RTVF Midterm CH 3 & 4
Prime Time Access Rule
FCC tries breaking the networls monopoly of prime time. Abolished in 1955
1950
Fin-syn abolished in what year?
Government Actions of the 1970s
Fin-syn rules: networks cannot acquire a financial stake in independently produced programs/ networks cannot air syndicated programming in which they have a financial stake.
Must carry rule
all cable systems required to carry the signal of any tv station within 60 miles
The V-Chip
allows consumers to block programs
1963: carter mountain case
court rules that FCC has the power to restrict cable to protect local broadcasters
1960s
decade: rise of documenteries, televised debates influences 1960 presidential election
Television
emerges as mass medium in 1948
Public broadcasting act of 1967
establishes the corporation for public broadcasting (CPB); public broadcasting protected from government; CPB creates PBS
I love Lucy
first show to pretape
Telecommunications act of 1996
loosens restrictions on broadcasters; increases license renewal period
Meet the Press
one of the first public affairs shows