Word: fcc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years radio and TV have complained that they are therefore not as free as the printed press. They feel hampered even when not really hurting; the Federal Communications Commission rarely enforces the rule, even when broadcasting licenses come up for renewal. FCC Chairman Mark Fowler, being a Reaganite who believes in less government, wants to abolish the Fairness Doctrine. He knows he won't be allowed to. Too many pressure groups from right to left enjoy the Government-granted chance to have their say. In vain do broadcasters protest that with the spread of cable television, there are plenty...
...jubilantly announced that the FCC decision would allow it to save hundreds of millions of dollars annually by eliminating overlaps in areas such as marketing and administration. As a result, AT&T said, it will be able to offer customers lower prices on phone and computer equipment...
...Times of London, the New York Post and the Chicago Sun-Times; as a U.S. citizen, in a ten-minute ceremony in New York City. In order to complete a deal that he made last spring to acquire six Metromedia TV stations, Murdoch must be a U.S. citizen; fcc regulations bar foreigners from owning more than 20% of a broadcast license...
Among CBS's allies in appealing to the FCC was the Hispanic National Bar Association, which argued that Turner had "demonstrated an insensitivity for blacks, Hispanics, women and Jews." More than 100 CBS affiliates chimed in as well. Most of their petitions asserted that network programs could suffer under Turner, whose stations feature reruns of 1950s programs, including Leave It to Beaver and I Love Lucy, as well as a 24-hour news service...
...tycoon himself has had little to say of late. Turner announced that he would respond to CBS's petitions by next week and is "confident that the FCC will find no reason to block our offer." But Wall Street remains dubious about Turner's chances. Though he has offered CBS stockholders securities that he values at 175 a share, analysts estimate their worth at around 130. CBS stock now trades far below that level. It closed last week...