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President
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appoints members to the FCC
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The House and Senate
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They make the rules
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Judicial Branch
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Legal matters can be appealed to the courts
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Communication act of 1934
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seperated the act into 7 units called titles
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title 5
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added in 1984 this established regulatory framework
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FCC
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the president appoints 5 commissioners who serve for 5 years- May be reappointed
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PICON standards
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Public Interest Convenience or Necessity
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FCC Organization
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Mass Media bureau handles radio and TV
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NOI
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Notice of Inquiry; Notifying about regulation making new rules
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NPRM
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Notice of proposed rule making- public has 60-90 days to comment before they actually codify a rule
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LPFMs
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Low power FM’s 100 watt stations: they can broadcast to a limited area
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Construction Permit CP
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Cp you have to ask FCC if you can build; want to make sure you can have license etc.
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License Qualification
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Character/Financial/ resources/ technical ability/citizenship
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License renewal
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- 8 Years for radio and TV ; you must renew every 8 years
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HOw many Licenses are renewed
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98%
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Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause
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means the FCC may not use its powers arbitrarily
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Cable act of 1992
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outlined rules for retransmission consent and Must Carry Rules
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Retransmission consent
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Retransmission consent Every three years; the retransmission consent
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1997 supreme court case
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upheld the must- carry laws; it upheld them because they hold a local intrest
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1996 telecommunications ACT
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Congress removed ban on cable Telco cross- ownership to stimulate local competition in the multi-channel video market
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Reporter’s privilege
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Reporters can withhold the identity of news sources ; “differs from state to state
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Lotteries
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they are illegal to advertise on television; state exception if there is a state approved lottery it can be advertised, horse racing can be advertised; Gambling if approved by the state can be advertised
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Lottery must offer
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a price you have to have a chance of winning after consideration
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Mark Felts
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deep-throat
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The First Amendment
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Prohibits gov. regulation of speech and press. In other words, no government censorship. We are protected from this, but not from onr another (broadcast editorial decisions)
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Editorial control
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not censorship
However limitations on electronic media so absolute freedom does not exist (can’t yell fire) |
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1st amendment
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encourages a marketplace of ideas
encourages disagreement |
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Protection against prior restraint
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It’s illegal to prevent someone in advance form publishing anything
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Libel
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is defamation by published untrue words
Slander- this is spoken defamation |
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Radio and TV defamation is treated as
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...libel
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Times vs. Sullivan
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Criticism of public officials protected by the first amendment
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4th amendment
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guarantees the right to physical solitude
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Federal courts
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off limits to broadcast media coverage of trial events
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Hoaxes
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cannot broadcast theses
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Miller vs. California
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defined obsenity; Ruled that local community standards apply in judging obscenity. The LAPS test is usually used to determine on-air obscenity.
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LAPS test
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used to determine what the social moral standards of the community is
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The Pacifica Decision- George Carlin
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established indecency WBAI-FM and Safe-Harbor
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Safe- Harbor
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10 pm- 6 pm you don’t have to worry as much about indecency
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1996 telecommunication act
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eliminated rules on multiple and crossownership standards
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Minority ownership
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Tax certificates and Distress sales are two actions permitted by the FCC to increase the number of minority licensees
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Foreign Ownership
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no more than 25% of a stations stock can be in foreign hands
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Equal Time Equal opportunity
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All the candidates for the same office must be treated alike (This is also Section 315)
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Section 315 only applies for..
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paid ads
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Political Time
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Candidates must be charged the lowest unit rate
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The Red Lion Decisions
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this airmed the fairness docterine
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