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Editor's Note, Carl W. Butler

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Say Cheese: The Constitutionality Of State-Mandated Airtime On Public Broadcasting Stations In Wisconsin, Andrew D. Cotlar

Federal Communications Law Journal

Last year, the State of Wisconsin passed legislation which would require statechartered public broadcasting television networks to carry political advertising for candidates free of charge. In this article, Andrew Cotlar raises many concerns about the wisdom of such legislation and the impact this trend may have on public broadcasters throughout the nation. The author begins by analyzing the current position of the law on political access requirements, at both federal and state levels, and then argues that the public television stations should continue to be free to exercise substantial editorial discretion. The Article proceeds to critique the Wisconsin statute as …

Telric Vs. Universal Service: A Takings Violation?, Stuart Buck

Federal Communications Law Journal

While the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has had a profound positive impact on many sectors of the communications industry in the United States, local phone companies have recently faced a serious dilemma under a provision of the Act known as TELRIC. In this article, Stuart Buck presents a current analysis of the position of the telephone company and its struggle to meet costs under the TELRIC structure. The author argues that by forcing regional phone operators to grant wholesale pricing to competitors under TELRIC, while simultaneously maintaining Universal Service requirements of reduced-rate phone access to remote customers, the local phone …

Comparative Analysis Of Telecommunications Regulations: Pitfalls And Opportunities, Mary Newcomer Williams

Federal Communications Law Journal

Book Review: Controlling Market Power in Telecommunications: Antitrust vs. Sector-specific Regulation by Damien Geradin and Michel Kerf.

In this 2003 publication, the authors comprehensively review and analyze the telecommunications regulatory structure of five nations that have achieved some success in promoting competition in telecommunications markets. The authors engage in this analysis in order to evaluate the use of telecommunications sector-specific regulation versus more general, economywide antitrust regulation to accomplish specific goals related to promoting competition and efficiency in the provision of telecommunications services. This review describes the authors’ analysis and highlights its strengths and limitations. It also offers a few …

Masthead Vol.56 No.1 (2003)

Federal Communications Law Journal

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The Role Of Efficiencies In Telecommunications Merger Review, Calvin S. Goldman Q.C., Ilene Knable Gotts, Michael E. Piaskoski

Federal Communications Law Journal

As a result of the recent telecommunications industry slowdown and the rise of globally integrated communications networks, mergers and acquisitions have become a commonplace occurrence throughout the developed world. In this article, Calvin Goldman, Michael Piaskoski and Ilene Gotts review recent merger and acquisition activity and discuss how the decisions to allow or deny “M&A” are viewed by regulatory agencies in the United States, the European Union, and Canada. The first part of this article addresses these three parties’ approaches to M&A consideration and how the concept of “efficiencies” generated by consolidation enters those deliberations. The authors then explore the …

Is Federal Preemption Efficient In Cellular Phone Regulation, Thomas W. Hazlett

Federal Communications Law Journal

While many recent state-level efforts to regulate various aspects of the cellular phone industry have been abandoned in favor of federal regulations, other attempts by state regulators still exist. For this reason, Thomas Hazlett proposes that federal regulation is generally more appropriate than state-level action, due to the nature of the cellular industry. After a brief history of the industry, the author analyzes the pros and cons associated with state and federal regulation. The Article then proceeds to address the efficiencies created by national networks and proposes that the fragmentation of controlling regulatory power would reduce these efficiencies. Following a …

A Round "Peg" For A Round Hole: Advocating For The Town Of Oyster Bay's Public Access Channel Restrictions, Thomas Werner

Federal Communications Law Journal

New technological devices which allow consumers to skip commercials are driving corporations to engage in alternative advertising. The development of more “organic” methods of integrating products into the content of television programs makes those advertisements much more difficult to detect. As it becomes more difficult to divorce the product being sold from the content of the program, it also becomes more difficult to determine whether or not an advertisement actually exists. Without such blatant references, these programs would be likely candidates to appear on public access channels. This poses a severe threat to the service that those channels were intended …

In Memoriam Fred Rogers (1928-2003)

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Television And The Public Interest, Newton N. Minow

Federal Communications Law Journal

Speech Before the National Association of Broadcasters (May 9, 1961).

Letter Of Introduction, Lauren K. Robel

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Editor's Note, Deborah J. Salons

Federal Communications Law Journal

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The Role Of The Federal Communications Commission On The Path From The Vast Wasteland To The Fertile Plain, Kathleen Q. Abernathy

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Promoting Innovation To Prevent The Internet From Becoming A Wasteland, Zoe Baird

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Revisiting The Vast Wasteland, Newton N. Minow, Fred H. Cate

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Minow’S Viewers: Understanding The Response To The “Vast Wasteland” Address, James L. Baughman

Federal Communications Law Journal

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The “Vast Wasteland” Speech Revisited, Jonathan Blake

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Minow And The “Wasteland”: Time, Manner, And Place, Daniel Brenner

Federal Communications Law Journal

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The “Vast Wasteland” Revisited: Headed For More Of The Same?, Michael J. Copps

Federal Communications Law Journal

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From Vast Wasteland To Electronic Garden: Responsibilities In The New Video Environment, Charles M. Firestone

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Whatever Happened To Local News?: The “Vast Wasteland” Reconsidered, Geoffrey Cowan

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Avast Ye Wasteland: Reflections On America’S Most Famous Exercise In “Public Interest” Piracy, Robert Corn-Revere

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Forty Years Of Wandering In The Wasteland, Nicholas Johnson

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Coming Of Age In Minnesota, Jane E. Kirtley

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Promoting The Public Interest In The Digital Era, Henry Geller

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Good News For Good News: Excellent Television Journalism Benefits Networks And Our Society, Robert Leger

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Tv: A Vast Oasis Of Public Interest Programming, Edward O. Fritts

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Electronic Oases Take Root In Mr. Minow's Vast Wasteland, Edward J. Markey

Federal Communications Law Journal

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Family-Friendly Programming: Providing More Tools For Parents, Kevin J. Martin

Federal Communications Law Journal

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How Do We Make Goodness Attractive?, Fred Rogers

Federal Communications Law Journal

Speech at Induction into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Television Hall of Fame (Feb. 27, 1999). During his career, Rogers received two Peabody Awards, four Emmy Awards, a “Lifetime Achievement” Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest honor for a civilian.