September 28, 2004

Media Ownership Issues

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee met with witnesses who testified about media ownership rules and a recent federal court decision… read more

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee met with witnesses who testified about media ownership rules and a recent federal court decision leaving some local decisions to the Federal Communication Commission. They also talked about levels of media concentration in various markets, the state of competition in the industry, and levels of public interest programming. close

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Edwin Baker Professor University of Pennsylvania->Law School
Ben Compaine Author

Byron L. Dorgan U.S. Senator [D] North Dakota
Peter Fitzgerald U.S. Senator [R] Illinois
John S. McCain III U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Arizona
Bill Nelson U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Florida
Geneva Overholser Professor University of Missouri, Columbia->School of Journalism
Adam D. Thierer Director Cato Institute->Telecommunications Studies

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Senate Commerce, Science,and Transportation Committee

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Program ID:: 183692-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Sep 29, 2004 | 6:21am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Sep 30, 2004 | 3:40am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Sep 29, 2004 | 6:21am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Sep 29, 2004 | 5:48pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 30, 2004 | 3:40am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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