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Transcript: BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST:JOHN MCCAIN
Congressional Testimony;  July 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the much debated ``public interest`` standard set forth in the Communications Act of 1934. For almost ... meaning of the phrase ``public interest, convenience, and ... almost 100 times in the Communications Act in one form or another ...

Article: Viacom presses claim for 9/11 business interruption: argues ...
Broadcasting & Cable;  January 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... had no choice under its public-interest. responsibilities in preempting ... nonetheless mandated by its public-interest obligation as well as by ... business interruption. Federal Communications Act public-interest obligations do not apply ...

Article: Rep. Eshoo Introduces Broadcast Licensing in the Public ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2) The Communications Act of 1934 requires ... promote the public interest. As public ... BASIS FOR PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATIONS ... k) of the Communications Act of 1934 ... SERVED THE PUBLIC INTEREST, CONVENIENCE ...

Transcript: BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST:MICHAEL ...
Congressional Testimony;  July 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the term ``public interest`` appears ... times in the Communications Act. I take Congress ... argument that the public interest is an empty ... principles of the Communications Act to find the ... substance into the public interest. For example ...

Article: A letter to the industry. (reconciling the commercial and ...
Broadcasting & Cable;  October 9, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... public trustee. The Communications Act requires public interest programing in return ... Amendment principles. Vague public interest rules are precisely the ... believe clear and certain public interest obligations will better ...

Article: Freedom of the Air and the Public Interest: First ...
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Freedom of the Air and the Public Interest: First Amendment Rights in Broadcasting ... definitional perception of the meaning "public interest" in the Radio Act of 1927 and subsequent Communications Act of 1934. While other historians have ...

Article: Copps Defends FCC Public-Interest Test.(Michae ...
Multichannel News;  October 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... enforcing the agency's public-interest obligations, rejecting ... Association, Copps said the Communications Act makes 110 references to the public interest -- an indication that protecting the public interest is a mandate, not an ...