The Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975 gives specifications for the funding of non-commercial, educational broadcast stations. The conditions for allocation of grant funds to radio and television station are outlined with their limitations. The legislative history of the act is included. (DS)

This document begins with a summary of the proposed bill on long range funding for public broadcasting, a brief history of federal support for public broadcasting, and a statement of the financial needs of public broadcasting. A section-by-section analysis of the bill, a statement of the purpose of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),…

A bill (S. 797) to establish a National Endowment for Children's Educational Television was designed to amend the Communications Act of 1934. This report contains evidence presented in support of the bill. Included are: (1) a statement of background and needs; (2) a description of the state of education in the United States, highlighting the…

This text contains the transcripts of five days of hearings before the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Communications, and it includes the texts of thirty-five statements and a substantial amount of additional material introduced for the record. The subject of the hearings was the extent and form of government subsidies to public…

Key issues surrounding a public broadcasting licensee's obligation to provide access to television programs to the hearing impaired are examined in the context of two recent court decisions. Background of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Federal Communications Commission's concern regarding the hearing impaired are considered. (MSE)

A master plan was prepared for the development of public telecommunications in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The summary of main findings and recommendations were the result of various master state plan surveys, questionnaires and studies. It was found that: the development of a statewide public telecommunication system is frustrated because of a…

This report on a hearing on legislation to authorize an increased appropriation for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for fiscal years 1985 and 1986 contains an introductory statement by Timothy E. Wirth, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance; the text of the bill;…

Held during National Children and Television Week, this hearing addressed the general topic of television and its impact on children, including specific children's television projects and ideas for improving children's television. Statements and testimony (when given) are presented for the following individuals and organizations: (1) John…

This document contains transcripts of testimony and written materials presented by four persons at a Congressional hearing on illiteracy. Testimony was given by Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia; James E. Duffy, vice president, Capital Cities/ABC; Karl O. Haigler, director of the Adult Literacy Initiative, U.S. Department of Education; and…

This overview of educational telecommunications and distance learning in Connecticut includes information on the Connecticut Department of Education and the Connecticut Public Television statewide, two-channel, ITFS (instructional television fixed service); the Connecticut Community College system's Community College Instructional Television…

Report No. 94-813 from the Senate Committee on Commerce submitted legislation which has the following principal purposes: (1) to expand and perfect with certain amendments, the matching program for construction of noncommercial educational radio and television broadcasting facilities; (2) to authorize to be appropriated $7,500,000 for the fiscal…

A summary of 18 months' investigation into the potential uses of telecommunications in the public interest is presented. Areas investigated include public TV and radio, cable TV, television translaters, instructional fixed television service, satellite communications and interconnections. Public hearings were held in eight cities and more than 100…

These hearing transcripts present testimony concerning S. 3134, the Ready to Learn Act, which is designed to expand the production and distribution of educational and instructional video programming; support educational programming for preschool and elementary school children, parents, child care providers, and educators of young children; and…

The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) Committee of the Mississippi Legislature is authorized to review any public entity at the request of the legislature. In response to numerous allegations by agency employees and citizens and to anonymous complaints, the PEER Committee reviewed the Mississippi…

Arguments on the application of the Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC) for license renewal of eight educational television stations were heard before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Individuals from Black Efforts for Soul on Television and the National Association of Black Media Producers opposed the renewals, claiming…