My Rx for Washington: First, Do No Harm

[Commentary] The last thing any broadcaster needs is Congress or the Federal Communications Commission fashioning new laws or rules that would add costs, reduce revenue or force stations to provide services that the marketplace isn't interested in. With Washington quiet, stations would be better able to focus on finding new sources of revenue to sustain themselves and in making cost cuts that will not permanently damage their businesses. Jessell proposes a one-year moratorium on all rulemaking proceedings. No retransmission consent reform. No localism obligations. No product placement regulations. No restrictions of advertising of any kind. No free political airtime mandates. No more broadcast spectrum grabs. No TV violence restrictions. No nothing. And while the new FCC is busy doing nothing it might ease up on the indecency enforcement.