TELEVISION related term(s) News Media; Public Broadcasting

Addresses

Cable Television Public Affairs Association President's Award Acceptance: Henry S. Schleiff, S5479 [29AP]

Racial Equality: Medgar W. Evers, H5375 [16JN]

Amendments

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S6032 [12MY], S9058 [8JY], S9093, S9105, S9107, S9108, S9125, S9155, S9156, S9157, S9158, S9159 [9JY], S9163, S9164, S9165, S9166, S9170, S9171, S9173, S9181, S9182, S9193, S9194, S9195, S9196, S9200, S9202, S9203, S9204, S9205, S9206, S9207, S9253, S9254, S9255, S9256, S9258, S9259, S9260, S9261, S9262, S9263, S9264, S9265 [10JY], S9307, S9308, S9309 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

And That's the Way It Is, S11386 [11SE]

FCC's Powell Keeps Chin Up as Regulation Storm Rages, S11464 [15SE]

Great Media Gulp, S11517 [16SE]

Home Sick; The Addictive Allure of Home and Garden Television, E1499-E1501 [17JY]

How Media Giants Are Reassembling the Old Oligopoly, S11514 [16SE]

How Michael Powell Could Have the Last Laugh, S11463 [15SE]

Pentagon Threatens To Kill Independent Reporters in Iraq, H1881 [13MR]

Sure-Fire Recipe for Trouble, S8117 [18JN]

Too Little Discussion Has Preceded FCC Decision on Media Ownership, H4775 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see S. Con. Res. 36), S5343 [11AP] (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2270 [20MR]

Bloom, David: tribute (see S. Res. 114), S5059 [9AP]

Brinkley, David: tribute (see S. Res. 172), S7980 [17JN]

Business and industry: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S6070 [13MY] (see H.R. 2052), H3973 [9MY]

Children and youth: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching unless it is rated for content or blockable by electronic means (see S. 161), S288 [14JA]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 2296), H4787 [2JN]

Courts: allow media coverage of proceedings (see S. 554), S3252 [6MR] (see H.R. 2155), H4367 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: issue Exceptional Public Service Award to journalists who accompanied U.S. Armed Forces or coalition partners during Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3224), H9129 [1OC] (see H.R. 3256), H9281 [7OC]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (see S. 925), S5433 [28AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a pilot national public service multimedia campaign to enhance the state of financial literacy in the U.S. (see H.R. 3294), H9477 [15OC]

Drug-Free Media Campaign Act: improve and authorize (see H.R. 2061), H3973 [9MY]

Education: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 480), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 970), H1461 [27FE]

FCC: amend media ownership rules (see H.R. 1035), H1464 [27FE]

———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see S.J. Res. 17), S9414 [15JY] (see H.J. Res. 72), H9614 [16OC]

———encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (see H. Res. 212), H3636 [1MY] (see H. Res. 218), H3683 [6MY]

———ensure expeditious access by consumers to terrestrial digital television services (see H.R. 2825), H7453 [23JY]

———invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H5365 [12JN]

———protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators (see S. Res. 283), S16120 [9DE]

———provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H12919 [8DE]

———require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (see H.R. 2212), H4734 [22MY]

———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (see S. 1525), S10618 [31JY] (see S. 1563), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 3027), H8016 [5SE]

———ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H12920 [8DE]

———ruling on media ownership rules (see S. Res. 159), S7381 [4JN]

FTC: issue rules on the disclosure of technological measures that restrict consumer flexibility to use and manipulate digital information and entertainment content (see S. 692), S4325 [24MR]

Government regulations: ensure equity among full-service television broadcasters and provide local programming to communities through cable carriage rights for class A television stations (see H.R. 1626), H2821 [3AP]

———reinstate authority of the FCC and local franchising authorities to regulate cable television rates (see H.R. 2478), H5407 [16JN]

Hiebert, August: tribute (see S. Res. 186), S8559 [25JN]

Political campaigns: provide lowest advertising rate, establish airtime requirements for campaign related programming, and create political advertisement voucher system (see S. 1497), S10265 [30JY]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2920 [27FE] (see S. Con. Res. 16), S3163 [5MR] (see H. Res. 111), H1466 [27FE]

Rural areas: provide residents of States with single network affiliate stations to receive the signals of such stations via satellite (see H.R. 2862), H7615 [24JY]

