TELEVISION

Addresses

Broadcast Freedoms as They Relate to Church-State Issues: John V. Stevens, Sr., 3706-3709 [27FE]

Announcements

Congress—We the People, Wins Freedoms Foundation Award for WETA, APSA, Annenberg/CPB Project, 6113 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

ABC's Fire Spreads Lots of Heat, No Light, 14831 [7JN]

ABC's Windy Fire Unleashed, 14832 [7JN]

Affirmatively Activated Loophole?, 16152 [18JN]

Arch Macdonald, 73—A Pioneer in New England Television News, 16606 [20JN]

Are the Programs Your Kids Watch Simply Commercials?, 22387 [1AU]

BBC Cancels Documentary—Network Bows to Government in Unprecedented Action, 22775 [1AU]

BBC Decides Not to Show Program on Ulster, 22776 [1AU]

BBC Decision on Interview Stirs Protest, 22776 [1AU]

Being Fair to the Fairness Doctrine, 24186 [18SE]

Britain Wants TV Show Withheld, 22775 [1AU]

Call Off the Clowns, 5593 [19MR]

Cut the Profits of the Kidporn Trade, 10858 [7MY]

Decline of a Free Press—Whither Honesty?, 5625 [19MR]

FCC Is on the Right Track, 22387 [1AU]

Federal Help Needed To Give Children Choice, 22388 [1AU]

Fire Unleashed, Nuclear Age on ABC, 14830 [7JN]

Fowler's FCC Tells Kids To Get Lost, 22389 [1AU]

Going for the Growl—Bruce Weitz of Hill Street Blues Is Putting on an Act—Sometimes, 26705 [8OC]

Harold Thaxton, Cablevision Executive, 22905 [4SE]

Hostage Coverage Hindsight—Competition, Technology Shape the Story, 18707 [11JY]

Intelsat Ain't Broke, 9381 [24AP]

Invading TV Porn Troubles a Child, 10860 [7MY]

Is TV Unpatriotic or Simply Unmindful?, 12689 [20MY]

Let Everyone Watch the News, 34819 [5DE]

Metromedia To Sell Local TV Station, 10558 [6MY]

News Media Coverage of TWA Hijacking (sundry excerpts), 18145 [9JY]

No Man's Land of High Tech—New Devices Aid Police but Threaten the Right of Privacy, 25335 [30SE]

No to TV Beer Ads, 7764 [4AP]

Ortega's Self-Inflicted Wounds, 28254 [22OC]

Porno Hotline Reaches Out and Touches Kids, 10859 [7MY]

Porno Phone Number Has 10-Year-Old's Mom Mad, 10859 [7MY]

Pride of Dorothy S. Bullitt, 26490 [7OC]

Real Life Imitates TV Violence, 19373 [17JY]

State Department Response to News Coverage of Terrorist Hijacking (excerpt), 19593 [18JY]

Tactics of Foreign Newsmen in South Africa Come Under Scrutiny, 26312 [5OC]

Televise the Senate, 14209 [4JN]

Training Video Power on Nuclear Power, 14830 [7JN]

Trial Reflection—Johnson Not Deceived, 7732 [4AP]

TV in the Hostage Crisis—Reporter or Participant?, 18707 [11JY]

When Television Watches People, 25336 [30SE]

Who Will Control TV, 10882-10886 [7MY]

Why Children's TV Turns Off So Many Parents, 22388 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

Access charges: prohibit imposition on residential and certain business subscribers (see H.R. 1632, 1634)

———reasonable fees for certain nonconnected business (see H.R. 1633)

Advertising: station's sale of time for editorial advertisements (see H.R. 1570)

Alcoholic beverages: equivalent time with advertising for public service announcements (see H.R. 2526)

———study of advertising and promotion (see H.R. 1901)

Antennas: discriminatory and unduly restrictive regulations (see S. Res. 35)

Audio recording devices: copyrighted music (see S. 1739)

Broadcasting stations: equal employment opportunities (see H.R. 150)

———procedures for renewal, assignment, and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 1977)

