FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Addresses

Time of Turmoil and Time of Triumph: Ralph M. Baruch, 35436-35437 [11DE]

Articles and editorials

Being Fair to the Fairness Doctrine, 14199 [1JN]

Blandness Doctrine, 16998 [23JN]

Broadcast Licenses, 3867 [19FE]

Dollars Dictate Bumping of Teen Special, 23738 [10SE]

Fairness Calls for a Veto, 16998 [23JN]

Fairness Doctrine Does Not Censor Anything, 21193 [27JY]

Fairness Flimflam, 16997 [23JN]

Fairness in—and on—the Air, 16998 [23JN]

FCC, on the Attack Against Fairness, 22979 [6AU]

Fowler's Way—Foul Is Fair, 12404 [13MY]

Future Is Calling, 27723-27725 [13OC]

KGNU Grows Up in the 80's, 23738 [10SE]

Level Playing Field for the Marketplace of Ideas, 14196 [1JN]

Nation's Broadcasting Nanny, 12224 [12MY]

Newspaper Editors Ask Veto of Fairness Bill, 16998 [23JN]

Save the TV Giraffe, 14528 [3JN]

Sorry, Wrong Policy—How Not To Compete in Telecommunications Markets Today, 36665 [19DE]

Static—and Unfairness—at the FCC, 35926 [16DE]

They Call It Fairness, but . . ., 16998 [23JN]

Vote for Fairness in Broadcasting, 34042 [3DE]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: regulation of airline advertising (see S. 1088)

Appropriations: authorizing (see S. 1048)

Broadcasting stations: prohibit license trafficking (see H.R. 1187)

———prohibit license trafficking except in certain cases of minority ownership (see H.R. 2479)

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act: enact (see H.R. 3288)

Children's Television Education Act: enact (see S. 1505)

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (see S. 742)

Hearing Aid Compatibility Act: enact (see S. 314)

Housing and Community Development Act: uniform emergency number systems (see H.R. 721)

Minorities: establish Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs (see H.R. 1234)

News media: promote diversity in ownership, management, and programming (see H.R. 1090)

Radio: assignment of particular channel in citizen band radio service for use by neighborhood watch program (see H.R. 261)

———eliminate comparative renewal process (see H.R. 1140)

———fee on transfer of spectrum licenses and establishment of trust fund for public broadcasting (see S. 1935)

———issuance, renewal, and transfer of broadcasting licenses (see H.R. 3493)

———promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (see S. 827)

Reauthorize (see H.R. 2961)

Telephone: limit access charges (see S. 1074)

———residential abuses for business and charitable solicitations (see H.R. 3173)

Television: eliminate automatic termination date from the cable must-carry regulations (see H.R. 2736)

———eliminate comparative renewal process (see H.R. 1140)

———promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (see S. 827)

Vacancies: reform process to fill (see S. 1449)

Communications from

Competition in Contracting Act: report, 4915 (EC770) [5MR], 5918 (EC740) [17MR]

Fairness Doctrine: report, 23568 (EC1735) [9SE]

Fairness doctrine enforcement: report, 22587 (EC1906) [5AU]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 8665 (EC1138) [9AP], 9120 (EC1035) [21AP]

Goals, objectives, and priorities: report, 8474 (EC964) [8AP]

Records system: report, 101 (EC135) [6JA]

Report, 340 (EC191) [6JA], 7726 (EC1059) [1AP]

Decisions

Columbia Broadcasting: Supreme Court, 17000 [23JN]

Red Lion case: Supreme Court, 17000 [23JN]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): budget (testimony from Mark S. Fowler, Warren E. Burger, Mark W. Cannon, and John Goudie), D84 [25FE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): budget (testimony from Mark Fowler, Edward V. Hickey, Jr., and John Gaughan), D63 [18FE]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: budget (testimony), D262 [21AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: subscriber line charges (testimony), D229 [2AP]

Letters

Cellular telephone service: Eleanor Calamari, 35182 [11DE]

Fairness doctrine: Morton H. Halperin and Barry W. Lynn, ACLU, 9207 [22AP]

———Walter Cronkite, 16326 [16JN], 16999 [23JN]

———William S. Paley, 16999 [23JN]

Transfer of FCC licenses: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, and James C. Miller III, OMB, 34909 [10DE]

Lists

Groups supporting legislation to codify the fairness doctrine, 14527 [3JN], 30667 [3NO], 34042 [3DE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 26154 [1OC]

Messages

Veto of Fairness in Broadcasting Act (S. 742): President Reagan, 16989 [23JN]

Opinions

Freedom of Speech: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 6672 [24MR]

Freedom of the Press: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 6672 [24MR]

Provisions

S. 742, regulation of broadcasting, 16997 [23JN]

Remarks in House

Broadcasting stations: comparative license renewal process (H.R. 1140), 3895 [19FE]

