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I think controlling it is a better way to look at it then ownership. Conflict of frequencies by broadcasters would destroy the system. And its a good way to raise additional funds for the government.

In the old days it almost made sense for the feds to set standards.
These days it doesn't make as much sense due to the way people receive their signals. Most people now use an alternate to over the air broadcast so there really isn't much differentiation. And most of the younger generation have never watched it over the air.

And standards have changed and are somewhat flexible. In the old days you would never have much of an argument that tits and asses weren't appropriate on TV. These days that's not considered an automatic.

So I think the standards should be lowered. If they want to protect the early evening hour, I'd have no problems with that. But it seems silly when on the same set the other cable channels maintain their own standards.

I do find it funny that some of the censorship on AMC or TBS is sometimes more stringent then NBC or ABC.