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Jan 1, 1984
Assesses the current state of knowledge about the effect of television station group ownership in order to assist the Commission in its deliberations.
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Assesses the state of current knowledge about the likely effects of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) restrictions on the ownership of broadcasting stations and cable TV systems, ...
Expert Insights
Jan 1, 1977
The Communications Act of 1934 is serving well in directing changes in market structure in light of opportunities and problems posed by technological advance. The Act is broadly worded, thus giving the FCC and other parties wide latitude to make judg...
Jan 1, 1974
How can the political environment of the FCC be changed? The author addresses this question in terms of what he maintains is the root problem: the FCC's overidentification with the powerful elements of the regulated industries at the expense of pub...
Jan 1, 1972
The Federal Communications Commission's new regulations for cable television permit cable systems operating in the 100 largest markets to carry two (and in some cases three) distant independent stations.