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This is a topic that is dear to our hearts and I am glad to say that despite the justified concern in the Talk radio industry, this issue likely won’t be on the table in the short term. Take a gander at what Tom Taylor wrote on this today:

Obama’s win won’t immediately change the [FCC] Commission.
Chairman Kevin Martin now shows signs of wanting to hang around longer than expected, and it could be a while before the new Democratic Administration gets its ducks in a row to nominate a new Chairman and new Commissioners (both Dem and GOP). Would Martin accept a demotion to just-plain-Commissioner, since his term’s not up yet? That’s almost never happened, historians tell me. And if Martin really does want to rev up a political run back in North Carolina (for Sue Myrick’s House seat in 2010?), he’d want to get going pretty soon. An Obama presidency might be interested in elevating Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein to Chairman, and he’d be a good consensus builder. If that happens, expect fellow Democrat Michael Copps to turn a deep shade of green - for jealousy. But Obama could well look for a fresh face to run the FCC, and if that’s his wish, Martin could be around the 8th floor for quite a while.

For our part as advocates for the Fourth Speaker, I say that no one segment of media should be complacent about what the Fairness Doctrine would mean if implemented. Just because Talk Radio is the target of it, it doesn’t mean you are immune. You have to think of the precedent it would create. Your blog could arguably be next. Not next year or next term, but 20 years from now a president could seek new ways to silence dissent as well.