United States communications regulation United States communications regulation A border blaster, in contrast to an international broadcast station, was a licensed commercial radio station that transmitted at very high power to the United States of America from various points along the Mexican border with that country. There were many such stations licensed by Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) using transmitters with an output far in excess of licensed commercial stations located within the USA. In 1973 the border blaster XERB became world famous when George Lucas featured the station as the source for the musical soundtrack of his motion picture American Graffiti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Border blaster"
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator. ...more on Wikipedia about "City of license"
:This article is about the class of AM radio stations that are called clear channel stations based on their technical parameters, not their owner. For the company named Clear Channel, which owns radio stations most of which are not in this class, please see Clear Channel Communications. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clear channel"
A competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), is a telecommunications provider company (sometimes called a " carrier") that competes with other, already established carriers (generally the incumbent). ...more on Wikipedia about "Competitive local exchange carrier"
Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a commonly used term among media critics, policy makers, and others to characterize ownership structure of mass media industries. These individual media industries are often referred to as a ' Media Institution'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Concentration of media ownership"
The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (or CBDTPA) was a proposed US bill which would have prohibited any kind of technology which can be used to read digital content without Digital Rights Management (DRM), which prohibits copying any content under copyright without permission of the copyright owner. The bill was known in early drafts as the "Security Systems and Standards Certification Act" (or SSSCA), and sometimes derisively called the "Consume But Don't Try Programming Anything" bill. ...more on Wikipedia about "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act"
The Fairness Doctrine is a former policy of the United States's Federal Communications Commission. It required broadcast licensees to present controversial issues of public importance, and to present such issues in an honest, equal and balanced manner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fairness Doctrine"
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FCC MB Docket No. 04-232 is a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) concerning adopted on June 21, 2004 by the Federal Communications Commission. It is a rule designed to require the recording of all broadcast programming for a period of 60-90 days. If adopted, radio and television broadcasters would have to maintain an archive of all their broadcasts and retain them for a period of time. ...more on Wikipedia about "FCC MB Docket 04-232"
The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was a government body that regulated radio use in the United States from its creation in 1927 until its replacement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1935. The Commission was created to regulate radio use "as the public convenience, interest, or necessity requires." The Radio Act of 1927 superseded the ...more on Wikipedia about "Federal Radio Commission"
ILEC or Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier is a local telephone company that was in existence at the time of the breakup of AT&T, for example, the Baby Bells and GTE. They compete with upstart Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier"
The Institute for Telecommuncation Sciences (ITS) is a division of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) located in Boulder, Colorado. ...more on Wikipedia about "Institute for Telecommunication Sciences"
The Kingsbury Commitment of 1913 marked the beginning of AT&Ts monopoly. The Bell System and independent telephone operators reduced competition out of concern for government intervention. The government had been increasingly worried that AT&T and the other Bell Companies were monopolizing the industry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kingsbury Commitment"
Local exchange carrier is a regulatory term in telecommunications for so-called local telephone company. It is also referred to as LEC for short. ...more on Wikipedia about "Local exchange carrier"
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (or local management agreement, or LMA) is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio station or TV station owned by another licensee. In essence, it is a sort of lease. ...more on Wikipedia about "Local marketing agreement"
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In telecommunication, Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) is the 1982 antitrust suit settlement agreement ( consent decree) entered into by the United States Department of Justice and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company ( AT&T) that, after modification and upon approval of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, required the divestiture of the Bell Operating Companies from AT&T. ...more on Wikipedia about "Modification of Final Judgment"
In the United States, must-carry is a regulation by the FCC requiring that cable TV systems must carry all locally- licensed television stations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Must-carry"
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the telecommunications industry. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Telecommunications and Information Administration"
In the U.S., Part 15 is an often-quoted section of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations, mainly regarding un licensed transmissions. It is a part of CFR Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and regulates everything from spurious emissions to unlicensed low-power broadcasting. It is cited as 47 CFR ยง15. ...more on Wikipedia about "Part 15 (FCC rules)"
RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) is provided for in Part 97 of the FCC rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States. RACES members, volunteer Amateur Radio Operators, operate on behalf of a public agency during a declared emergency, including natural and man-made hazardous situations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service"
In telecommunication, the reframing time (or frame-alignment recovery time) is the time interval between the instant at which a valid frame-alignment signal is available at the receiving data terminal equipment and the instant at which frame alignment is established. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reframing time"
The United States National Radio Quiet Zone is a large area of land surrounding the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) near Green Bank, West Virginia. It is a rectangle of land approximately 13,000 square miles in size and straddles the border of Virginia and West Virginia; it was picked because it has a unique topography that screens out most incoming radio signals, allowing the Green Bank telescope to receive signals that are otherwise too quiet to be heard over the normal radio background. ...more on Wikipedia about "United States National Radio Quiet Zone"
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