Carr is too busy whining on Twitter about how the FCC didn't hand Elon Musk's Starlink a blank check for broadband subsidies

don't expect that clown to care about 8 shared narrowband channels

[Hoppyjr]

Government is never the answer.

[WRXB215]

1 minute ago, Hoppyjr said:

Government is never the answer.

Yep, too many people have come to expect the government to fix everything and do everything for them. Walking us into a really big mess.

[Lscott]

2 hours ago, WRXB215 said:

Yep, too many people have come to expect the government to fix everything and do everything for them. Walking us into a really big mess.

At a press conference on August 12th, 1986, US President Ronald Reagan said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

[WRQC527]

On 11/18/2024 at 10:50 AM, UncleYoda said:

I don't know who he is, but...

President Trump Announces Brendan Carr as Chairman of the FCC:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/president-trump-announces-brendan-carr-as-chairman-fcc/

1. Trump isn't president... yet.

2. Carr isn't confirmed... yet. 

3. I doubt GMRS even makes the to-do list.

[Willie]

On 11/19/2024 at 12:59 PM, Hoppyjr said:

Government is never the answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhYJS80MgYA

Oooops... Lscott beat me to it.

[SteveShannon]

One thing that I like about the Brendan Carr nomination is that he is already a commissioner. Regulations are some of the most complicated things there are in government and bringing in an outsider who has little experience exponentially adds to the burden for the people who do the actual work. 

[WRUE951]

On 11/18/2024 at 11:10 AM, SteveShannon said:

Don’t hold your breath hoping for an improvement. The last time Trump was president the Agriculture Act of 2018 was passed which eventually led to the Forest Service wanting to recoup costs for radio repeaters at forest service sites. 
 

Prbly not a bad idea.....  BLM has alway done it...    

[WRUE951]

On 11/19/2024 at 1:53 PM, WRQC527 said:

1. Trump isn't president... yet.

2. Carr isn't confirmed... yet. 

3. I doubt GMRS even makes the to-do list.

GMRS is cast in its own stone...   There will not be any changes now or almost ever.....1 & 2 = 61 days and counting down..   In the meantime,,  we have a Lame Duck