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