All Posts Tagged With: "broadcast spectrum"
Whose Airwaves Are They?
The heat is being turned up on radio stations for broadcasting indecent material. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Clear Channel Communications nearly half a million dollars for broadcasting several minutes of lewd remarks by radio star Howard Stern back in April. Clear Channel has since stopped carrying the program on its six stations. [...]
1Jul2004 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedTV Taxes
Christmas arrived early for TV broadcasters this year. Way back in March the federal government played Santa Claus. Over a four-day period, from March 31 to April 3, Washington gave away the proverbial store to the nation’s over-the-air television broadcasters. A major step by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—taken per a Democratic White House and [...]
1Nov1997 | Raymond J. Keating | 2 comments | ContinuedIs the Public Served by the Public Interest Standard?
Mr. Thierer is the Alex C. Walker Fellow in Economic Policy at The Heritage Foundation. The so-called “public interest standard” has governed communications policy decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for more than 70 years. It is time to question whether this “standard” does indeed serve the public, or if it has instead served [...]
1Sep1996 | Adam D. Thierer | 2 comments | Continued-
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