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| Independent Government agency responsible to Congress |
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| FCC comissioners cannot own _______ and _________ while working as a comissioner |
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| 25 % of the FCC staff handles |
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| engineering and technology |
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| The FCC assigns what three things |
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| call letters, monitors frequency spectrum, issues licenses to radio and tv stations |
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| FCC asks that all applicants for Licenses must reveal |
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| all identities for financial backers |
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| FCC require that radio station owners be |
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| US or naturalized citizens |
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| FCC says stations must operate within the commissions Broadcast credo which is |
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| public interest, convenience and necessity |
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| FCC prohibits ________ and __________ |
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| FCC wants a station break and announce station |
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| once per hour near the hour mark as possible |
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| The original purpose of the EBS (now called EAS) system was to provide the means for |
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| the president to communicate with the nation in the event of war or other national crises |
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| After recieving an verifying an authenticator word "participating" stations stay on the air but must |
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| discontinue normal programming and airr a series of emergeny messages and instructions. |
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| The __________ ________ inclues procedures to follow in case of emergency |
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| Who initiates the National Activation of the EAS |
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| Who activates the state level EAS |
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| The ______ colored envelope inside the EAS checklist authenticates or verifies the test or emergency situation |
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| A ________ colored envelope inside the EAS checklist verifies the identity of the sender, to stop fraudulent messages from being sent |
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| ABout 90 % of all EAS activations are for ________ __________emergencies |
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| FCC comissioners are appointed by the |
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| Stations which must sign-off during a national EAS alert are referred to as _______________ |
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| No more than _______ members of the same politcal party may serve as FCC comissioners at the same time |
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| FCC laws do not allow a broadcast station to make up its own number codes in the case of |
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| emergency situations or tests |
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| Authenticator words are published |
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| FCC was established by what act? |
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| Communications ACt of 1934 |
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| How many commissioners head the FCC |
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| How many operating bureaus are there with the FCC |
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| How long are licenses issued to tv and radio stations |
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| Networks are not regulated by the FCC but _______________ are |
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| FCC requires that all phone calls to any person must |
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| notify the person prior to airing that it will be played back |
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| What happens when you violate a FCC regulation |
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| a station will recieve a fine or jail time |
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| The larger the market the less _______ is allowed. |
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| The Federal Aeronautics Administration FAA approves |
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| the antenna tower height and location which must have red blinking lights. |
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| Who regulates Cable Television |
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| You can only have one station or media outlet in one area. One newspaper/tv/radio per market |
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| You cannot own a radio station |
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| Radio stations west of the Mississippi have call letters beginning with a |
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| Radio stations east of the mississippi have call letters beinning with a |
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| The orignal purpose of the EAS (formely EBS) was to enable the President to communicate with the nation in the event of |
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| war, threat of war, or national crises |
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| Under recent rule changes, the digital data signal familiar to most Americans, only is required to be aired for a minimum ____ seconds |
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| Every radio and tv station is required to air a EAS test _________ ___ ______ |
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| Put the following EAS priority levels in order from highest to lowest. State _____ National______ Local ____ |
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| 1. National, 2. Local 3. Statewide |
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| Name one industry besides broadcasters required to participate in the EAS system |
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| Authenticator words, kept in colored envelopes are changed and published ______ |
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| If a real national emergency occurs, the station sperator is authorized to open the _______ colored envelope to match a transmitted code word from AP |
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| Name one organization authorized to issue a local emergency conditions bulletin |
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| Wire Services tests EAS test |
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| twice a month on a random basis |
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