Tag: FCC
Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing, 1993
The Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications (TCAF) delivered its recommendations to Congress on Oct. 1, 1983, after extensive ...Uneasy dilemma for public TV: stick with DTV standard?
Which would be worse? Raising ungrounded fears about DTV technology that spook the public and delay the transition for years? Or ignoring ...FCC OKs noncommercial low-power FM over broadcasters’ objections
The FCC’s establishment of two low-power FM (LPFM) classes of stations — 10-watt and 100-watt — could populate radio dials with more ...Nonprofits courting DBS for set-aside channels
A ground-floor chance to secure channel space on direct broadcast satellites is opening up for noncommercial organizations that have the wherewithal to ...FCC denies former staffers’ nonrenewal request for KPTS, Wichita
The FCC decided in July 1999 that it did not have grounds to get involved in an extended staff-management conflict at public ...FCC Notice on DBS Public Interest Obligations, November 1998
Before the FCC 98-307 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Implementation of Section 25 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection ...DBS ruling: FCC reserves 4% of channels for education
Direct broadcast satellite companies will have to set aside 4 percent of their video channel capacity for noncommercial educational programming, the FCC ...FCC notice to WTTW of fines for underwriting violations, 1997
In 1997, the FCC fined Chicago public TV station WTTW for violating commission standards for underwriting credits (Current coverage). More than two years ...FCC gives public TV 6 years to go digital
The year 2003 doesn’t seem so far off when you’ve got plenty to do in the meantime. Between now and then, public TV ...FCC refuses to de-reserve WQED’s second station, 1996
Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Deletion of Noncommercial Reservation of Channel *16, 482-488 MHz, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MEMORANDUM ...Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing, 1983
The Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications (TCAF) delivered its recommendations to Congress on Oct. 1, 1983, after extensive research, ...FCC v. Pacifica Foundation et al., 1978
438 U.S. 726 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. PACIFICA FOUNDATION ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT ...Nixon’s FCC chair, Dean Burch, supports matching federal aid
Statement of Dean Burch, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Senate Committee on Commerce on ...
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