Cable system: clarify definition of local service area in case of low power television station (see S. 1526; H.R. 3108)

Cable systems: encourage carrying out of local broadcast signals (see S. 1881; H.R. 3807)

Cable television: eliminate requirement for carrying certain out-of-State broadcast signals (see H.R. 1837)

———local carriage rules (see S. 584)

———moratorium on encryption of satellite programming (see H.R. 1769)

Campaign debates: broadcasting stations' equal time requirements (see S. 1806)

Children: quality of programs taken into account in station license renewal (see H.R. 2363)

Children's Television Education Act: enact (see S. 1594; H.R. 3216)

Clean Campaign Act: enact (see S. 1310)

Communication satellites: marketing and distribution of programming to Earth stations (see S. 1618)

———restrictions on conveyance of audiovisual work to nonnetwork stations (see S. 1980)

———retransmission of programs originated by broadcast stations (see H.R. 3843)

Copyrights: retransmission of programs originated by broadcast stations (see H.R. 3339)

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorize appropriations (see S. 1084)

Deaf: tax credit for expenses incurred in purchase of subtitle equipment (see S. 1355; H.R. 2853)

Elections: broadcasting of certain material relative to candidates for Federal offices (see H.R. 3351, 3440, 3799)

———broadcasting of certain material relative to canditates for Federal offices (see H.R. 3351)

———free time to candidates for Federal office (see H.R. 761)

Fairness doctrine: repeal (see S. 1038)

Fairness doctrine and equal time rule: abolish (see S. 22)

FCC: hearings prior to granting license transfer involving request for waiver of ownership rules (see H.R. 3723)

———review of acquisition of networks (see S. 1312; H.R. 2904)

Foreign relations: dialog with Soviet Union to further mutual understanding (see H. Con. Res. 156)

Foreign trade: duty classification for television apparatus and parts (see H.R. 2349)

———tariff classification for apparatus and parts (see S. 1288)

House: broadcast coverage of Chamber while Members are voting (see H. Res. 150)

———unedited and uncensored coverage of floor proceedings (see H. Res. 120)

———uniform and daily coverage of floor proceedings (see H. Res. 156)

Minorities: greater participation in telecommunication (see H.R. 308)

Missing children: broadcasting stations' campaign initiatives (see H.J. Res. 291)

National Defense Network: continuation (see H.R. 147)

Olympic games: excise tax on amounts paid by business for broadcasting rights (see H.R. 3770)

Political campaigns: broadcasting of certain material relative to candidates for Federal office (see H.R. 3045)

Pornography: prohibit transmission through use of cable television and telephone service (see S. 1090)

Public broadcasting: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3217)

———improve funding method (see H.R. 2500)

Public VHF stations: prohibit conversion to commercial stations (see H.R. 2394)

Reporters and reporting: memorial to honor those killed in action while covering a war or other armed conflict (see H.J. Res. 463)

Satellite-transmitted programs: clarify policies on viewing right (see H.R. 1840)

———prohibit encoding until decoding devices are available at reasonable prices (see H.R. 3989)

Senate: coverage of proceedings (see S. Res. 81)

Soviet Union: authorize equipment and services for improved direct communication link for crisis control (see S.J. Res. 108)

Taxation: funding of national competitive education trust fund for mathematics and science teachers scholarships and summer fellowships (see S. 1932)

———investment credit for purchase of certain used telecommunications property (see H.R. 152)

Telecommunication: prohibit recording of conversations made on Federal system (see H.R. 502)

———study impact of technologies and services on personal privacy (see H.R. 293)

Tobacco industry: prohibit advertising (see H.R. 760)

U.S.-U.S.S.R.: encourage dialogue via television (see S. Con. Res. 74)

Video recorder copyrighted works: infringement exemption for noncommercial recording (see H.R. 384)

Video surveillance: regulation (see H.R. 3455)

Broadcasts

ABC Sportsbeat: Howard Cosell (TV program dealing with relocation of professional sports franchises), 261-263 [3JA]

Budget deficit: with Senator Moynihan (excerpt from MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour), 20740 [26JY]

