Are the San Diego Chargers being forced onto our NFL TV slate today? Oh, right, they have a bye.
Super.
But that's only temporary. We got some bigger plans here.

Start with the text of an ad that's been running on KCBS-Channel 2:

"On Jan. 8, 1999, KCBS-TV was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the public interest as a public trustee until Dec. 1, 2006. Our license will expire on Dec. 1, 2006. We have filed an application for renewal with the FCC. A copy of this application is available for public inspection during our regular business hours. It contains information concerning this station's performance during the last eight years. Individuals who wish to advise the the FCC of facts relating to our renewal application and to whether this station has operated in the public interest should file comments and petitions with the FCC by Nov. 1, 2006. Further information concerning the FCC's broadcast license renewal process is available at 6121 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90028, or may be obtained from the FCC, Washington DC, 20554."

While that's going on, I ran a note in a Daily News media column on Sept. 8:

"The San Diego Chargers were given an extension on the Thursday deadline to sell out Sunday's home opener against Tennessee, meaning KCBS-Channel 2 waits a day before it finds out if it is required to deliver that game to the L.A. market instead of, say, Denver-Kansas City or New England-N.Y. Jets. As of 1:15 p.m. Thursday, the Chargers were about 1,750 tickets short of a sellout, and the local CBS affiliate will likely buy out the rest of the tickets today to insure the game is televised live."

Ended up, the game's tickets were all bought up by KFMB-TV, Donovan's Steak & Chop House and (get this) Daniel Tucker, chairman of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation who's been linked to giving money to the agent allegedly trying to buy off Reggie Bush's family.

That media column note prompted an email from Simi Valley reader Jim Meser:

"When the local CBS affiliate was granted a license from the FCC, I thought they were suppose to act in the public interest?"

Jim followed that email up the other day:

"The problem lies with the NFL. Last year, the all powerful league officials deemed Los Angeles to be part of the San Diego market. Does that not show how arrogant the NFL truly is? Living in this area for 45 years, I can tell the dolts on Park Ave. that L.A. and S.D. are about as similar as Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olberman. Call me a conspiracy buff but since the rumors of the Chargers wanting to move to L..A. started, the NFL is now trying to force them opon our market in order to try to cultivate an audience.
"Forget putting a fence on the Mexican border to prevent illegal immigration. Can the Department of Homeland Security put a fence in Oceanside to seal the Chargers in San Diego? "

We've decided to include a map here of San Diego County. We're looking for Los Angeles ... looking up near the top ... still looking....
Nope, don't see L.A. Must be a smoggy day.

But that still had us thinking: What if we started a petition online that would let KCBS know that we consider having the Chargers forced onto our Sunday NFL TV schedule a "public interest" issue.

Consider it done.

Go to this link at Petitiononline.com and sign up. We'll keep it monitored and let you know how it goes. We'll also take suggestions as to what else we can do to get this problem remedied...

You got a better idea?