TELEVISION

Addresses

High-Definition Television and Fiber—The Synergy and the Future: Reese Schonfeld, 29834 [17NO]

Media Coverage of the Congress: Representative Obey, 9605-9609 [17MY]

Amendments

Technology Administration Authorization Act: enact (S. 1191), 26177, 26189 [26OC]

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), 10303, 10372 [31MY], 29820, 29865 [17NO]

Analyses

High-Definition Television Competitiveness Act (H.R. 1267), 3408 [2MR]

Articles and editorials

ABC Nervous About Biblical Verses—Television Network Exercises Unseen Censorship, 16278 [26JY]

Barking Up the Wrong Tree, 16338 [26JY]

Cable Television Rates Are Out of Control, 22431 [28SE]

Cross of Fire—TV Execs Tend Never To Let Facts Stand in the Way of a Good Story, 28942 [14NO]

Fairness Doctrine, 18695 [4AU]

First Amendment Protects Political Mudslinging, 16338 [26JY]

Keeping Fairness on the Air, 15332 [19JY]

Kodak Enters the HDTV Market With Converter for Movie Film, 26075 [25OC]

Let's Swap FSX for HDTV, 12185 [15JN]

Networks to Censors—Take a Walk, Audience Erosion From Cable, Home Video, Pay TV a Factor, 4385 [15MR]

Panel Says Balloon TV Signals to Cuba May be Off the Mark—Castro Jamming Broadcast Cited as a Risk, 1663 [2FE]

Panel Urges HDTV Initiative, 24167 [11OC]

PBS's Portrayal of an Epidemic, 5783 [6AP]

Satellites Dish up TV and Rural Discrimination, 22432 [28SE]

Senate Committee Approves Bush's Three Nominees for FCC, 19053 [4AU]

Subtle Verdict From NBC, 10693 [1JN]

Television Violence Will Keep Growing Until You Stop It, 20086 [12SE]

Tune In, Tune Off; Don't Vote, 3038 [28FE]

We Still Need the Fairness Doctrine, 15331 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: deny tax benefits for discrimination (see H.R. 138)

———restrictions during children's programming (see S. 1215; H.R. 1677)

Broadcasting stations: license renewal requirements (see H.R. 2682)

Business: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437)

Cable Competition Act: enact (see S. 1068)

Cable Consumer Protection Act: enact (see S. 905)

Cable Rate Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 1375)

Cable Subscriber Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 109)

Cable system: deregulation (see H. Con. Res. 138)

———prohibit foreign ownership (see H.R. 2643)

———State and local regulatory agencies authority (see H.R. 2128, 2222, 3826)

———subscribers reception of local broadcast stations and local professional sports events (see H.R. 2363)

———regulation of service tiers (see H.R. 1304)

Cable Television Consumer Protection Act: enact (see S. 1880)

Cable Television Subscriber Protection Act: enact (see S. 833)

Children: authorize grants for closed-circuit televising of the testimony of abused individuals (see H.R. 826)

———effects of violence on youth (see S. 593)

———programming (see S. 1992)

Children's Television Act: enact (see S. 707)

Competition in Cable Television Act: enact (see S. 834)

C-SPAN: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 22)

EEC: adoption of a restrictive broadcasting directive (see H. Res. 257)

———U.S. response to the adoption of a restrictive broadcasting directive (see H.R. 3742)

Election campaigns: broadcasting certain political matter (see S. 1346)

———broadcasting of material relative to candidates (see S. 999)

———codify the fairness doctrine (see H.R. 315)

———purchase of time by candidates (see S. 744, 1009)

Employment: equal employment opportunities (see H.R. 247, 248)

Encryption of programming: prohibit for programs produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2667)

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (see S. 577)

FCC: geographic toll rate averaging in the regulation of interstate long-distance rates (see H.R. 2056)

High-definition technology: develop a U.S.-based enterprise (see S. 1001)

———tax incentives to help development (see H.R. 1267)

High-Definition Television Development Act: enact (see S. 952; H.R. 1516)

Industry: conduct certain activities relative to promoting improvements (see H.R. 823)

———promote diversity in media ownership, management, and programming (see H.R. 125)

National Cable Television Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 232)

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (see S. 797)

National Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284)

Pornography: removal of offensive sexual material (see S.J. Res. 214)

Public Access to Captioned Television Act: enact (see H.R. 2968)

Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act: enact (see S. 1698)

