Term
| The original argument for regulation of broadcasting in the public interest under the Radio Act of 1927? |
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Definition
| The government had to allocate the radio spectrum (a limited resource) in order to stop the chaos caused by radio stations' signals interfering with each other. |
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| The agency responsible for oversight of over-the-air radio and television, telephone and cable, and direct broadcast satellites? |
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| Federal Communication Commission (replacing the Federal Radio Comm.) |
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| The act that remains the basic communication act? |
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| Federal Communication Act of 1934, replacing Radio Act of 1927. |
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| What is the states' role in regulation of broadcasting? |
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Definition
| None. They are pre-empted because it is interstate commerce. |
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| The right of Congress (and the FCC) to regulate broadcasting (and have exclusive jurisdiction) comes from what? |
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Definition
| The Interstate Commerce clause of the Constitution. |
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Term
| In Trinity Methodist Church v FRC, the court stated that the Federal Radio Commission could do what? |
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Definition
| Revoke a broadcast license because of content in spite of the First Amendment. |
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| In NBC v FCC, the Supreme Court upheld FCC jurisdiction over what because of the scarcity rationale? |
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Definition
| Broadcast networks, stating that licensing and regulations fell under Congress' role of regulating commerce necessary because of spectrum scarcity. |
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| In Red Lion Broadcasting v FCC, the Court upheld the FCC's regulation of what? |
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Definition
| Fairness Doctrine-based content restrictions, using spectrum scarcity as the main rationale. |
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