联邦通信委员会主席卡尔访问北达科他：与参议员克拉默谈广播规则与无人机产业
美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）主席布伦丹·卡尔（Brendan Carr）11月2日与北达科他州联邦参议员凯文·克拉默（Kevin Cramer）一同访问北达科他州，在卡斯县法戈市与当地广播电台和电视台负责人举行圆桌会，并考察该州不断发展的无人机技术产业。
圆桌会上，台方管理人员表达了对广告收入流向谷歌、脸书等数字平台的担忧。卡尔表示，FCC正在检视已有数十年历史的所有权规则，让地方广播业者有更大灵活性去竞争和投资社区新闻，并形容广告收入转移是这个行业的严峻时刻。克拉默警告说，如果监管规则不更新，地方广播电台可能面临与报业一样的急剧下滑。两人还支持让AM广播保留在新车仪表盘上的联邦努力，卡尔强调AM广播仍是国家紧急警报系统的重要一环。
当天早些时候，克拉默与卡尔前往大福克斯市考察北达科他州的无人驾驶航空系统产业，行程包括在大福克斯空军基地会谈、走访国防承包商诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司和通用原子公司，并参观巴德兰兹电池公司。FCC近期已放开800兆赫频段的部分频谱，以支持无人机运行；克拉默表示，建设本土零部件与安全通信网络对国防至关重要。卡尔表示，将把当天的意见带回华盛顿，供委员会后续监管决策参考。
（来源：KFGO电台）
FCC Chairman Carr Visits North Dakota With Senator Cramer to Talk Broadcast Rules and Drones
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer in North Dakota on November 2, holding a roundtable with radio and television leaders in Fargo, Cass County, and touring the state's growing drone technology sector.
At the roundtable, station managers raised concerns about advertising dollars flowing to digital platforms such as Google and Facebook. Carr said the FCC is reviewing decades-old ownership rules to give local broadcasters more flexibility to compete and invest in community news, describing the shift in ad dollars as a 'break-glass moment' for the industry. Cramer warned that without regulatory updates, local broadcast stations could face the same steep decline seen in the newspaper business. The two also backed federal efforts to keep AM radio in new car dashboards, with Carr emphasizing that AM radio remains a vital part of the nation's Emergency Alert System.
Earlier that day, Cramer and Carr traveled to Grand Forks to review North Dakota's uncrewed aerial systems industry, including meetings at Grand Forks Air Force Base, visits with defense contractors Northrop Grumman and General Atomics, and a stop at Badlands Battery. The FCC recently freed up spectrum in the 800 megahertz band to support drone operations; Cramer said building domestic components and secure communications networks is critical for national defense. Carr said feedback from the day's discussions would go back to Washington as commissioners weigh upcoming regulatory decisions.
(Source: KFGO)
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图片来源：图：北达科他州法戈市中心。P. Hughes 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Downtown Fargo, North Dakota. By P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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