Smoking: increase public service announcements on health risks (see H. Res. 34, H.J. Res. 245)

Sports: make antitrust laws applicable for regular over-the-air broadcasts of baseball games (see H.R. 2593)

Tariff: magnetic video tape recordings (see H.R. 698)

Taxation: treatment of rural cooperatives relative to book income preference (see H.R. 1193)

Technology Administration Authorization Act: enact (see S. 1191)

Television Decoder Circuitry Act: enact (see S. 1974)

Urban areas: primary commercial service to metropolitan areas (see H.R. 695)

Videos: allow unlicensed viewing under certain conditions (see H.R. 3158)

Violence and obscenity: collective voluntary measure to alleviate problems (see H.R. 1391)

Commentaries

Telecommunication industry competitiveness: Paul Harvey, 7726 [2MY]

Letters

Campaign finance reform package: Representative William M. Thomas, 10421-10424 [31MY]

Children's Television Education Act: American Psychological Association, 12709 [21JN]

———several educators, 12709 [21JN]

Domestic consumer electronics industry: Ian M. Ross, National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors, 24168 [11OC]

Fairness doctrine: Andrew J. Schwartzman, 15332 [19JY]

Report on rules applicable to television ministries: IRS, 2173 [9FE], 4047 [13MR]

U.S. access to the EEC broadcasting market: Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., 25451 [23OC]

Violence and indecent programming: Andrew C. Barrett, 19052 [4AU]

———Christian/Jewish leadership in Rhode Island, 11019 [6JN]

———John H. Buchanan, Jr., 17012 [31JY]

———Morton H. Halperin and Barry W. Lynn, 17012 [31JY]

Lists

Cities where cable rates went up 50% or more in 1987, 4040 [13MR]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 11417 [9JN]

Maine, 17334 [1AU], 20052 [12SE]

Messages

Corp. for Public Broadcasting Report: President Bush, 9121 [15MY]

Motions

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), pass in lieu of H.R. 1391, 17162 [1AU]

Papers

Advanced Television Systems—Getting a Share of the Market for U.S.-Owned Companies: William F. Schreiber, 5770-5774 [6AP]

Consequences of Failing To Develop a Strong HDTV Industry in the U.S.: Robert Cohen, 5769 [6AP]

Petitions

Brusly, LA, Board of Aldermen, 23834 [6OC]

Foster City, CA, City Council, 15762 [21JY]

Marysville, WA, School District Board of Directors, 22069 [27SE]

Stanwood, WA, 22876 [3OC]

Public opinion polls

Parents disturbed by television content: George Gallup, Jr., 10303 [31MY]

Remarks in House

Cable Rate Disclosure Act: enact (H.R. 1375), 4040 [13MR]

Cable Subscriber Protection Act: enact (H.R. 109), 168 [3JA]

Cable system: approval of rate increases by local regulatory authorities (H.R. 2128), 7566 [26AP]

———local regulation of programming and rates (H.R. 3826), 31798, 31818 [21NO]

———prohibit foreign ownership (H.R. 2643), 11848 [14JN]

———regulation of service tiers (H.R. 1304), 3835 [8MR]

———State and local regulatory agencies authority (H.R. 2222), 9448 [16MY]

Children: grants for closed-circuit televising of the testimony of abused individuals (H.R. 826), 1625 [2FE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: tribute, 5783 [6AP]

C-SPAN: anniversary, 5333 [3AP], 5350, 5353 [3AP]

Dept. of Justice: unethical use of news media, 10420 [31MY]

Drug abuse: national adverstising campaign, 26518 [31OC]

EEC: adoption of a restrictive broadcasting directive (H. Res. 257), 23637 [5OC], 22776 [3OC], 24030 [11OC], 25446-25453, 25478 [23OC], 30212 [19NO]

———restrictive directive on U.S. programs, 25167 [19OC]

Election campaigns: codify the fairness doctrine (H.R. 315), 174 [3JA], 279 [19JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination (H.R. 2437), 10005 [22MY]

Fair Television Service Act: enact (H.R. 695), 1173 [27JA]

FCC: postpone effective date of certain financial syndication rules (H.R. 2836), 14002 [29JN]

Foreign trade: increase telecommunications industry competitiveness, 7726 [2MY]

Frank, Representative: CBS representation of statement relative to ethics legislation, 15727, 15759 [21JY]

Handicapped: system for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to access 911 emergency service (H.R. 1690), 5652 [5AP]

