Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Republican politician who was a US Senator from Oregon from 1997 to 2009. After retiring from politics he became the President of the National Association of Broadcasters.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download.
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If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.
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Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-value programming.