Comments on: Analog TV Is Alive. It’s Radio. http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/16/analog-tv-is-alive-its-radio/ News, views and tough love for radio. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:59:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matthew Lasar http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/16/analog-tv-is-alive-its-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Matthew Lasar Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:02:30 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=44#comment-45 As for the question of bias and news. There used to be a regulation called the Fairness Doctrine, which called for TV and radio stations to offer reasonable access to contrasting viewpoints, but the FCC abandoned it a little over 21 years ago. And come to think of it, the agency exempted news from the provision quite a while before that. As for the question of bias and news. There used to be a regulation called the Fairness Doctrine, which called for TV and radio stations to offer reasonable access to contrasting viewpoints, but the FCC abandoned it a little over 21 years ago. And come to think of it, the agency exempted news from the provision quite a while before that.

]]> By: Matthew Lasar http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/16/analog-tv-is-alive-its-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Matthew Lasar Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:58:13 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=44#comment-44 Good question. The answer is that if any newly digitized full power TV station broadcasts a stray tushy, fleeting expletive, or allows the sister of the late Michael Jackson yet another 9/16ths of a second to expose her right breast, it is as liable for a Federal Communications Commission indecency fine as it was back in the analog days. The key is "broadcast" or "over-the-air" television, as in the "public airwaves," not whether the means of the transmission involved analog waves or digital packets. The FCC does not apply its indecency rules to cable and satellite. But it says it will act if a cable/satellite broadcast is "obscene." What's the difference? The agency tries to explain it <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/obscene.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. And it has a FAQ page <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/FAQ.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Good luck making sense of it. Good question. The answer is that if any newly digitized full power TV station broadcasts a stray tushy, fleeting expletive, or allows the sister of the late Michael Jackson yet another 9/16ths of a second to expose her right breast, it is as liable for a Federal Communications Commission indecency fine as it was back in the analog days. The key is “broadcast” or “over-the-air” television, as in the “public airwaves,” not whether the means of the transmission involved analog waves or digital packets.

The FCC does not apply its indecency rules to cable and satellite. But it says it will act if a cable/satellite broadcast is “obscene.” What’s the difference? The agency tries to explain it here. And it has a FAQ page here. Good luck making sense of it.

]]> By: winonaww http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/16/analog-tv-is-alive-its-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-43 winonaww Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:21:25 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=44#comment-43 A question (but am I in the right place?). If television is now digital and not sent across the airwaves--like radio, does this mean that the collective corporate entities presently bankrolling television are no longer under the FCC public service regulations? I recognize that television news is not really unbiased public service, anymore, but wasn't that the original purpose of the news? Or are television images still sent over the air? Do satellite-relayed digital messages count as "over the airwaves"? A question (but am I in the right place?). If television is now digital and not sent across the airwaves–like radio, does this mean that the collective corporate entities presently bankrolling television are no longer under the FCC public service regulations? I recognize that television news is not really unbiased public service, anymore, but wasn’t that the original purpose of the news? Or are television images still sent over the air? Do satellite-relayed digital messages count as “over the airwaves”?

]]> By: Jennifer Waits http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/16/analog-tv-is-alive-its-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Jennifer Waits Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:28:23 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=44#comment-42 This is fascinating. That must have been so weird to realize that you were getting "TV on the Radio." My dad used to have a radio that got TV stations on it that he would listen to with headphones while watching TV. Is there still a big market for those and will they all have to be revamped to get TV stations again post-DTV transition? This is fascinating. That must have been so weird to realize that you were getting “TV on the Radio.”

My dad used to have a radio that got TV stations on it that he would listen to with headphones while watching TV. Is there still a big market for those and will they all have to be revamped to get TV stations again post-DTV transition?

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