TELEVISION

Addresses

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

Amendments

Broadcasting: clarify congressional intent concerning requirements to afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (H.R. 1934), 14262 [2JN], 14529 [3JN]

Analyses

Broadcasting Improvements Act (S. 1277), 13744 [27MY]

Articles and editorials

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

Blandness Doctrine, 16998 [23JN]

Bogeyman Fundraising, 28904 [22OC]

Bring Back TV's Antismoking Ads, 14108 [28MY]

Broadcast Licenses, 3867 [19FE]

Candidates on Television, 14651 [4JN]

Cottons Up to Koppel's Gospel, 18396 [30JN]

Court Orders FCC Review of Policy on Children's TV, 20249 [17JY]

Creeping Commercialism—Is the Toy Business Taking Over Kids' TV?, 20247 [17JY]

Do You Smoke, Daddy?, 14108 [28MY]

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

Dreams Come True, 15568 [11JN]

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]

FCC Is Ordered To Reconsider Decision To Eliminate Ad Rules for Children's TV, 20249 [17JY]

FCC Ordered To Review Deregulation of Children's Television, 20248 [17JY]

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

Health Care Test That George Bush Flunked, 35927 [16DE]

Heeeere's Johnny—Whoever He Is, 26014 [1OC]

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

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

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

On Christian Understanding, 8520 [8AP]

Right Wing Groups Organize Election Style Campaign With Phone Banks, TV, Radio, and Newspaper Ads, 28656 [21OC]

Save the TV Giraffe, 14528 [3JN]

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

Televising Congress, 14271 [2JN]

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

3-Nation Conference Reveals That TV Stereotyping Stirs Distrust of Foreigners, 11294 [5MY]

TV Superjerks, 26720 [6OC]

TV Toys—Debut and Debate, 20248 [17JY]

Violence Is Rampant on Early Evening TV, 1968 [27JA]

Why Candidates Should Get Free TV Time, 4305 [26FE]

Yes, Andy, There Is a Mayberry, 25048 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: exempt certain activities from provisions of the laws (see S. 844)

Broadcasting: clarify congressional intent concerning requirements to afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (see H.R. 1934)

Broadcasting Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1277)

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

———franchising authorities to specify the channel position of local stations (see H.R. 3321)

———local franchising (see H.R. 3624)

———recognize, strengthen, and further objectives (see S. 22)

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

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885)

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (see H.R. 2429)

Courts: closed-circuit televising of testimony of abused children (see H.R. 2926)

Crime and criminals: forfeiture of media royalty in national security cases (see H.R. 1069)

Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (see S. 1095)

Elections: advertisements (see H.R. 3450)

———free time for candidates (see H.R. 521)

Encrypted satellite communications: fair marketing practices (see S. 889)

———moratorium (see H.R. 1010)

———programming produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2546)

Fairness doctrine: promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing (see S. 827)

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

FCC: eliminate comparative renewal process (see H.R. 1140)

———prohibit trafficking in station licenses except when ownership is sought by minorities (see H.R. 2479)

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

———regulations prohibiting trafficking in station licenses (see H.R. 1187)

House of Representatives: amend rules to provide for uncensored broadcast coverage of proceedings (see H. Res. 42)

Minorities: business participation (see H.R. 293)

National Football League: Dept. of Justice study of telecasting (see S. Res. 291)

Pornography: restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786)

Satellite carriers: interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission of superstations for private viewing (see H.R. 2848)

Smoking: use of television broadcasters to educate public about health hazard (see H.J. Res. 271), 11720 [7MY]

Surveillance: prohibit certain forms (see H.R. 1895)

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act: enact (see S. 698; H.R. 1195)

Tariff: apparatus and parts (see S. 519)

TV Marti, an Open Window of Liberty: designate (see H. Con. Res. 180)

Women: business participation (see H.R. 293)

Broadcasts

Celebration of Citizenship, 29520-29522 [27OC]

How to Raise a Street Smart Child: Home Box Office, 5284 [10MR]

Saluting the record of Mabel S. Amos, 21954 [3AU]

Commentaries

Right wing groups organize election style campaign with phone banks, television, radio, and newspaper ads: Bill Roberts, We The People, CBS News, 28656 [21OC]

Decisions

Columbia Broadcasting: Supreme Court, 17000 [23JN]

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

Documents

Applicability of S. 742 to Cable Television, 9113 [21AP]

Drug abuse commercials by students (sundry), 17616 [25JN]

