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Download full textGlasser, Theodore L. – 1979
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards for diversity in radio broadcasting apply only to news and public affairs programing--not to entertainment programing. In addition, the FCC has defined diversity solely in terms of what any one station broadcasts regardless of what other stations in the same service area may be programing.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Differences, Federal Regulation, Interests
Jassem, Harvey C.; Glasser, Theodore L. – 1981
For nearly half a century, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been exercising its authority to grant and deny applications for broadcast licenses. In the process of comparison used by the FCC to assess qualified new applicants, two considerations weigh heavily: (1) the best practicable service to the public, and (2) maximum diffusion…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Equal Protection, Federal Regulation, Mass Media
Glasser, Theodore L. – 1983
That competition in broadcasting may not bring about sufficiently heterogeneous programing has long been the subject of debate among policymakers, and nowhere has that debate been more acrimonious than in its application to the diversification of radio formats. While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prefers to leave questions of…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Competition, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
Glasser, Theodore L.; Jassem, Harvey C. – 1980
"FCC v. Pacifica Foundation," a 1978 case involving a radio broadcast considered to be indecent, was the first United States Supreme Court litigation using the right of privacy, or the right not to hear, as a rationale for broadcast regulation of programing. The issue of pornography best illustrates the judiciary's understanding of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Broadcast Industry, Children, Constitutional Law
Glasser, Theodore L.; Jassem, Harvey C. – 1979
In the 1978 "FCC v. Pacifica Foundation" ruling, the United States Supreme Court considered the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate indecent radio programing, finding that the public has a constitutionally protected interest in being protected against objectionable programing. The FCC suit, arising out of…
Descriptors: Censorship, Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Courts
Glasser, Theodore L.; Henke, Lucy L. – 1978
While the First Amendment guarantees an individual the right to be heard, this is an issue distinct from assuring the opportunity to be heard. In broadcast media, the opportunity, or access, has been largely determined by two factors: economics, or who owns the means to an audience, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Television
