Media Regulation:

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Media Regulation Broadcast/Cable Newspapers
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Newspapers 20th Century

• 1972 Newspaper Preservation Act (Joint
  Operating Agreements to bolster local competition)

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Titanic The call for radio regulation
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Radio Act of 1927 Communication Act of
1934
1.Broadcasting is a unique medium not a common
carrier 2. Spectrum Use, but not the ownership
thereof Public Interest, Convenience, and
Necessity (PICON) 3. Equitable Distribution 4.
Federal power to regulate is discretionary, not
absolute 5. F.R.C. (1927)
F.C.C. (1934)
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Issues in Broadcast Regulation

• 1. Networks/Affiliates (NBC v. US)
• 2. Licensing
  Brinkley v. FCC Metro
  v. FCC
• Ownership (All subject to waiver) Local Radio
  (5-8 per market) Local TV (2 per
  market) Radio/TV Cross-Ownership
  (permitted) Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership
  (proposed in 2003, rejected under public
  pressure)

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Cable Television Policy
CATV/Cable as TV retransmission (1965 -- FCC
authority over cable programming) Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984 Cable
Television Consumer Protection and Competition
Act of 1992 Telecommunications Act of 1996
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Fairness Doctrine

1. Red Lion, Meredith
2. Section 315 (Equal Time)
3. Section 312 (a) (7) Reasonable Time
4. License Standard PICON

First Amendment