Sports: require sports franchises to make all games available for local television broadcasting in order to be subject to certain presumptions relative to the sale or exchange of a sports franchise (see H.R. 2745), H6868 [15JY]

Subways: require providers of wireless telephone services to provide access to the universal emergency telephone number in subterranean subway stations located within their area of coverage (see H.R. 2025), H3761 [7MY]

Tariff: electron guns for cathode ray tubes, liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD projection type televisions, and plasma display panels for use in plasma flat screen televisions (see S. 1794), S13516 [29OC] (see H.R. 3399), H10129 [29OC]

———electron guns for cathode ray tubes (CRT's) with a certain high definition television screen aspect ratio (see S. 1722), S12532 [14OC]

———liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD projection type televisions (see H.R. 3399), H10129 [29OC]

———plasma display panel assemblies for use in plasma flat panel screen televisions (see H.R. 3399), H10129 [29OC]

———plasma display panels for use in plasma flat screen televisions (see S. 1723), S12532 [14OC]

Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1613), S11416 [11SE] (see H.R. 715), H460 [12FE]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see S. 865), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1320), H1953 [18MR]

———facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 564), S3253 [6MR]

———require vendors of multichannel services to protect the privacy of their customers (see H.R. 3511), H11391 (see H.R. 3511), H11514 [18NO]

———safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 1066), H1515 [4MR]

Tourist trade: establish a pilot program for the promotion of travel and tourism in the U.S. through international broadcasting (see H.R. 2002), H3760 [7MY]

Veterans Day: request that television and radio stations provide a moment of silence or a public service announcement each year (see H. Con. Res. 266), H7785 [25JY]

Excerpts

Retired military officers' media commentary on use of Armed Forces against Iraq press conference transcript: Senator Warner and Richard B. Myers, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S4821 [3AP]

Interviews

Attack on U.S. helicopter in Iraq: Soledad O'Brien with Slavenas family, American Morning (CNN television program), S13868 [4NO]

Letters

CBS airing of miniseries on Ronald Reagan: Representative Dingell, E2194 [31OC]

Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H5183 [11JN]

———Steven K. Berry, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, H5183 [11JN]

Disapprove FCC ruling on media ownership rules: Neil Faber, NexGen Media Worldwide, Inc., S11516 [16SE]

———several Senators, S11388 [11SE]

FCC media ownership rules: Ross Connelly, Vermont Press Association, S6971 [22MY]

FCC review of media ownership rules: Representative Sanders, E435 [12MR]

News media coverage of U.S. actions relative to Iraq: Joel Simon, Committee To Protect Journalists, H1881 [13MR]

Motions

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9104 [9JY], S9180 [10JY]

Remarks in House

al Jazeera (television network): decision to broadcast images of U.S. POW in Iraq, H2301 [25MR]

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner of the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (H. Con. Res. 109), H2538-H2542 [1AP], H2670 [2AP]

Armed Forces Relief Trust: tribute to radio and television fundraising drive for military families, E2249 [6NO], E2301, E2306 [17NO], E2328, E2333 [19NO]

AT&T Corp.: advertising campaign relative to regulation of local telephone service, H2590 [2AP]

CBS: airing of miniseries on Ronald Reagan, H10315, H10316 [4NO], E2194 [31OC]

Children and youth: impact of cultural changes and influences, H5167-H5171 [10JN]

CIA: report on electronic communications with the Office of the Vice President relative to Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, H5820, H5895-H5900 [25JN], H5942 [26JN]

Clark, Bill: National Police Defense Foundation Man of the Year award recipient, E643 [2AP]

Dash, Julie: Directors Guild of America award nominee, E295 [26FE]

Education: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (H.R. 970), E318 [27FE]

Edwards, Willis: Christophers (organization) Christopher Award recipient, E361 [4MR]

FCC: amend media ownership rules, H3538 [30AP], H3965 [9MY], H12834, H12837 [8DE], E435 [12MR], E736 [11AP]

———development and deployment of high-speed communications technologies to rural areas, E743 [11AP]

———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (H.J. Res. 72), H9799 [21OC]

———encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules (H. Res. 218), H4095, H4096 [14MY], H4172, H4179-H4184 [15MY], H4326 [20MY], E1075 [23MY]

———prohibit funding to implement new media ownership rules, H7250, H7278-H7288 [22JY]

———provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (H.R. 3687), E2486 [8DE]

