Sentences with phrase «use public airwaves»

And of course, the broadcasts are free (because they use public airwaves), which is a big deal as major networks demand ever - higher broadcast re-transmission fees from cable and satellite providers.

The idea was, in part, that if broadcasters use public airwaves, they have a responsibility to make sure that the public's information needs are being met.

PTC president Tim Winter said, «Tonight, CBS and 200 of its affiliated stations around the nation will use the public airwaves ostensibly for «torture porn.»

This «Fairness Doctrine» has become the foundation of free speech on radio and television, and it has prevented many of the more blatant attempts by some broadcasters to use the public airwaves as nothing more than a sounding board for their own special views and interests.

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Your license lets you use the public's airwaves as trustees for 180 million Americans.

Such overstatements have done little to allay fears about the dependability of the broadcasters in using any power they may acquire and in acting as responsible representatives in the use of the public airwaves.

Earlier today, the Green Party issued a statement objecting to WGRZ's proposed exclusion of Murphy, calling it «an act of censorship on the part of a private station which profits from use of the public airwaves.»

Venting remains an on - going debate as does the use of swear words on public airwaves.