High-definition technology: development, 8828 [10MY], 28178, 28285 [9NO]

———development (H.R. 1267), 3407 [2MR], 9985 [18MY]

———dual use technology, 4156 [15MR]

———research and development, 5115 [21MR]

High-Definition Television Research and Development Act (H.R. 1516), 5012, 5015 [21MR], 5314 [23MR]

Industry: conduct certain activities relative to promoting improvements (H.R. 823), 1656 [2FE]

———improve competition and services (H.R. 2437), 10005 [22MY]

Japan: development of high-definition technology, 15727 [21JY], 29068 [15NO]

KGW-TV, Portland, OR: tribute, 31833 [11DE]

KYW-TV, Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of City Lights, 20944 [19SE]

Lawrence, MA: tribute to Continental Cablevision, 1701 [6FE]

Members of Congress: Capital to Capital broadcast series, 17104 [31JY]

———news media's investigative reporting practices, 10420 [31MY]

Monopolies: review policies of cable companies (H. Con. Res. 138), 10086 [24MY]

Northern Telecom, Inc.: optical fiber technology, 30707 [21NO]

Public Access to Captioned Television Act: enact (H.R. 2968), 15779 [21JY]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to Community Cable Foundation, 10452 [31MY]

Satellite Public Education and Information Act: enact, 12199 [15JN]

Smoking: direct President to call upon radio and television broadcasters to educate the public about the dangers (H.J. Res. 245), 7474 [25AP]

———increase public service announcements on healthb risks (H. Res. 34), 151 [3JA]

Taxation: IRS report on rules applicable to television ministries, 2173 [9FE], 4047 [13MR]

———treatment of rural cooperatives relative to book income preference (H.R. 1193), 3184 [1MR]

Technology: industry-led consortium (H.R. 2287), 8744 [9MY]

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), 17161 [1AU]

———enact (S. 593), appointment of conferees, 30730 [21NO]

———enact (S. 593), withdrawing request on appointment of conferees, 30784 [21NO]

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.: investing in Indiana, 26467 [27OC]

University of California: production of educational program with the Discovery Channel, 18683 [3AU]

Videos: allow unlicensed viewing under certain conditions (H.R. 3158), 19453 [4AU]

Violence and obscenity: collective voluntary measures to alleviate problems (H.R. 1391), 4059, 4087 [14MR], 4141 [14MR], 17009-17013 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

Advertising: restrictions during children's programming (S. 1215), 12706-12708 [21JN]

Augusta, ME: C-SPAN available to cable viewers, 19639 [6SE]

Budget: television's Sunday economists, 6886 [18AP]

Cable Competition Act: enact (S. 1068), 9890, 9892 [18MY]

Cable Consumer Protection Act: enact (S. 905), 7961 [3MY]

———enact (S. 1880), 29191-29194 [15NO]

Cable Television Subscriber Protection Act: enact (S. 833), 7006-7009 [18AP]

Campaign Cost Reduction Act: enact (S. 743), 6006 [11AP]

Children: educational impact of television programming, 13333 [23JN]

———effects of violence (S. 593), 4384 [15MR], 17561 [1AU]

Children's Television Act: enact (S. 707), 5592 [5AP]

Competition in Cable Television Act: enact (S. 834), 7006-7009 [18AP]

C-SPAN: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 22), 4410 [15MR], 4691 [16MR]

Drug abuse: tax exemption for advertising, 23515 [5OC]

Election campaigns: broadcasting of material relative to candidates (S. 999), 9250 [16MY], 16338 [26JY]

———purchase of broadcasting time by candidates (S. 1009), 9535 [17MY]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 577), 4336-4338 [15MR], 6960 [18AP]

Family Ties (show): tribute, 9524 [17MY]

FCC: use of value-based assignments in awarding licenses (S. 170), 819 [25JA]

Foreign countries: protection of journalists, 10387 [31MY]

Hee Haw series: tribute, 11943 [15JN]

High-definition technology: development, 5768 [6AP], 29345 [16NO], 30162 [19NO]

———development of a U.S.-based enterprise (S. 1001), 9252 [16MY]

High-Definition Television Development Act: enact (S. 952), 8562 [9MY]

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (S. 797), 6573, 6574 [13AP], 18815-18819 [4AU]

Pornography: guidelines on sexually explicit material, 10303-10305 [31MY]

———removal of offensive material (S.J. Res. 214), 23855 [6OC]