Commentaries

News media coverage of TWA hijacking, 18146 [9JY]

Court decisions

Air Capital Cablevision, Inc., and Multimedia Cablevision, Inc. v. Starlink Communications Group, Inc.: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 5366-5367 [19MR]

FCC v. League of Women Voters: Supreme Court, 10106 [1MY]

Decisions

Olmstead v. U.S.: Supreme Court (excerpt), 24370 [19SE]

Documents

Court Case Regarding Video Surveillance v. Right to Privacy (excerpt), 25335 [30SE]

Factsheets

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act (H.R. 150), 501 [3JA]

Interviews

Strategic defense initiative: Marvin Kalb with Robert C. McFarlane (excerpt), 27903 [17OC]

Letters

Achievement in Children's Television Award (sundry), 16981 [24JN]

Broadcasting obscene material: Stephen S. Trott, 10856 [7MY]

Commend KUTV-TV (Salt Lake City, UT) for substance abuse prevention efforts: Senator Hatch, 24699 [24SE]

Efforts to locate missing children: Gene Jankowski, 22230 [1AU]

Low-power television broadcasts: Dorothy Schrader, 21421 [30JY]

———Senator Mathias and Representative Kastenmeir, 21420 [30JY]

Presentation of certificate of recognition to Cox Cable Tidewater, Inc.: Betty J. Diener, 22983 [5SE]

Public Television Anticonversion Act (H.R. 2394): Sharon P. Rockefeller, 10922 [7MY]

Telecommunications Trade Act (H.R. 3131): Electronic Industries Association, 22689 [1AU]

Lists

Information and Telecommunications Technologies Group, 22689 [1AU]

Petitions

Alcoholic beverage advertisement: White Savannah Freewill Baptist Church, 1507 [31JA]

Press releases

Limited preemption of State and local zoning regulation of satellite receive-only Earth station antennas: FCC, 6817 [28MR]

Mobil to sponsor missing children campaign: Mobile Oil Corp., 6233 [26MR]

Secret Cries special: WTTG-TV (Washington, DC), 6233 [26MR]

Questions and answers

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act (H.R. 150), 502 [3JA]

Remarks in House

700 Club television program: profile of Marwan Burgan, 31420 [12NO]

Alcoholic beverages: study effects of advertising on consumption (H.R. 1901), 7115 [2AP]

At the Edge of the Union: BBC cancellation of documentary broadcast about Northern Ireland, 22775 [1AU]

AT&T: proposed plant construction in Singapore, 22948 [4SE]

———telecommunications policy, 29546 [29OC]

Bill Cosby Show: tribute, 24031 [17SE]

``Bill Cosby Show'': tribute, 24031 [17SE]

Burgan, Marwan: religious network profile relative to Middle East policies, 31420 [12NO]

Cable television: FCC licensing regulations, 32890 [20NO]

Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act: enact (H.R. 3339), 25250 [26SE]

Campaign Finance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3799), 32896 [20NO]

Children: quality of programs taken into account in station license renewal (H.R. 2363), 10492 [6MY]

Children's Television Education Act: enact (H.R. 3216), 22780 [1AU]

China, Republic of: Zenith Electronics Corp. television trade agreement, 18073 [8JY]

Clean Campaign Act: enact, 20166 [23JY]

Copyrights: right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated television programs (H.R. 3521), 27159 [10OC]

Cox Cable Tidewater, Inc.: programming award, 22983 [5SE]

C-SPAN network: access, 32511 [20NO]

Egypt: foster more widespread availability of satellite television viewing (H.R. 1769), 8081 [16AP], 30623 [5NO]

Elections: agreement with networks concerning early projections, 814 [22JA]

———broadcasting of certain material relative to candidates for Federal offices (H.R. 3799), 32896 [20NO]

Electronic Communications Privacy Act: enact (H.R. 3378), 24396 [19SE]

Esposito, Joan: Dante Award recipient, 10496 [6MY]

Ethnic, racial or religious groups: opposition to broadcasts which defame (H. Con. Res. 4), 7488 [3AP]

