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- The Hundtification of TV. (policies of FCC chairman Reed Hundt)
- Reed Hundt is on a roll. The chairman of the FCC is about to bring about a revolutionary change in children's TV policy, having worked uphill against the wishes of half or more of his colleagues and the combined opposition of the broadcasting industr Reed Hundt...
- Research articles 1996-07-08
- A broader view of broadcasting.(Airtime: guest commentary)(the FCC's media-ownership order is not expected to hold up to the First Amendment)(Column)
- The FCC's recent media-ownership order offers an extremely narrow view of the commission's First Amendment duties. Namely, that it is not "necessarily healthy for public debate to pretend as though all sides are of equal value or entitled to e The FCC's recent media-ownership...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Clinton on communications.(President Bill Clinton)(includes related article on Clinton's telecommunications policy in case of second term)(Interview)(Cover Story)
- Your administration supported the V-chip and the FCC rule that requires TV stations to air three hours of children's educational programing per week. How do you Justify such intrusions Into TV content in light of the First Amendment? Neither ...
- Research articles 1996-09-23
- Lights out for Bonzo.(Editorials: broadcasting & cable committed to the first amendment)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- Back in 1991, the FCC modified its political broadcasting rules to restore the common sense stripped from them in the FCC's 1976 Bedtime for Bonzo ruling, when the FCC held that old Ronald Reagan movies triggered broadcaster obligations to provide Back in 1991,...
- Research articles 2003-08-18
- The fall of the first.(the Federal Communications Commission and the First Amendment)(includes mention of FCC's plans for fall 1996)
- What a difference nine years makes;from an FCC that eliminated the fairness doctrine to Reed Hundt and mandatory children's programing In August 1987, broadcasting seemed to be on its way to gaining full First Amendment rights--the same freedom fr What a difference nine...
- Research articles 1996-08-12
- FCC on the offensive.(Editorials: broadcasting & cable committed to the first amendment)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- We understand that Infinity will be fined, and more than the token amount, for indecency by the FCC for the Opie & Anthony stunt, in which WNEW-FM New York listeners were encouraged to have sex in public places and talk about it on air. One of ...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Good news.(Editorials: broadcasting & cable committed to the first amendment)(ABC News is gaining more screen time)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- We don't know whether it's the addition of Rick Kaplan to ABC News or the "what have we got to lose" mentality of a network whose entertainment programming has been ratings-challenged at best, but ABC News is getting more screen time. Whi We don't...
- Research articles 2003-08-25
- Infinity hits the brakes.(Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable committed to the first amendment)(Editorial)
- Infinity did the right thing last week by refusing to pay the FCC's fine for WNEWFM's Opie & Anthony "sex in St. Patrick's" broadcast. It did so in the face of an FCC warning that its licenses could be in jeopardy for future violati ...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Defending the indefensible.(Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable committed to the first amendment)(Editorial)
- Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting will likely pay the indecency fine levied last week, say its mea culpas and go about its business. It has already paid far larger fines, and the political incorrectness of fighting hard against this one makes it even Viacom's Infinity...
- Research articles 2003-10-06
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- Converging First Amendment principles for converging communications media.(Emerging Media Technology and the First Amendment)
- The government should abandon its dual First Amendment models for regulating broadcasting and all other media as if they were different. Currently, all media except broadcasting are regulated according to the principles that editorial control should reside in private hands and not the government's, government should encourage access and diversity,...
- Research articles 1995-05-01
- Our back pages: seven decades in defense of free speech.(To Protect The First Amendment)(Calendar)
- Since this magazine's inception more than 70 years ago, B&C has been a steadfast defender of the First Amendment. Current events in Washington prove that it will always be necessary to keep up the fight. As the nation celebrates its freedoms this July week, we've excerpted...
- Research articles 2004-07-05
- Fighting for the First Amendment. (book reviews)
- A new book tells how broadcasting almost lost it on the First Amendment The Selling of the Pentagon was neither the beginning nor the end of the broadcast press's problems with government, but it recommends itself as a case history. In great...
- Research articles 1997-09-15
- The First Amendment in cyberspace.(Emerging Media Technology and the First Amendment)
- There are currently three First Amendment free speech models in the US, but it is unclear which one would best guide government regulation of electronic communications technologies. The marketplace model would narrowly limit government regulation. The Madisonian model envisions shared government and citizen control. The Turner model, espoused by the...
- Research articles 1995-05-01
- See You in Court (Broadcasting and Cable)
- Committed to the First Amendment The FCC issued its record fine against CBS over Janet Jackson last Wednesday. Good timing. A poll released the next morning showed that only 17% of the parents in America are "very concerned" about the incident. ...
- Research articles 2004-09-27
- Turner: operators' 1st Amend. rights already impeded. (Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)
- WASHINGTON -- To show that cable networks' and operators' First Amendment rights are already being impeded, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. supplied a federal court here last Tuesday with new anecdotal information on carriage requests from non-commer WASHINGTON -- To show that cable networks' and operators' ...
- Research articles 1992-11-23
- Carriage Request. (In Brief).(television broadcasting)(Brief Article)
- Broadcasters are making a novel bid to revive prospects for TV stations' digital carriage. In mid January, attorneys for several station groups approached the FCC about holding oral argument on the industry's bid to win cable carriage for both analog and digital signals during the transition...
- Research articles 2002-01-28
- Separation anxiety. (Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable Committed to the First Amendment).(Editorial)
- Perhaps Congress has come to realize that, if the FCC is allowed to further deregulate the broadcast and cable industries, as it has been instructed to do by the Congress itself and subsequently the courts, the government will lose its comfortable Perhaps Congress...
- Research articles 2003-05-19
- Fin-syn will be back, warns former FCC commissioner; Fox's Vradenburg chastises industry for tradition of silence on First Amendment. (financial interest and syndication rules, Federal Communications Commission, Sherrie Marshall, Fox Broadcasting Co., Geo
- If the financial interest and syndication rules that prevent ABC, NBC and CBS from taking an ownership and syndication interest in much of their programing completely disappear, the rules will be back in front of the FCC within two years, a former If...
- Research articles 1993-09-20
- Let's study war some more.(Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable committed to the first amendment)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- NBC often promotes drama Law & Order as "stories ripped from the headlines," then puts a disclaimer at the top of the show emphasizing that all the characters ate fictional and shouldn't be treated as, well, ripped from the headlines. The episode two weeks ago was...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Greater tuner.(Editorials: Broadcasting & Cable committed to the first amendment)
- There may be arguments over what is holding up the digital transition, but one thing is certain: If a set can't get a digital signal over the air, some portion of the population is going to be left out. The FCC agreed, recognizing the public interest of...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
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