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Poll Results At Odds Over FM Radio Mandate

Sep 28, 2010, 2:35 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Separate polls conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) over a planned mandate to include FM radios in all mobile devices show vastly different results. The NAB poll claims that 76% of cell phone owners would pay a one-time fee of 30 cents to have an FM radio included in their phone, and 66% of adults say they would use an FM radio if their phone had one. According to the CEA, however, "most users" are not interested in having an FM radio in the phone. The CEA's poll shows that 80% of respondents don't support a government mandate to include FM radios, and 75% of respondents said that the design of mobile devices should be left to the manufacturers, and not the government. The NAB and RIAA recently proposed that all mobile devices be mandated to include an FM radio tuner in order to settle a royalty dispute between the two organizations. The CEA, CTIA and other organizations strongly oppose the NAB and RIAA's proposal.

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schunn

Sep 30, 2010, 11:18 AM

Communism?

Im very shocked by this the goverment should have no right to interfere with something thats not pretaining to the country. Whether democrat or republican this is a load of garbage and should not be passed. You want a radio in your phone buy the chocolate touch if not buy an android and get pandora quit forcing pointless crap on us and fix the damn economy.

flip mode

Sep 29, 2010, 3:47 PM

NO TO FM MANDATE!

riaa is stupid. the vote is unanimous. poll CLOSED

justfinethanku

Sep 28, 2010, 2:50 PM

POLL TIME!

Alright everyone, it's time for a poll!

Question #1:

If you had a choice between Vanilla Ice cream and lead paint what would you choose to consume?

Question #2:

Would you rather eat Ice Cream or dog poop?

Question #3:

We all know Vanilla Ice cream is the absolute best, but would you ever consider eating chocolate Iced cream if it wasn't loaded with parasites?

*****I'm pretty sure I already know the results of this "poll"*****

flip mode

vanilla ice cream that tastes like paint made in china with dog poop mixed in at the unclean factory that manufactured it with the parasites for additional flavor. sounds like something walmart would sell 🤣 😈

Researcher

Geee.....

It all sounds soooooo good ☹️ 😢 🤭

😲 barf 😕

slolearner

Question 1: Would you like the ability to listen to music anywhere on your phone, for LESS than a dollar?!

Question 2: Do you think the government should MANDATE features on cell phones, increasing their cost and removing choices from the manufactu...
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jhr2112

Sep 28, 2010, 7:20 PM

Cool

I would use it if it was there..Many times I've streamed local stations through radio time while waiting somewhere. With the carriers moving away from unlimited data this would solve a problem..

KAR50

Sep 28, 2010, 5:24 PM

RE FM RADION MANDATE

The idea of cell phones with FM radios is ridiculous. Phones are already complicated enough. I'm a senior and as far as I'm concerned the simpler the better. This is why I got an easy to use phone like the Tracfone senior value phone. It's got everything I need. Nothing more. And the service is CHEAP.

jhr2112

It would not make it more complicated and you would not have to use it. Many free or cheep phones already have FM, it's in the menu..

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