———require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (H.R. 2212), E1059 [22MY]

———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (H.R. 3027), E1728 [5SE]

———ruling on media ownership rules, H4761-H4763, H4770-H4776 [2JN], H4791, H4794, H4795, H4796 [3JN], H5370 [16JN], H5415 [17JN], E1112, E1118 [3JN], E1142 [5JN], E1200 [11JN]

———ruling on obscene language on television, H11857 [20NO]

———strengthen regulatory guidelines to promote investment in the telecommunications industry, H2556 [1AP], H2870 [8AP]

GAO: determine extent and timeliness of intelligence information shared with U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq, H5900-H5903 [25JN]

Garden Grove, CA: anniversary of ``This Week in Garden Grove'' television show, H11370 [18NO]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): initiate campaign to increase public awareness and encourage private contributions, H3601, H3602 [1MY]

Haitian Television Network of America: debut in Miami, FL, H2912 [8AP]

Home & Garden Television (HGTV): tribute, E1499 [17JY]

International relations: enhance U.S. public diplomacy and reorganize U.S. international broadcasting, H7270 [22JY]

KFTV-TV (Fresno, CA): tribute, E1541 [21JY]

KGMC-TV (Fresno, CA): tribute, E1571 [23JY]

KGPE-TV (Fresno, CA): tribute, E1552 [22JY]

KOLR-TV (Springfield, MO): anniversary, E413 [10MR]

Lifetime Entertainment Services: tribute to television campaign to stop violence against women, H1658 [6MR], E403 [7MR]

Morality and ethics: impact of social ills on society, H9732-H9737 [20OC]

NAACP: nomination of ``The Rosa Parks Story'' (television movie) for Image Award, E359 [4MR]

New York, NY: tribute to New York University Downtown Hospital Chinese Community Partnership for Health program's Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited Benefit Variety Show, E493 [18MR]

New York University: tribute to Downtown Hospital Chinese Community Partnership for Health Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited Benefit Variety Show, E1379 [27JN]

News media: coverage of U.S. actions relative to Iraq, H1388-H1390 [26FE]

———coverage of U.S. military action against Iraq, H1880 [13MR], H1925 [18MR], H4794 [3JN], E487 [18MR]

———encourage fair and unbiased reporting, H9739 [21OC]

———objective reporting, H9987 [29OC]

Public broadcasting: tribute, H3661 [6MY]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (H. Res. 111), H1484-H1487 [4MR]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (H.R. 1320), H5179-H5185 [11JN]

———require vendors of multichannel services to protect the privacy of their customers (H.R. 3511), E2325 [19NO]

———safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (H.R. 1066), H1490 [4MR]

WGGB-TV (Springfield, MA): anniversary, E766 [12AP]

WSIU-TV/WUSI-TV (Carbondale, IL): tribute, E1886 [24SE]

WWLP-TV (Springfield, MA): anniversary, E767 [12AP]

Zemlock, Ruth: KUSA-TV (Denver, CO) 9 Who Care Award recipient, E1159 [5JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner of the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (H. Con. Res. 109), S5395 [11AP]

———encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (S. Con. Res. 36), S5394, S5395 [11AP]

———retired military officers' media commentary on use against Iraq, S4821 [3AP]

Armed Forces Relief Trust: tribute to radio and television fundraising drive for military families, S14172 [6NO], S14444 [11NO], S15961 [25NO]

Arnett, Peter: firing by NBC and National Geographic Society relative to appearance on Iraqi television, S4621 [1AP]

Bloom, David: tribute (S. Res. 114), S5099 [9AP]

Brinkley, David: tribute (S. Res. 172), S8007 [17JN], S8715 [26JN]

Business and industry: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations, S14447 [11NO]

———preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (S. 1046), S11385 [11SE], S11505, S11507, S11517, S11518 [16SE]

CBS: portrayal of ``hillbillies'' on new proposed reality series, S2626 [25FE]

———portrayal of ``hillbillies'' on proposed reality series, S9989 [25JY]

Children and youth: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching unless it is rated for content or blockable by electronic means (S. 161), S304 [14JA]

Courts: allow media coverage of proceedings (S. 554), S3276 [6MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program funding, S14154 [6NO]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations, S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9086, S9095-S9111 [9JY], S9162-S9184, S9186-S9215 [10JY], S10603 [31JY]

