Word: fcc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week's FCC ruling could spur a move in Congress to deregulate both cable and broadcast...
...Kermit might say. The Muppets did guest appearances for everyone who had air time, and were well established by the time Sesame Street took form. Henson had everything except his own series, and this the networks refused to provide unless it was aimed strictly at children. Finally the FCC opened the 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. slot to local programming suitable for both children and adults, and HA! bypassed the networks by signing an extraordinary deal with Lord Grade's ACC group: 24 shows a year, international syndication, a healthy budget and complete artistic control...
Housed in a basement office underneath Sanders Theater, WHRB boasts a collection of some 30,000 record albums and a total staff of about 100 people. It is one of only seven college stations in the country that owns its own licence. (The FCC, says Barol, is rather stingy about dispensing licences because it wants to avoid interference between stations operating at frequencies too close to one another...
...mask for a face, clothes-dryer exhaust hoses for arms, rubber gloves for hands and a firm, manly handshake. He is remote-controlled by FM radio signals (there is a microphone in his control panel and a speaker in his head). Skora, in fact, had to apply for an FCC license to ensure that commands to Arok would not be competing with Led Zeppelin or the 1001 Strings for air waves...
Arterton said yesterday that "White's research pointed the way" towards the Campaign Study Group's suggestions. "The report is timed auspiciously," he said. "The House Committee on Commerce has just decided to overhaul the Federal Commerce Act of 1934--which established the FCC and gives them their authority...