Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission The Communications Act of 1934 was a United States federal law enacted as Public Law Number 416 on June 19, 1934, by the 73rd Congress to replace the Federal Radio Commission with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It also transferred regulation of interstate telephone services from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the FCC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Communications Act of 1934"
In telecommunication, FCC registration program is the Federal Communications Commission program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected terminal equipment and protective circuitry will not harm the public switched telephone network or certain private line services. ...more on Wikipedia about "FCC registration program"
The FCC Song is a deliberately controversial and explicit song by British-born Monty Python comic Eric Idle. Idle, who later became a resident of the U.S. state of California, recorded the song in early 2004 in reaction to a fine by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for saying " fuck" on a Clear Channel radio station. The song is also known by its refrain "Fuck you very much". Besides being aimed at the FCC, the lyrics target most well-known figures associated with the George W. Bush administration. Idle stated about the song that ...more on Wikipedia about "FCC Song"
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Federal Communications Commission"
Hush-a-Phone v. FCC was a seminal ruling in telecommunications law decided by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on November 8, 1956. Hush-a-Phone Corporation marketed a small, cup-like device which mounted on the speaking party's phone, reducing the risk of conversations being overheard and increasing sound fidelity for the listening party. AT&T, citing the Communications Act of 1934, which stated in part that the company had the right to make charges and dictate "the classifications, practices, and regulations affecting such charges." Under this regulation, AT&T claimed the right to "forbid attachment to the telephone of any device 'not furnished by the telephone company'". It is worth noting that during this era, the phones were rented from the phone company, not owned by the consumer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hush-a-Phone v. FCC"
In National Broadcasting Co. Inc. et al. v. United States et al. , the United States Supreme Court held on May 10, 1943 that the Federal Communications Commission had the right to issue regulations pertaining to between broadcasting networks and their affliated stations, otherwise known as "chain networks." The case is important in the development of American administrative law. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Broadcasting Co. Inc. et al. v. United States et al."
Case heard and adjudicated by the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2004. Majority ruled 2-1 to throw out the FCC's attempt to raise the limits of cross-ownership of media. ** The majority ruled that a "diversity index" used by the FCC to weigh cross-ownership (of radio, television and newspapers) employed several "irrational assumptions and inconsistencies." Dissent by Chief Judge Anthony Joseph Scirica noted that the majority were simply employing their own assumptions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC"
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