JOMC 486 - Final Test Questions & Answers
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Quasi-Judicial agency - Correct Answer FCC. 5 commissioners, large staff, many
bureaus, rotating judges head cases internally, enforcement bureau
Equal Opportunity Rule - Correct Answer if any licensee permits a legally qualified
candidate for public office to use a broadcast station, the licensee must afford equal
opportunities to all other candidate for that office to use the station. same amount of
time, equal audience potential
"Legally Qualified Candidate" - Correct Answer someone who has publicly announced
intention to run for office, is qualified to hold office under applicable law, and has
qualified to be on the ballot
Substantial Showing - Correct Answer evidence indicates that the person has engaged
to a substantial degree in activities commonly associated with political campaigning
Bona Fide Newscast - Correct Answer regularly scheduled, has diverse content,
emphasizes news, has content and format controlled by the broadcaster
Bona Fide News event - Correct Answer presidential report on major events, press
conferences, political conventions, candidate debates, court proceedings
Do licensees have any power over censorship of materials broadcast by candidates? -
Correct Answer no
can broadcasters be sued for libel for statements made by political candidates? -
Correct Answer no
Broadcasters may not: - Correct Answer refuse to sell or give or give time to federal
candidates, impose blanket limitations on the number, length or position of time sold to
candidates, refuse to sell time outside the traditional campaign season, refuse to
negotiate with federal candidates who seek air time
When a candidate asks for political broadcasting time, broadcasters may consider: -
Correct Answer individual needs of candidates, amount of time previously provided to
candidate, potential disruption of other programming, number of candidates looking for
equal opportunity, timing of request
can stations ban advertisements for political candidates from news broadcasts? -
Correct Answer yeh, appearance of these ads during news programs could
compromise their journalistic integrity
Section 315(b) - Correct Answer requires that broadcasters and cable systems charge
political candidates the lowest charge during the 45 days before a primary election or
, the 60 days prior to a general election, must charge candidates no more than they
would charge commercial advertisers
"Class of time" - Correct Answer refers to whether the spot is fixed position, pre-
emptible, run-of-schedule, etc.
"Length of Time" - Correct Answer refers to length of spot purchased
"Time period" - Correct Answer refers to the daypart (drive time, prime time) of program
Two broadcaster obligations - Correct Answer 1. disclose all information about rates,
goods, and discount privileges offered to commercial advertisers and 2. sell to
candidates all types of discount privileges available to commercial advertisers
Common Carrier - Correct Answer required by law to convey passengers or freight
without refusal if the approved fare is paid (ex: land-line telephone service) FCC
regulates under Title II of Communications Act of 1934
Private Carrier - Correct Answer transports only in particular instances or only for those
with whom it chooses to contract (ex: a broadcast TV station)
FCC's "Light touch" on the internet - Correct Answer not all utility-style regulations will
be applies, will not regulate rates, Internet is interstate service, so it's not subject to
state regulation
Miller Test - Correct Answer Miller v. California; 1. The work appeals to the [prurient]
excessive sexual interest of the average person 2. it depicts or describes sexual
conduct in a patently offensive way and 3. it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or
scientific value [LAPS]
Patent Offensiveness - Correct Answer representations of the ultimate sex act, actual
or simulated, normal or perverted; representations of masturbation, excretory functions,
or lewd exhibitions of genitals. Jurors may apply local standards in determining patent
offensiveness
Broadcast indecency - Correct Answer language or material that depicts or describes in
terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the
broadcast medium, sexual or excretory activities or organs. safe harbor: 10 pm to 6 am.
obscenity may never be broadcast
Details of indecency - Correct Answer violence doesn't count. presentation must be
patently offensive by contemporary community standards. judges by a national, not
local standard.
Indecency factors - Correct Answer explicitness or graphic nature of depictions of
sexual organs or excretory activities. whether the material dwells on or repeats at length
