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Although similar laws are unconstitutional when applied to the press, the court cited a Senate report (S. Rep. No. 562, 86th Cong., 1st Sess., 8-9 [1959]) stating that radio stations could be regulated in this way because of the limited public airwaves at the time.
The Radio Act of 1910 signed into law. [1] 1911: A radio division was established by the Department of Commerce to govern the Radio Act of 1910. [1] 1912: Congress passed the "Marine Act" to regulate communications. This was the first general US law to oversee the use of radio transmissions. [1] 1927: The Federal Radio Act formed the Federal ...
Broadcast law and Electricity law is the field of law that pertains to broadcasting. These laws and regulations pertain to radio stations and TV stations, and are also considered to include closely related services like cable TV and cable radio, as well as satellite TV and satellite radio. Likewise, it also extends to broadcast networks.
An FCC study found that the act led to a drastic decline in the number of radio station owners, even as the actual number of stations in the United States increased. [34] This decline in owners and increase in stations has resulted in radio homogenization , in which local programming and content has been lost [ 35 ] and content is repeated ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel on Tuesday denounced threats made by a Florida agency against broadcast TV stations for airing advertisements ...
Republican lawmakers in more than 30 states have introduced or passed more than 100 bills to either restrict or regulate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the current legislative ...
Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., 567 U.S. 239 (2012), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding whether the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's scheme for regulating speech is unconstitutionally vague.
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