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...release in March, viewers in all 50 states were watching it to pick out famous faces. But then one of the 100 decided to run for Governor of New York. To compound the problem, the camera had paused momentarily on former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg. Because of the FCC's equal time provisions, the commercial has been playing lately in only 49 states. New Yorkers will get to see it again, however. A new version, made at a cost of $4,000 and minus Goldberg, will be back on their tubes this week...
With so many dramatic possibilities for CATV becoming apparent, the FCC has finally stirred itself to action. Dean Burch, the commission's pragmatic and impatient new chairman, boned up on the 19 volumes of deliberations and depositions filed on the matter and then announced earlier this year: "It is indeed long past time for a fair compromise. Never, I've heard it said, has so much regulatory prose brought so little solution. Some of our critics are saying that we've come closer to papering the country than wiring...
Broadcasting's big brother, the Federal Communications Commission, may have succeeded where Mom and Dad have failed for years. With its latest ruling, the FCC may just be able to send the country to bed earlier. The ruling (which does not go into effect until September 1971) limits network programming to three hours during the prime-time hours of 7-11 p.m. Eastern time...
...same time, the FCC proposed for future action a drastic follow-up regulation that would break up existing multiple-media combines in local markets. The second measure-which faces a long and undoubtedly contentious inquiry before it can take effect-would require present owners to reduce their holdings to one communications property per city within five years...
Backers of the FCC proposal point to the eleven U.S. cities where the only TV station is controlled by the sole publisher. Opponents contend that such a regulation might ultimately defeat the FCC purpose of diversifying editorial voices in the nation. In some areas, the economics of one-building ownership keep a marginal paper in business or allow for a more forceful joint news operation. The issue is packed with legal and economic complexities. FCC proposals are frequently emasculated by broadcast-industry lobbyists and their friends in Congress, and those that survive to become regulations are subject to judicial review...