Community Television in the United States
Community Television in the United States

Author: Linda K. Fuller

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1994-04-27

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This is the first one-volume guide to the state of community television today in the United States and to how public, educational, and governmental access will be threatened in the future.

The Future of Community Broadcast Television in the U.S.
The Future of Community Broadcast Television in the U.S.

Author: Dr Sylvester Caraway Jr

Publisher: Writers Republic LLC

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1637284896

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The community has been in the loop of where it might in the future. With known federal government or city assistance. These CTV stations which belong to the public might see themselves on YouTube or streaming boxes.

The Hidden Screen
The Hidden Screen

Author: Robert L. Hilliard

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780765604200

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A highly eclectic form of broadcasting in the United States today, by any standard, is low-power television (LPTV). Not an insignificant blip in the industry, there are more LPTV stations licensed than there are full-power television stations. LPTV offers true local and community programming to millions of viewers. Because it fills gaps left by both full-power television and cable, LPTV tends to serve outlying communities, disenfranchised urban groups, and others who have no other way to get their messages out, stay connected, or receive video programs that meet their special interests and needs. In this, the first book devoted entirely to LPTV, the authors tell the complete story of this unique and important medium from its inception to the formidable challenges it faces today and its potential for tomorrow.

Regulation of Community Antenna Television
Regulation of Community Antenna Television

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 856

ISBN-13:

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Committee Serial No. 89-34. Considers H.R. 13286, to amend Communications Act of 1934 to authorize FCC regulation of cable television and radio systems, and H.R. 12914 and similar H.R. 14201, to prohibit FCC regulation of cable television and radio systems.

Public Access Television
Public Access Television

Author: Laura Linder

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1999-07-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0275964884

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As Laura Linder asserts, increased concentration of media ownership has resulted in the homogenization of public discourse. Packaged, commercialized messages have replaced the personalized and localized opinions necessary for the uninhibited marketplace of ideas envisioned in the First Amendment. Narrowcast outlets such as talk radio give vent to individual voices, but only to a limited, predefined audience. The media have led a social shift toward splintering and compartmentalization, away from pluralism and consensus. Public access television provides an alternative to this trend, requiring active public participation in the process of developing community-based programming through the dominant medium of television. Today, more than 2,000 public access television centers exist in the United States, producing more than 10,000 hours of original, local programming every week. But public access television remains underutilized, even as deregulation and growing interest in other telecommunications delivery systems pose a potential threat to the long-term viability of public access television. In this comprehensive review of the background and development of public access television, Linder offers all the information needed to understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings as well as the nuts and bolts of public access television in the United States. Must reading for students and scholars involved with mass media in the United States and professionals in the television field.

That's the Way It Is
That's the Way It Is

Author: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-09-09

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 022642152X

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Ever since Newton Minow taught us sophisticates to bemoan the descent of television into a vast wasteland, the dyspeptic chorus of jeremiahs who insist that television news in particular has gone from gold to dross gets noisier and noisier. Charles Ponce de Leon says here, in effect, that this is misleading, if not simply fatuous. He argues in this well-paced, lively, readable book that TV news has changed in response to broader changes in the TV industry and American culture. It is pointless to bewail its decline. "That s the Way It Is "gives us the very first history of American television news, spanning more than six decades, from Camel News Caravan to Countdown with Keith Oberman and The Daily Show. Starting in the latter 1940s, television news featured a succession of broadcasters who became household names, even presences: Eric Sevareid, Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Peter Jennings, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, and, with cable expansion, people like Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, and Bill O Reilly. But behind the scenes, the parallel story is just as interesting, involving executives, producers, and journalists who were responsible for the field s most important innovations. Included with mainstream network news programs is an engaging treatment of news magazines like "60 Minutes" and "20/20, " as well as morning news shows like "Today" and "Good Morning America." Ponce de Leon gives ample attention to the establishment of cable networks (CNN, and the later competitors, Fox News and MSNBC), mixing in colorful anecdotes about the likes of Roger Ailes and Roone Arledge. Frothy features and other kinds of entertainment have been part and parcel of TV news from the start; viewer preferences have always played a role in the evolution of programming, although the disintegration of a national culture since the 1970s means that most of us no longer follow the news as a civic obligation. Throughout, Ponce de Leon places his history in a broader cultural context, emphasizing tensions between the public service mission of TV news and the quest for profitability and broad appeal."