[specialist]

You may own the gear, but you wouldn't own the airwaves.

In fact, you'd only be granted permission to use the public's airwaves to serve the public interest.

[downandout]

Is it not in the public interest to ask people how they feel about your programming, and call their attention to significant problems in our world (such as media bias)?

[specialist]

Rather than file complaints directly with the FCC?