Hearings

Committee on Energy and Commerce: broadcasters responsibilities under the fairness doctrine (testimony), D240 [7AP]

———mergers, acquisitions, and changes in management, and their impact on the national television networks' news operations, D291 [28AP], D297 [29AP], D305 [30AP]

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and television programming: Alan Wurtzel, 19072 [8JY]

———Ralph Daniels, 19072 [8JY]

Fairness doctrine: Ann F. Lewis, Americans for Democratic Action, 14196 [1JN]

———Anthony T. Podesta and John H. Buchanan, Jr., People for the American Way, 14195 [1JN]

———Cathy Reynolds, National League of Cities, 14197 [1JN]

———David J. Saad, National Association of Arab Americans, 14198 [1JN]

———Herbert Schmertz, Mobil Oil Corp., 14197 [1JN]

———Howard Phillips, Conservative Caucus, Inc., 14199 [1JN]

———Jack Golodner, AFL-CIO, 14199 [1JN]

———Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, 14198 [1JN]

———John F. Behnke, KOMO Radio and Television (Seattle, WA), 14199 [1JN]

———Joyce Tuomy, Morality in Media of Massachusetts, Inc., 14196 [1JN]

———Ken Bossong, Critical Mass Energy Project of Public Citizen, 14198 [1JN]

———Michael Pertschuk, Advocacy Institute, 14198 [1JN]

———Morton H. Halperin and Barry W. Lynn, ACLU, 9207 [22AP], 14198 [1JN]

———Reed Irvine, Accuracy in Media, Inc., 14195 [1JN]

———Richard H. Hirsch, U.S. Catholic Conference, 14196 [1JN]

———Robert M. McGlotten, AFL-CIO, 14196 [1JN]

———several religious organizations, 14198 [1JN]

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

———William S. Paley, 16999 [23JN]

Jersey Central v. FERC decision: Leonard W. Belter, 28932 [22OC]

Project Literacy U.S. program: Mississippi Educational Television Network, 30637 [3NO]

Television coverage of Congress: C-SPAN viewer, 14275 [2JN]

———Lawrence K. Grossman, 14399 [2JN]

———Richard S. Salant and Bill Leonard, 14399 [2JN]

Video to Princess Diana: Dreams Come True (organization), 15568 [11JN]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 1934, to codify the fairness doctrine, 14194 [1JN]

Groups supporting legislation to codify the fairness doctrine, 14195 [1JN], 14527 [3JN], 30667 [3NO]

Satellite television home dish owners, by State, 7535 [31MR]

Messages

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

Poems

``Television Evangelist,'' Clinton F. Larson, 11576 [6MY]

Provisions

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

Remarks in House

Broadcasting: clarify congressional intent concerning requirements to afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (H.R. 1934), 7872 [2AP], 8071 [6AP], 12404 [13MY], 14193, 14194 [1JN], 14517 [3JN], 14522-14538 [3JN], 14785 [4JN], 16326 [16JN], 21193 [27JY], 34047 [16DE]

Cable television: local franchising (H.R. 3624), 31446 [9NO]

———local franchising authorities to specify the channel position of local stations (H.R. 3321), 24895 [22SE]

Chet Gulinski Show: anniversary, 33205 [20NO]

Children: ABC-TV program Growing Pains on youth suicide, 34654 [9DE]

———television programs on safety, 4950 [5MR]

———How to Raise a Street Smart Child program, 5284 [10MR]

Communications Act: amend (H.R. 1885), 7342 [31MR], 7576 [31MR]

Communism: coverage of anticommunist demonstrations, 10940 [4MY]

Congress: hearings on mergers in the broadcast media, 14399 [2JN]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (H.R. 2429), 12555 [14MY]

Courts: closed-circuit televising of testimony of abused children (H.R. 2926), 19581 [13JY]

District of Columbia: tribute to WHMM-TV, 24701 [21SE]

Drug abuse: commercials by students, 17616 [25JN]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 742), 14539 [3JN], 16326 [16JN], 21193 [27JY]

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

———fairness doctrine, 30667 [3NO]

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

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

———retirement of Mark Fowler, 12404 [13MY]

Fowler, Mark: FCC policies, 9188 [21AP]

Japan: Asia Business News project, 14553 [3JN]

Los Angeles, CA: KMEX-TV anniversary, 25346 [25SE], 25679 [29SE]

``Mayberry, NC'': tribute, 25047 [23SE]

Mississippi Educational Television Network: Project Literacy U.S program, 30637 [3NO]