FCC: establish an Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs (H.R. 1607), 5679 [20MR], 5897 [20MR]

``First Steps'' (television movie): life story of Nan Davis and the use of computer-operated muscle stimulators, 5679 [20MR]

Health: CBS documentary, The Gift of Life on donation of organs, 6898 [28MR]

Hearing impaired: tax credit for television subtitle equipment (H.R. 2853), 17241 [25JN]

House of Representatives: broadcast coverage of Chamber while Members are voting (H. Res. 150), 9821 [30AP]

———uniform and daily coverage of floor proceedings, 10490 [6MY]

Japan: right of U.S. companies to purchase telecommunications equipment, 6406 [27MR]

Lexington, KY: anniversary of WLEX-TV, 5117 [7MR]

License transfers: require FCC public hearings when waiver of ownership rules is involved (H.R. 3723), 31538 [12NO]

Low-power television: copyright law and FCC regulations, 22028 [31JY]

Manhattan Cable TV: Community Outreach programming, 36801 [16DE]

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act: enact (H.R. 150), 501 [3JA]

Missing children: information, 7221-7229 [2AP]

Music: conveyance of rebroadcast rights relative to syndicated television programs (H.R. 3521), 27159 [10OC]

National Association of Broadcasters: tribute to the Minority Television Programming Exhibition, 12697 [20MY]

News: scrambling of signals to prevent reception by earth stations, 32208 [18NO]

News media: opposition to broadcasts which defame ethnic, racial, or religious groups (H. Con. Res. 4), 7488 [3AP]

Odeh, Alex: editing of interview, 31420 [12NO]

Olympic games: provide funding for U.S. Olympic Committee through excise tax on radio and television broadcast rights (H.R. 3770), 32278 [18NO]

One Too Many (television film): availability, 11069 [8MY]

Ortega, Daniel: Phil Donahue television show appearance, 28253 [22OC], 28605 [23OC]

Public Broadcasting Authorization Act: enact, 22777 [1AU]

Public Television Anticonversion Act: enact (H.R. 2394), 10921 [7MY]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of KXTV-Channel 10, 23486 [11SE]

———anniversary of KXTV-TV, 23486 [11SE]

Satellite television signals: encryption, 27574 [16OC]

Satellite Viewing Rights Act: enact (H.R. 1840), 27574 [16OC], 30455 [5NO], 30623 [5NO]

Satellite-transmitted television programming: clarify policies on viewing rights (H.R. 1840), 6888 [28MR], 9351 [24AP], 27574 [16OC], 30455 [5NO], 30623 [5NO]

Telecommunications Fair Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3350), 24195 [18SE]

Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3131), 22688 [1AU]

———enact (H.R. 3439), 25209 [26SE]

Terrorism: news media coverage, 17101, 17102 [25JN], 18706 [11JY]

Thaxton, James H.: tribute, 22905 [4SE]

U.S. missions: responsibility to promote freedom of the press, 11099 [8MY]

Video surveillance: prohibit certain forms and modify certain prohibitions with respect to others (H.R. 3455), 25335 [30SE]

Worldnet (global television satellite network): transmissions, 6876 [28MR]

WTTG-TV (Washington, DC): efforts to help locate missing children, 6476 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

ABC: program on nuclear age, 14828 [7JN]

Afghanistan: commend news coverage by CBS, 24959 [25SE]

Alcoholic beverages: subcommittee hearings on relationship with advertising, 12669 [20MY]

Aliens: conduct study on telephone verification system for determining employment eligibility, 23742 [13SE]

———conduct study on telephone verification system for determining employment eligibilty, 23742 [13SE]

Audio recording devices: establish royalty fee (S. 1739), 26366-26370 [7OC], 28210 [21OC]

Cable networks: marketing practices, 22448 [1AU]

Cable system: clarify definition of local service area in case of low power television station (S. 1526), 29763 [30OC]

Cable systems: encourage carrying of local broadcast signals (S. 1881), 33401 [22NO]

———ensure retransmission of local programs (S. 584), 4477 [5MR]

Campaign debates: equal access requirements (S. 1806), 29495 [29OC]

