Public Interest Programming: FCC Standards and Station Performance

Wirth, Michael O.; Wollert, James A.

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“…It is important to recognize that much of this research on the factors affecting informational programming provision is quite dated (e.g. Chamberlin, 1979; Federal Communications Commission, 1984; Wirth and Wollert, 1978, 1979). The question of the quantity of informational programming that a station provides was a much more prominent research issue in the era when the FCC applied explicit performance standards.…”

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Television station ownership characteristics and local news and public affairs programming: an expanded analysis of FCC data

Napoli

2004

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This paper examines the relationship between television station ownership characteristics and local news and public affairs programming through an expanded analysis of data from the Federal Communication's Commission (FCC's) recent study of Big Four broadcast network affiliates. The results indicate that the FCC's conclusion that network‐owned and operated stations provide more local news and public affairs programming than other affiliates, and that stations with newspaper holdings provide more local news and public affairs programming than stations without newspaper holdings holds up only when these two program types are analyzed in combination. When these two program types are analyzed independently, and when additional explanatory factors are taken into consideration, these ownership characteristics are positively related to news programming, but not to public affairs programming.

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Section: Market Structure Station Ownership and Local News And Public Affairs Programmingmentioning

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Television station ownership characteristics and local news and public affairs programming: an expanded analysis of FCC data

Napoli

2004

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“…It is important to recognize that much of the research on the factors affecting informational programming provision is quite dated (e.g., Chamberlin, 1979;FCC, 1984;Wirth & Wollert, 1978, 1979. The question of the quantity of informational programming that a station provides was a much more prominent research issue in the era when the FCC applied explicit performance standards.…”

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Market Competition, Station Ownership, and Local Public Affairs Programming on Broadcast Television

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Napoli

2006

Journal of Communication

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This study examines the relationship between competitive conditions in television markets, ownership characteristics, and commercial broadcast television station provision of local public affairs programming. The results from an analysis of a random sample of 285 fullpower television stations showed that half of the stations in the sample did not air any local public affairs programming during the 2-week sample period. Among the study's other findings are that competitive conditions and station financial resources do not necessarily increase the provision of local public affairs programming and that ownership characteristics bear little meaningful relationship to local public affairs programming provision.

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Wirth

1982

Telecommunications Policy

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Public Interest Programming: FCC Standards and Station Performance

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Television station ownership characteristics and local news and public affairs programming: an expanded analysis of FCC data

Television station ownership characteristics and local news and public affairs programming: an expanded analysis of FCC data

Market Competition, Station Ownership, and Local Public Affairs Programming on Broadcast Television

Deregulation of commercial TV in the USA

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