National Association of Public Television Stations: meeting in St. Louis, MO, 9331 [22AP]

News media: White House correspondents, 26720 [6OC]

Plante, Bill: status as a journalist, 29505 [27OC]

Pledge of Allegiance: ``A Celebration of Citizenship'' broadcast, 29520 [27OC]

Pornography: restrict obscene and indecent communications (H.R. 1786), 7597 [31MR]

Religion: investigation of television ministries, 13766 [27MY]

Satellite-transmitted programming: child safety program on Home Box Office, 4950 [5MR]

———interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission of superstations for private viewing (H.R. 2848), 18357, 18358 [30JN]

Smoking: use of television broadcasters to educate public about dangers (H.J. Res. 271), 11728 [7MY]

Soviet Union: Amerika miniseries, 3500 [19FE]

———U.S. media coverage of Mikhail Gorbachev, 34084 [3DE]

St. Louis, MO: tribute to KSDK-TV, 3176 [5FE]

Tobacco industry: ban on advertising, 5535 [11MR]

``Tour of Duty'': tribute, 21466 [29JY]

White Plains Cable Television Access Commission, Inc.: tribute, 34081 [3DE]

Zenith Electronics Corp.: television-computer monitor, 12757 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Antitrust policy: exempt certain activities from provisions of the laws (S. 844), 6895 [25MR]

Broadcasting Improvements Act: enact (S. 1277), 13742 [27MY]

Canada: bar importation of independently produced films, 12923 [19MY]

Capitol Building: Senate recording studio price schedule, 11625 [7MY]

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

Digital audio recording devices: require inclusion of copy-code scanners (S. 506), 4384 [26FE]

Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (S. 1095), 9744 [24AP]

Fairness doctrine: promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing (S. 827), 6671 [24MR]

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]

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

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

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

Helms, Senator: disrespectful treatment, 22842 [6AU]

National Football League: Dept. of Justice report on telecasting practices (S. Res. 291), 25637 [30SE]

Piscopo, Joe: tribute, 26924 [7OC]

Programs: violence, 1968 [27JA]

Senate: coverage of proceedings, 10052 [28AP], 14265, 14268 [2JN]

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

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act: enact (S. 698), 5154 [10MR], 7171 [27MR]

———enact (S. 698), order for star print, 6637 [24MR]

Tariff: certain apparatus and parts (S. 519), 3128 [5FE]

USIA: audience survey of Worldnet programs, 13971 [28MY], 26899 [7OC]

Reports

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

Reports filed

Clarification of Congressional Intent Concerning Broadcasters Affording Opportunity for Discussion of Conflicting Views: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1934) (H. Rept. 100-108), 13825 [27MY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1934) (H. Rept. 100-113), 14057 [28MY]

Fair Marketing Practices for Certain Encrypted Satellite Communications: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 889) (S. Rept. 100-272), 37793 [21DE]

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

Statements

Broadcast Licenses: James Quello, 3867 [19FE]

Broadcast Spectrum Scarcity: FAA, 16992 [23JN]

Candidates on Television, 14651 [4JN]

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

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

———Dept. of Commerce, 16995 [23JN]

———FCC, 9102 [21AP], 16993 [23JN]

———Fred W. Friendly, 9103 [21AP], 16993 [23JN]

———Senator Pressler, 9109 [21AP]

Impact of Television on Political Campaigns: Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, 16992 [23JN]

USIA Worldnet Satellite System: Frank Shakespeare, 13971 [28MY]

Studies

From Irangate to Olliemania—How TV News Covered the Hearings: S. Robert and Linda S. Lichter, 26225 [1OC]

Summaries

Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act (S. 889), 7536, 7537 [31MR]

Tables

C-SPAN/C-SPAN II affiliates, 14275 [2JN]

Japanese 13-inch color television imports, 9154 [21AP]

Testimonies

Education Assistance for Gifted and Talented Children: Keith W. Mielke, 596 [6JA]

Fairness Doctrine: Charles Ferris, 16992 [23JN]

Media Coverage of House and Senate Proceedings: Senator Byrd, 14271 [2JN]

Texts of

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

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

S. 519, tariff treatment of certain television apparatus and parts, 3128 [5FE]

S. 698, Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act, 5155 [10MR]

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 (S. 827), 6672 [24MR]

S. 889, Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act, 7535 [31MR]

S. 1095, Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act, 9745 [24AP]

S. 1277, Broadcasting Improvements Act, 13743 [27MY]

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