Televison and the FCC

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Filmed highlights of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearings on network programming. Part 1 (DC 767) aired Jan. 28, 1962, and features the testimony of CBS executives; Part 2 (DC 768) ...

Filmed highlights of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearings on network programming. Part 1 (DC 767) aired Jan. 28, 1962, and features the testimony of CBS executives; Part 2 (DC 768) aired Feb. 11, 1962, and features the testimony of NBC executives; Part 3 (DC 769) aired Feb. 14, 1962, and features the testimony of ABC executives. The executives are questioned by Newton Minow and other FCC commissioners about programming for children, the effect of advertisers on content, government regulation of networks, content of news programs, and other issues.

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