CBS: hostile takeover bid, 10881 [7MY]

Children: effects of violence, 19373 [17JY]

Children's Television Education Act: enact (S. 1594), 22386 [1AU]

China, People's Republic of: documentary on visit by Malcolm Forbes, 15607 [13JN]

Clean Campaign Act: enact (S. 1310), 15957, 15958 [17JN], 30326 [1NO]

Communications: protections against unauthorized access (S. 1667), 24365-24371 [19SE]

———regulate broadcasting or distribution of obscene material (S. 1090), 10855 [7MY]

Communications Act: amend to eliminate malicious interference with radio transmissions (S. 66), 5365 [19MR]

———restrictions on conveyance of audiovisual work to nonnetwork stations (S. 1980), 37655-37656 [18DE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 1084), 19131 [16JY], 22469 [1AU], 24005 [17SE]

Cox Cable of Tidewater, Inc.: tribute, 25826 [3OC]

Deaf: tax credit for expenses incurred in purchase of subtitle equipment (S. 1355), 17043 [25JN]

Dept. of Justice: response to news media coverage of airline hijacking by Shiite Moslems, 19593 [18JY]

Fairness doctrine: repeal (S. 1038), 10106 [1MY]

Fairness doctrine and equal time rule: abolish (S. 22), 79 [3JA]

FCC: clarify policies relative to satellite-transmitted programming (S. 1618), 23234 [10SE]

———fairness doctrine, 27647 [16OC]

———review of acquisition of networks (S. 1312), 16023 [18JN]

Fetzer, John E.: tribute, 1504 [31JA]

Foreign trade: tariff classification of apparatus and parts (S. 1288), 15356 [12JN]

Home Audio Recording Act: enact (S. 1739), 26366-26370 [7OC], 28210 [21OC]

Home satellite dish antennas: prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions, 6817 [28MR]

———prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions (S. Res. 35), 338 [3JA], 1999-2001 [6FE]

Kay, Dick: news media award recipient, 10871 [7MY]

Macdonald, Arch J.: tribute, 16606 [20JN]

MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour: anniversary, 31196 [7NO]

March of Dimes National Birth Defects Foundation: telethon, 17610 [27JN]

Missing children: campaign to locate, 22230 [1AU]

National Association of Broadcasters: efforts to combat drug and alcohol abuse, 5338 [18MR]

National Competitiveness Education Act: enact (S. 1932), 36275 [12DE]

National Disability in Entertainment Week: observance, 19880 [22JY]

News media: threat to independence, 7012 [2AP]

Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs: establish within the FCC (S. 312), 1237 [29JA]

Public broadcasting: funding, 10942 [8MY]

Salt Lake City, UT: commend KUTV-TV for efforts to prevent substance abuse, 24699 [24SE]

Senate: coverage of floor proceedings, 14 [3JA], 23799, 23801 [16SE], 29689 [30OC], 34063 [4DE]

———coverage of floor proceedings (S. Res. 28), 34412 [5DE], 38384 [19DE]

———coverage of floor proceedings (S. Res. 28), star print, 29259 [28OC]

———coverage of floor proceedings (S. Res. 81), 3812-3814 [27FE]

———coverage of floor proceedings (S. Res. 245), 29173 [25OC]

———coverage of proceedings, 6 [3JA]

South Africa: news coverage, 26311 [5OC]

Television: prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas (S. Res. 35), 338 [3JA]

U.S.-U.S.S.R.: encourage dialog via television (S. Con. Res. 74), 25188 [26SE]

UA-Columbia Cablevision: tribute, 16980 [24JN]

Washington, DC: public service campaign focusing on missing children, 6233 [26MR]

Weitz, Bruce: tribute, 26705 [8OC]

Reports

Designate National High-Tech Month: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 128), 23620 [12SE]

Enhance U.S. Foreign Telecommunications Trade: Committee on Finance (S. 942) (S. Rept. 99-204), 33673 [2DE]

Organized Crime in California 1982-83, 10858 [7MY]

Telecommunications Industry Change Impact on Small Business: Committee on Small Business (98-1171), ***** [3JA]

