The purpose of this paper is to trace the major developments which have served to shape the current issues of access and ascertainment as they relate to America's system of braodcasting. The various topics discussed include the origins of broadcast access, testing broadcast access and the law, the evolution of community ascertainment, revisions…

Results of a 1977 suvey of broadcast research coursework in higher education revealed that less than 50% of the institutions responding were teaching any of seven identified broadcast research topics. This study, a follow-up of the 1977 survey, sought to ascertain how research topics are treated in the undergraduate curriculum and to assess the…

Traces the significant developments that have shaped the current issues of access and ascertainment as they relate to America's broadcasting system. (MH)

Beginning with the first issue of the "NAEB Journal," a journal of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, this index reports the authors, content, and subject areas of articles that have explored the fields of educational, instructional, noncommercial, and public telecommunications through 1979. Included are articles from…