THE FCC
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Last Modified: 02/27/06
Summary: Megacorporations control the media; their monopoloy agenda forwarded by Administration AppointeesThe FCC: Now structured to ensure a common point of view creates communal 'brain-dead' mindset
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/18481592,,,1141098506,,myjeteye,,view.htmlLink: Michael Powell & the FCC. Giving Away the Marketplace of Ideas: Violation of lst Amendment nonewithstanding
Summary: All those cable channels don't represent diversity when only five fat companies own all those channels.
The Federal Communications Commission votes 3 to 2 to relax limits on
media ownership. In large markets, a single company will now be allowed
to own both a broadcast station and a newspaper in the same city. NPR's Rick Karr reports.
Heard Monday, June 2, 2003 on All Things Considered.
Heard Monday, June 2, 2003 on All Things Considered.
Kevin Martin new FCC chair champions conservative values on decency in media
Summary: WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will stick by their decision to slap CBS with a $550,000 fine for the Janet Jackson flash at the 2004 Super Bowl.
They also plan new sanctions against Fox, NBC and CBS TV stations or affiliates for violating decency standards, according to people familiar with the matter.
From: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2002824882_fccfines24.htmlIf you believe people are too dumb to think for themselves,
Summary: Owners of the major networks include Viacom (VIA.B: Research, Estimates), which owns CBS and UPN, News Corp. (NWS: Research, Estimates), which owns a majority of Fox (FOX: Research, Estimates), Walt Disney Co. (DIS: Research, Estimates), which owns ABC, General Electric Co. (GE: Research, Estimates), which owns NBC, and AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOL: Research, Estimates), the parent company of CNN/Money, which owns the WB network.
From: http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/18481592,,,1141098506,,myjeteye,,view.html
FCC Media Ownership Rules Date Back to 1941
Most ownership restrictions, imposed on TV and radio license holders by the FCC, are decades old, dating back as far as 1941, though they have been frequently modified. There are six such rules formally being reviewed by the FCC in the current proceeding. They are:
- The Local TV Ownership Rule , which prohibits TV networks from owning TV stations that reach more than 35 percent of television households. Originally adopted in 1941, the rule was most recently modified in 2000, when the cap was raised from 25 percent.
- The Local TV Multiple Ownership Rule , which limits firms from owning more than one TV station in a market, or two if there are at least eight other stations and no more than one of the commonly-owned stations is one of the four biggest in the market.
- The Radio/TV Cross-Ownership Ban , which limits the number of radio stations that can be owned by a TV station owner in the same market, using a sliding scale based on the number of broadcast stations in the market.
- The Dual Television Network Rule , which prohibits any of the top four networks – CBS, NBC, ABC or Fox from acquiring any of the others.
- The Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Prohibition , which bars a joint ownership of a TV or radio station and a newspaper in the same market.
- The Local Radio Ownership Rule , which limits the number of radio stations in a market that can be commonly owned, using a sliding scale based on the number of other stations in the market.