Television and Radio Coverage of Senate Floor Proceedings (S. Res. 28): Committee on Rules and Administration, 34415-34417 [5DE]

Statements

Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act (H.R. 3339): Mark S. Fowler (excerpt), 25251 [26SE]

Children, Adolescents, and Television: American Academy of Pediatrics, 5111 [7MR], 22389 [1AU]

Coverage of Senate Proceedings by Radio and Television: Daniel J. Boorstin, 3813 [27FE]

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (H.R. 3378): Supreme Court Justice Brandeis, 24396 [19SE]

FCC Review of Acquisition of Television Networks, 16023 [18JN]

Freedom of Expression: Thomas Jefferson, 10106 [1MY]

Manhattan Cable TV's Community Outreach Programming: Nathan Quinones, 36801 [16DE]

News Coverage of Hijacking: Claude Witmoyer, 19593 [18JY]

Programming for Children: Henry Rivera, 22386 [1AU]

U.S. Chamber Praises Efforts To Open Telecommunications Markets, 22689 [1AU]

Studies

``Watson, Can You Still Hear Me?'', 7689 [4AP]

Summaries

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 1667), 24370 [19SE]

March 1985, Cox Cable Tidewater, Inc., in Review: Irvine B. Hill, 22984 [5SE]

National Competitiveness Education Act (S. 1932), 36276 [12DE]

Telecommunications Trade Act (H.R. 3439), 25209 [26SE]

Texts of

Communications Act (excerpt), 10856 [7MY]

H. Res. 150, providing for audio and visual broadcast coverage of House Chamber during voting, 9821 [30AP]

H.R. 1607, establish an Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs within the FCC, 5897 [20MR]

H.R. 2853, tax credit for television subtitle equipment for the hearing impaired, 17241 [25JN]

H.R. 3339, Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act, 25251 [26SE]

H.R. 3521, right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated television programs, 27160 [10OC]

H.R. 3723, require FCC public hearings for license transfers when waiver of ownership rules is involved (H.R. 3723), 31538 [12NO]

S. 22, abolish television and radio fairness doctrine and equal time rule, 80 [3JA]

S. 312, Ethnic and Minority Affairs Broadcasting Act, 1237 [29JA]

S. 584, ensure retransmission of local programs by cable systems, 4477 [5MR]

S. 1038, repeal of fairness doctrine, 10107 [1MY]

S. 1090, Cable-Porn and Dial-a-Porn Control Act, 10857 [7MY]

S. 1288, tariff classification of apparatus and parts for televisions, 15356 [12JN]

S. 1310, Clean Campaign Act, 15958 [17JN]

S. 1312, Federal Communications Commission Network Acquisition Approval Act, 16304 [19JN]

S. 1526, clarify status of low-power television transmissions, 21420 [30JY]

S. 1594, Children's Television Education Act, 22386 [1AU]

S. 1667, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 24366-24370 [19SE]

S. 1739, Home Audio Recording Act, 26367-26369 [7OC]

S. 1932, National Competitiveness Education Act, 36276-36278 [12DE]

S. Res. 2, television and radio coverage of Senate proceedings, 6, 325-327 [3JA], 635-637 [21JA]

S. Res. 28, television and radio coverage of Senate floor proceedings, 34417 [5DE]

S. Res. 28, television and radio coverage of Senate proceedings, 330 [3JA], 638-640 [21JA]

S. Res. 29, television and radio coverage of Senate proceedings, 331 [3JA], 640 [21JA]

S. Res. 35, prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish television antennas, 338 [3JA]

S. Res. 81, coverage of Senate proceedings, 3812 [27FE]

S. Res. 245, coverage of Senate floor proceedings, 29173-29174 [25OC]

U.S. Code, title 18 (excerpt on broadcasting obscene material), 10855 [7MY]

Transcripts

Devil Worship: 20/20 (ABC News), 25077-25080 [26SE]

Hate Groups: 20/20 (ABC News), 24784-24786 [24SE]

Vetoes

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 607), 732 [22JA]