FCC issues licences to operate a _____ or ___ station.
Radio, TV
The ______ gov. has jurisdiction over broadcasting.
Federal
Licenses are issued for __ years & renewable for __ years.
8; 8
Licenses may not be _________.
Transferred
Licenses are issued in the "___________
Public interest
Requirements for license: 1) ________ 2) __________
American citizen; limit on number of licenses held in a market
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is funded by _________ and other sources
Congress
The ____________ of the US Constitution authorized Congress to regulate commerce "among the several states
Commerce Clause
Radio Act of 1927:
Established the Federal Radio Commission
Federal Communications Act of 1934:
Congress revoked the radio Act of 1927 & created the Communications Act of 1934
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984:
Federal, state and local government could regulate cable
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998:
Incorporates the internet and digital media into copyright protection
What is protected under Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998:
Literary works, musical works, dramatic works, pictorial, graphics, sculpture, motion pictures, architectural, facts, news stories
What is not protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998:
Words and phrases
Federal Communications Commission:
An independent agency of the deferral government that regulates interstate radio, TV, wire, satellite, & cable
FCC is headed by 5 commissioners selected by the ______ & confirmed by the _______
President; Senate
(FCC) no more than __ commissioners may be from one _________
3; Political party
(FCC) commissioners serve for __ years
5
(FCC) commissioners adopt _____ & ________
Rules; regulations
If rules are violated, FCC can:
Send letter of reprimand, fine a co., revoke or suspend a license
If you disagree with a rule or FCC decision, & exhaust your remedy in administrative court, you may _______________________
Challenge it in federal appellate court
________________ = broadcasting has a special responsibility to protect special audiences, i.e. children
Children's broadcasting
________ = a term that is primarily limited to the protection of children and broadcast, and therefor under the jurisdiction of the FCC
Indecency
____________ = Section 315 of the 1934 Act provides equal opportunities for qualified political candidates
Political Programming
Four exception of political programming:
1) regularly scheduled news programs 2) reg scheduled news interview programs 3) live coverage of news event 4) candidates appearing in documentaries
Broadcast and cable stations may air editorials _______________; no equal opportunity is required
Supporting a candidate
Fairness doctrine:
FCC ruled that stations 1) have to air programs discussing public issues 2) include different viewpoints
Fairness doctrine court case:
Red Lion Broadcasting Co vs. FCC (upheld Fairness Doctrine)
Fairness Doctrine expired in _____ (court held that it violated the 1st amendment)
1989
______ is a term that affords no 1st amend protection
Obscenity
_________ is a term that is primarily limited to the protection of children and broadcast, and therefor under the jurisdiction of the FCC
Indecency
_________ is a term that included both protected and unprotected sexual material
Pornography