Broadcast Regulation Reform: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, August 4 and October 6, 1983 |
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Page 9 - speech. Freedom of utterance is abridged to many who wish to use the limited facilities of radio. Unlike other modes of expression, radio inherently is not available to all. That is its unique characteristic, and that is why unlike other modes of expression it is subject to Government regulation. Because it cannot be used by all, some who wish to use it must be denied.
Page 124 - it is the purpose of the first amendment to preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail rather than to
Page 74 - as local, even though a station personality appears in connection with such material. However, identifiable units of such programs which are live and separately logged as such may be classified as local (eg, if during the course of a feature film program a non-network
Page 68 - national and international events, including weather and stock market reports; and commentary, analysis or sports news when it is an integral part of a news program. —public Affairs Programs are programs dealing with local, state, regional, national or international issues or problems, including but not limited to, talks, commentaries, discussions, speeches, editorials, political programs, documentaries, minidocumentaries, panels,
Page 68 - of the time. Such • program taped, recorded or filmed for later broadcast shall be classified as local. A local program fed to a network shall be classified by the originating station as local. All non-network and non-syndicated news programs may be classified as local. Programs primarily featuring syndicated or feature films, or other non-locally recorded programs shall not be
Page 230 - If you got conflicting or different reports of the same news story from radio, television, the magazines and the newspapers, which of the four versions would you be most inclined to believe?
Page 303 - preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail, rather than to countenance monopolization of that market.
Page 68 - is any announcement (including network) for which no charge is made and which promotes programs, activities or services of federal, state or local governments (eg, recruiting, sales of bonds etc.) or the progr'ams, activities or services of nonprofit organizations (eg, UGF, Red Cross blood donations, etc.) and other announcements regarded as serving community interests, excluding time signals, routine weather announcements and promotional announcements.
Page 231 - The broadcaster is obligated to make a positive, diligent, and continuing effort, in good faith, to determine the tastes, needs and desires of the public in his community and to provide programming to meet those needs and interests.
Page 74 - is any announcement (including network) for which no charge is made and which promotes programs, activities or services of federal, state or local governments (eg, recruiting, sales of bonds etc.) or the programs, activities or