The FCC Should Listen In the editorial "Fight the Tyranny of the Minority" (Dec. 20, page 28), the argument that the government shouldn't respond to violations of the law or suggestions for good policy because of public comment or individual persuasion is bizarre. ...
In response to "Four Horsemen of the Broadband Apocalypse" by Larry Spiwak (CWI, 1 April 2002, p. 12): excellent editorial! Copies should be provided to every member of congress who voted for the Tauzin-Dingell bill. It's time the competitive telecom industry put some muscle into their lobbying efforts, before...
We'd like to get through a week without having to write an editorial about Michael Copps and indecency, hut this won't be it. The commissioner wrote an op-ed piece in USA Today last week giving broadcasters an ultimatum: Start working on a programming...
KNOCKING ON THE GLASS CEILING Editor: We applaud and concur with your conclusion that "change has to begin at the top, which means that a lot of male CEOs stilt have their work cut out for them." ("Shortfall," Editorial, April 9). ...
Still-divided FCC suspended political editorial and personal attack rules through election season and told broadcasters to report by early Feb. on effect of action. Commission plans to use information to update record before making decision required by U.S. Appeals Court, D.C. In order, Commission majority also suggested alternative...
The national broadcast editorial association lives again. Sort of. NBEA and its dwindling band of television and radio editorial writers merged with NCEW some years ago, but the old association lives on in a footnote to a U.S. Justice Department brief. The brief argues in support of keeping Federal...
Mary C. Appel, 76, retired Warren Publishing Inc. executive, died March 3 at her home in Washington of pulmonary disease. Born in Scranton, Pa., she graduated from Trinity College in Washington at age 17. During World War II, and while attending law school, she worked in document section...
The effort is remarkable not only for its volume and longevity but also because it continues while most other broadcasters have been too timid or reluctant to follow suit. Some who have done editorials have given them up. Only about 200 radio and TV stations across the country (there are...
With an official rejection of its FCC petition m hand, the Radio-Television News Directors Association is heading back to court to challenge the commission's rules on political editorials and personal attacks. The commissioners deadlocked over whethe With an official rejection of its FCC petition m hand,...
Without the FCC to blame, how will broadcasters justify their timidity? Oh, now that they don't have to worry about giving time for a reply to a personal attack or an editorial endorsing a candidate, we can expect broadcasters to begin...
The irony is that Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" can be viewed on-demand on YouTube. That illustrates the problem the FCC has when trying to turn back the clock on objectionable behavior in the name of public decency. Still, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia this week...
May 5, 2008 Many travelers oppose allowing in-flight cell phone use. Many Americans say they hope regulators do not allow travelers to use their cell phones during commercial flights. The FCC now bans the use of cell phones, and there appears to be little chance that it will...
May 5, 2008 Many travelers oppose allowing in-flight cell phone use. Many Americans say they hope regulators do not allow travelers to use their cell phones during commercial flights. The FCC now bans the use of cell phones, and there appears to be little chance that it will...
It is irresistible to observe that comedian George Carlin and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin are now odd bedfellows. It was Mr. Carlin's legendary "Filthy Words'' monologue that spurred the Supreme Court to take up the subject of broadcast obscenity 30 years ago. And...
Newspapers should thank broadcasters for being so timid about airing editorials. If our industry had made this a habit years ago, editorial pages might be irrelevant. Instead, they remain influential because, in nearly every city, they are the only voice in town. For their part, broadcasters should be...
A little more than a month ago, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin proposed fining ABC and its stations $1.43 million for airing an episode of "NYPD Blue'' in which an actress bared her buns momentarily. Last week, the FCC backed off plans to force TV...
LIKE many of the alphabet agencies of the Franklin Roosevelt administration, the FCC Federal Communications Commission probably is an anachronism -- an oversight institution that is operating out of the nearsightedness of 70 years ago when radio was king and the age of television was just...
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