Paul Weyrich, who had experience with radio in the bad old days, writes via e-mail about the Center for American Progress study:

I understand what they have in mind. Before 20 years ago, stations used to sweat electrons that people would not testify against them in renewal hearings by the FCC. I was in radio before I came to Washington. I helped with the renewal of one station and signed on two other stations, one of which I was employed as program director. The owners drummed into our heads “promise vs. performance”. That is why your old friend Weyrich was doing hog reports at 5 a.m. because we had promised that 2% of our programming would be agricultural. Likewise we had promised that 5% of our programming would be religious. Back then female “pastors” were looked down on by even churches which now have them. Well, we had to put them on the air, to keep our promise. I could go on and on. Clearly the objective is to sic the Move On.Org types to testify against renewal of stations once they are able to bring down the renewal years from eight to three and to reinstitute all of the regulations I experienced when I was in radio 47 years ago. I will bet you that the Democrats will win the Presidency next year because of the war. If they do, they can change regulations as soon as they take over the majority of the FCC. The other way they can do it would be to pass a bill. We need to educate Members, especially in the Senate, so that at least this year and next such a bill will not be passed…