Education: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming, S13038, S13039 [22OC]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (S. 480), S2938-S2940 [27FE]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules, S11454 [15SE]

———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), S9490 [16JY], S11016 [3SE], S11383-S11402 [11SE], S11463-S11465 [15SE], S11501 [16SE], S14447 [11NO]

———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), unanimous-consent agreement, S11427 [11SE]

———encourage more extensive review and public comment before revising media ownership rules, S6971 [22MY]

———issuance of broadcast flag regulations protecting distribution of over-the-air digital programming, S14960 [17NO]

———protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators (S. Res. 283), S16213 [9DE]

———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (S. 1563), S10914 [1AU]

———ruling on media ownership rules, S7177 [2JN], S8117 [18JN], S11451-S11453 [15SE], S11901 [24SE]

———ruling on media ownership rules (S. Res. 159), S7403 [4JN]

———ruling on media ownership rules (S. Res. 159), unanimous-consent request, S7415 [4JN]

FTC: issue rules on the disclosure of technological measures that restrict consumer flexibility to use and manipulate digital information and entertainment content (S. 692), S4326 [24MR]

Hiebert, August: tribute (S. Res. 186), S8529 [25JN], S8815 [26JN]

KELO-TV (Sioux Falls, SD): anniversary, S6023 [12MY]

News media: coverage of U.S. military action against Iraq, S4399 [26MR]

Political campaigns: provide lowest advertising rate, establish airtime requirements for campaign related programming, and create political advertisement voucher system (S. 1497), S10272-S10275 [30JY], S10898 [1AU]

Rogers, Fred M.: tribute (S. Con. Res. 16), S3204 [5MR]

Schleiff, Henry S.: Cable Television Public Affairs Association President's Award recipient, S5478 [29AP]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (S. 865), S5191 [10AP]

———facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (S. 564), S3321 [6MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, S320 [15JA]

Reports filed

Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 1320) (S. Rept. 108-168), S12838 [17OC]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1320) (H. Rept. 108-37), H4875 [3JN]

Dept. of State and Peace Corps Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 925) (S. Rept. 108-39), S5433 [28AP]

Media Coverage of Court Proceedings: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 554), S6977 [22MY]

Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1046) (S. Rept. 108-141), S11032 [3SE]

Resolutions by organizations

FCC media ownership rules: Vermont State Legislature, S6971 [22MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9180 [10JY]

Statements

Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act: Executive Office of the President, H5182 [11JN]

Disapprove FCC Ruling on Media Ownership Rules: Executive Office of the President, S11392 [11SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 109, encourage families of active-duty Armed Forces members to display the Blue Star Banner of the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner, H2538 [1AP]

H. Res. 111, tribute to Fred M. Rogers, H1484 [4MR]

H.R. 1320, Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act, H5180 [11JN]

S. 161, Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act, S1070 [16JA]

S. 480, Training for Realtime Writers Act, S2938 [27FE]

S. 554, allow media coverage of court proceedings, S3276 [6MR]

S. 564, Emergency Communications and Competition Act, S3322 [6MR]

S. 692, Digital Consumer Right to Know Act, S4327 [24MR]

S. 1046, Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act, S6082 [13MY]

S. 1497, Our Democracy, Our Airwaves Act, S10272-S10275 [30JY]

S. Con. Res. 12, tribute to Fred M. Rogers, S2981 [27FE]

S. Con. Res. 16, tribute to Fred M. Rogers, S3202, S3204 [5MR]

S. Con. Res. 36, encourage families of active-duty Armed Forces members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner, S5387, S5395 [11AP]

S. Res. 114, tribute to David Bloom, S5093, S5099 [9AP]

S. Res. 159, FCC ruling on media ownership rules, S7403 [4JN]

S. Res. 172, tribute to David Brinkley, S8001, S8007 [17JN]

S. Res. 186, tribute to August Hiebert, S8577 [25JN], S8815 [26JN]

S. Res. 283, protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators, S16141, S16213 [9DE]

S.J. Res. 17, disapprove FCC ruling on media ownership rules, S11519 [16SE]

Transcripts

Prohibit the Cloning of Humans: Representative Gephardt and Tim Russert, ``Meet the Press'' (television program), H1418 [27FE]

Tributes

Borgnine, Ernest, E2140 [28OC]

Rogers, Fred M., S2912, S2913 [27FE]

Schieffer, Bob, S12309 [2OC]