Communications Transfer Fee Act of 1987: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session on S. 1935 ... April 27, 1988

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10. lappuse - Act of 1934 to provide for improved international telecommunications, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "International Telecommu4 nications Act of 1983".
97. lappuse - In considering applications for licenses, and modifications and renewals thereof, when and insofar as there is demand for the same, the Commission shall make such distribution of licenses, frequencies, hours of operation, and of power among the several States and communities as to provide a fair, efficient, and equitable distribution of radio service to each of the same.
73. lappuse - Herein lies the fundamental dilemma that has revealed itself over and over again in public broadcasting's brief history and led to the empanelment of this Commission: how can public broadcasting be organized so that sensitive judgments can be freely made and creative activity freely carried out without destructive quarreling over whether the system is subservient to a variety of powerful forces including the government?
44. lappuse - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [The statement and questions and answers follow:] STATEMENT OF ALFRED C. SIKES, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION, NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mr.
74. lappuse - We remember the Egyptians for the pyramids, and the Greeks for their graceful stone temples. How shall Americans be remembered? As exporters of sensationalism and salaciousness? Or as builders of magical electronic tabernacles that can in an instant erase the limitations of time and geography, and make us into one people? The choice is in our hands and the time is now.
72. lappuse - ... political power changes in the country. Its independence must be enhanced, not limited, by the way the funds are disbursed. There should be a virtually automatic arrangement for the system to receive its federal funds, with a review of support levels on a predictable, multiyear basis. Insulated funding is necessary from an operating point of view as well. Program development in both radio and television has not been satisfactory, largely because the system has been unable to plan and develop...
52. lappuse - If I can be of any further assistance to you on this matter, please do not hesitate to let me know.
91. lappuse - Thank you again for this opportunity to share our views with you, and I look forward to your questions.
93. lappuse - Chairman, we have submitted a statement for the record, and I would like to summarize that statement at this time.
72. lappuse - ... antithesis of the monolithic outlook of all forms of totalitarianism. We see, instead, the reverent and the rude, the disciplined and the rambunctious — a celebration of American freedom in all its unpredictable varieties. This revelation of diversity will not please some, notably the book burners and the dogmatists among us. It will startle and anger others, as well it should.