JOUR 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Independent Agencies Of The United States Government, Federal Radio Commission, Retransmission Consent
19 Dec 2018
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Federal radio commission: a federal agency established by the radio act of 1927 to oversee radio broadcasting. Fcc: an independent us government agency, directly responsible to congress, charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, tv, wire, satellite, cable, and broadband. The communications act of 1934 est the fcc. Its jurisdiction covers the 50 states, dc, us possessions. Notice of proposed rule making: a notice issued by the fcc announcing that the commission is considering changing certain of its regulations or adopting new rules. Broadcasting: defined by the communications act of 1934 as use of the electromagnetic spectrum to send signals to many listeners and viewers. Spectrum scarcity: the limitation to the # of segments of the broadcast spectrum that may be used for radio or tv in a geographical area without causing interference. Spectrum scarcity is the primary reason court permit greater regulation of broadcaster than print media.