Satellite-distributed programs: competition in sale (S. 168), 456, 816 [25JA]

Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act: enact (S. 1698), 22429-22434 [28SE]

Technology Administration Authorization Act: enact (S. 1191), 11902-11912 [15JN], 26184, 26187-26189 [26OC]

Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act: enact (S. 375), 1937-1939 [8FE], 3578 [7MR], 4935 [17MR], 6061 [11AP]

Television Decoder Circuitry Act: enact (S. 1974), 31541 [21NO]

Television Violence Act: enact (S. 593), 10300-10305, 10310 [31MY], 29865 [17NO]

———enact (S. 593), unanimous-consent agreement agreement, 10300 [31MY]

USIA: report the acquisition and use of public programming material, 15187-15191, 15226 [19JY]

WAGM-TV, Presque Isle, ME: tribute, 6962 [18AP]

Youth: depiction of violence, 20086 [12SE]

Reports

Examination of Media Evangelists and Related Organizations: IRS, 4047, 4048 [13MR]

Television Violence and Children: Barbara Biggins, 17561-17563 [1AU]

Reports filed

Codify Fairness Doctrine in Broadcasting: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 315) (H. Rept. 101-153), 15158 [19JY]

Collective Voluntary Measures To Alleviate Problems of Television Violence and Obscenity: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1391) (H. Rept. 101-123), 14017 [10JY]

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 593), 9085 [12MY]

FCC Protection of Consumers From Unfair Trade Practices: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 971) (H. Rept. 101-213), 18670 [3AU]

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 797) (S. Rept. 101-66), 14148 [11JY]

Purchase of Broadcasting Time by Candidates: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1009) (S. Rept. 101-225), 31451 [21NO]

Restrictions on Advertising During Children's Television: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1677) (H. Rept. 101-385), 31242 [21NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Effects of television violence on youth: American Psychological Association, 4385 [15MR]

Statements

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: American Academy of Pediatrics, 4385 [15MR]

Explicit Sexual Television for 8-Year-Old: Terry Rakolta, 10302 [31MY]

Responsibility of Broadcasters in Meeting Needs of Children: Robert Keeshan, 10304 [31MY]

Studies

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: Senator Simon's staff, 4386-4388 [15MR]

Summaries

Development of a U.S.-Based High-Definition Television Enterprise (S. 1001), 9253 [16MY]

Technology Administration Authorization Act: enact (S. 1191), 11911 [15JN]

Televison programs

Profile of Marian Wright Edelman (60 Minutes, excerpt), 27119 [3NO]

Tables

FCC user fees and penalties, 24305 [12OC]

Testimonies

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: NIH, 4385 [15MR]

———Robert Keeshan, 4385 [15MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 34, encourage increased antismoking public service announcements, 152 [3JA]

H. Res. 257, EEC adoption of a restrictive broadcasting directive, 23637 [5OC], 25446 [23OC]

H.R. 109, Cable Subscriber Protection Act, 169 [3JA]

H.R. 826, closed-circuit televising of testimony of abused children, 1625-1627 [2FE]

H.R. 1375, Cable Rate Disclosure Act, 4040 [13MR]

H.R. 1391, Television Violence Act, 17009 [31JY]

H.R. 2128, approval of cable rate increases by local regulatory authorities, 7566 [26AP]

S. 170, Spectrum Assignment Improvements Act, 820 [25JA]

S. 577, Fairness in Broadcasting Act, 4337 [15MR]

S. 593, effects of violence on youth, 4385 [15MR], 10301, 10312 [31MY], 17161 [1AU]

S. 707, Children's Television Act, 5592 [5AP]

S. 797, National Endowment for Children's Educational Television, 18818 [4AU]

S. 905, Cable Consumer Protection Act, 7962 [3MY]

S. 952, High-Definition Television Development Act, 8563 [9MY]

S. 999, broadcasting of material relative to candidates for Federal office, 9250 [16MY]

S. 1001, policies necessary to develop a U.S.-based high-definition television enterprise, 9252 [16MY]

S. 1068, Cable Competition Act, 9891 [18MY]

S. 1191, Technology Administration Authorization Act, 11907-11910 [15JN]

S. 1698, Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act, 22430 [28SE]

S. Con. Res. 22, C-SPAN anniversary, 4410 [15MR], 4691 [16MR]

S.J. Res. 214, removal of offensive sexual material, 23855 [6OC]