———issuance, renewal, and transfer of licenses (H.R. 3493), 28165 [15OC]

———prohibit trafficking in licenses (H.R. 1187), 3870 [19FE]

———reinstitute antitrafficking rules, 3867 [19FE]

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act: enact (H.R. 3288), 24261 [16SE]

Enhanced service providers: access charge, 29214 [26OC]

Fairness doctrine, 30667 [3NO]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act, 22692 [5AU]

———enact (S. 742), 14539 [3JN], 16326 [16JN], 21193 [27JY]

Fowler, Mark: deregulation of broadcasting industry, 9188 [21AP], 12404 [13MY]

Minorities: establish Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs (H.R. 1234), 11293 [5MY]

Radio: codify fairness doctrine, 34041-34048 [3DE]

———exempt broadcasters from fairness doctrine, 14529-14536 [3JN]

———regulations on obscene language, 12224 [12MY]

Reauthorizing (H.R. 2961), 20109 [15JY], 27651 [13OC], 27653 [15OC]-27654 [13OC]

Telephone: FCC-authorized access charge, 13854 [27MY]

———increase in residential bills, 18600 [1JY]

———residential abuses relative to business and charitable solicitations (H.R. 3173), 22715 [6AU]

Television: codify fairness doctrine, 34041-34048 [3DE]

———competing in telecommunications markets, 36665 [19DE]

———regulate broadcasting and distribution of offensive or derogatory comments, 4789 [4MR]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: authorizing (S. 1048), 9135 [21AP]

Children's Television Education Act: enact (S. 1505), 20245, 20249 [17JY], 23737 [10SE]

Dial-a-Porn Control Act: enact (S. 212), 639 [6JA]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 742), 5623 [12MR], 6635 [24MR], 9100-9114 [21AP], 9207 [22AP]

———enact (S. 742), unanimous-consent agreement, 9099 [21AP]

———enact (S. 742), unanimous-consent request relative to President's veto message, 16989 [23JN]

———enact (S. 742), veto, 16989-17002 [23JN]

First Amendment Clarification Act: enact (S. 22), 442 [6JA]

Radio: fee on transfer of spectrum licenses and establishment of trust fund for public broadcasting (S. 1935), 34462 [9DE]

———promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (S. 827), 6671 [24MR]

———repeal fairness doctrine, 22979 [6AU]

Telephone: limit access charges (S. 1074), 9255 [22AP]

Telephone Consumer Rate Equity Act: enact (S. 1074), 9255 [22AP]

Television: must-carry rule regarding cable television companies, 36185 [18DE]

———promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (S. 827), 6671 [24MR]

———repeal fairness doctrine, 22979 [6AU]

Vacancies: reform process to fill (S. 1449), 18184 [30JN]

Reports

Fairness Doctrine Stems From General Public Interest Standard of Communications Act, 9108 [21AP]

Reports filed

Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1048) (S. Rept. 100-142), 22208 [4AU]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 742) (S. Rept. 100-34), 7948 [3AP]

Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2961) (H. Rept. 100-363), 27174 [9OC]

Statements

Broadcast Licenses: James Quello, 3867 [19FE]

Broadcast Spectrum Scarcity, 16992 [23JN]

———FAA, 16992 [23JN]

Communications Industry, 34911 [10DE]

Fairness Doctrine, 16993 [23JN]

———Dept. of Commerce, 16995 [23JN]

———Fred W. Friendly, 16993 [23JN]

———Reagan administration, 34044 [3DE]

Fairness Doctrine and Availability of Broadcasting Spectrum, 9102 [21AP]

———Charles Ferris, 9102 [21AP]

———Curtis Gans, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, 9102 [21AP]

———FCC, 9102 [21AP]

———Fred W. Friendly, 9103 [21AP]

Television: Ellen Gibbs, 28166 [15OC]

Testimonies

Fairness Doctrine: Charles Ferris, 16992 [23JN]

Texts of

H.R. 1934, clarify congressional intent concerning Communications Act requirements that broadcasters afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views, 14529 [3JN]

H.R. 2961, reauthorizing, 27651 [13OC]

S. 22, First Amendment Clarification Act, 442 [6JA]

S. 212, Dial-a-Porn Control Act, 639 [6JA]

S. 742, Fairness in Broadcasting Act, 9114 [21AP], 14539 [3JN]

S. 827, promote diversity and quality of programming in electronic media by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions, 6672 [24MR]

S. 1048, authorizing appropriations, 9135 [21AP]

S. 1074, Telephone Consumer Rate Equity Act, 9255 [22AP]

S. 1449, Transportation Regulatory Reform Act, 18185 [30JN]

S. 1505, Children's Television Education Act, 20246 [17JY]