The enforcement of this legislation was entrusted to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who was in charge of the administration of the marine navigation laws. The governments of Earth accept the arrangement, and the Visitors, commanded by their leader John and his deputy Diana, begin to gain considerable influence with human authorities.
§ 47. Chicago P.D. Via Elizabeth, it is discovered the Leader is coming to Earth to negotiate peace, and he has asked Elizabeth and the Resistance to come to the Mothership. See Federal Communications Comm'n v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co., 309 U. S. 134, 309 U. S. 138 n. 2. . Superstore. SAVE 15% when you sign up for our newsletter! The facilities of radio are not large enough to accommodate all who wish to use them. One station might dominate the other with the power of its signal. Hoover v. Intercity Radio Co., 52 App.D.C. Lydia enters and is horrified to discover what has happened and Diana orders Lydia's immediate arrest for wanton murder. The Commission observed that, in areas where all the stations were under exclusive contract to either NBC or CBS, the public was deprived of the opportunity to hear programs presented by Mutual.
The cases are now here on appeal. at which they are aimed are interrelated: "In considering above the network practices which necessitate the regulations we are adopting, we have taken each practice singly, and have shown that, even in isolation, each warrants the regulation addressed to it. We agree with the District Court that, "The necessary implication from this [amendment in 1934] was that the Commission might infer from the fact that the applicant had in the past tried to monopolize radio, or had engaged in unfair methods of competition, that the disposition so manifested would continue and that if it did it would make him an unfit licensee.
NBC and CBS together controlled more than 85% of the total night-time wattage, and the broadcast business of the three national network companies amounted to almost half of the total business of all stations in the United States. Lydia in a final desperate attempt to be with Charles, poison's Diana's chalice. Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax superweapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. The NBC contracts provided simply that the station "may reject a network program the broadcasting of which would not be in the public interest, convenience, and necessity." We believe that these considerations far outweigh any supposed advantages from 'stability' of network operations under time options. The miniseries was first released as V: The Original Miniseries on VHS during the mid-1990s, and later on DVD in 2001. For 29 outlets of NBC on the Pacific Coast, it also covered the entire broadcast day; for substantially all of the other NBC affiliates. It means that we do not believe that our stations should go into competition with ourselves. (Report, p. A. C. Crispin wrote a 402-page V novelization in 1984 for Pinnacle Books that combined both the original miniseries and The Final Battle.
The criterion governing the exercise of the Commission's licensing power is the "public interest, convenience, or necessity." The Regulations, which the Commission characterized in its Report as "the expression of the general policy we will follow in exercising our licensing power," are addressed in terms to station licensees and applicants for station licenses. The war accelerated the development of the art, however, and, in 1921, the first standard broadcast stations. A citizen who rallies the Resistance to aid a downtrodden mining community has a dangerous secret agenda. from this action. Regulation 3.106 -- Network ownership of stations. A station should be ready, able, and willing to serve the needs of the local community by broadcasting such outstanding local events as community concerts, civic meetings, local sports events, and other programs of local consumer and social interest. 35 Op.Atty.Gen. There's even an episode in which Diana marries her alien boss named (what else?) Recognizing that these considerations called for flexibility in their application to particular situations, the Commission provided that, "networks will be given full opportunity, on proper application for new facilities or renewal of existing licenses, to call to our attention any reasons why the principle should be modified or held inapplicable. Such is the history of the Chain Broadcasting Regulations. Section 311 of the Federal Communications Act, by authorizing the Commission to withhold broadcasting station licenses from persons who have been convicted of violating the Antitrust Laws, does not imply that, in the absence of such conviction, conduct of the applicant amounting to such violation may not be considered by the Commission in determining whether the granting of his application would be contrary to the "public interest." A procedural point calls for just a word. [Footnote 5], A totally different source of attack upon the Regulations if found in § 311 of the Act, which authorizes the Commission to withhold licenses from persons convicted of having violated the antitrust laws. ", Federal Communications Comm'n v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station, 309 U. S. 470, 309 U. S. 475. We do not pause here to enumerate the scope of the Radio Act of 1927 and of the authority entrusted to the Radio Commission, for the basic provisions of that Act are incorporated in the Communications Act of 1934, 48 Stat. Standing in the way of his rescue are a fearsome alien and the boy's conflicted allegiance. Since there were more stations than available frequencies, the Secretary of Commerce attempted to find room for everybody by limiting the power and hours of operation of stations in order that several stations might use the same channel. Suppose, for example, that a community can, because of physical limitations, be assigned only two stations. Contacting Justia or any attorney through this site, via web form, email, or otherwise, does not create an attorney-client relationship. One man, financially and technically qualified, might apply for and obtain the licenses of both stations and present a single service over the two stations, thus wasting a frequency otherwise available to the area. (Sen.Doc. The following cast appear in multiple episodes: The title sequence for Episodes 1–13 featured theme music derived from incidental music previously used in The Final Battle over the main cast credits. Bates's police arrest Resistance sympathizers, including Robin, and threaten to execute a prisoner a day until Rebel leaders surrender.
The Commission undertook in Regulation 3.105 to formulate the obligations of licensees with respect to supervision over programs: "No license shall be granted to a standard broadcast station having any contract, arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, with a network organization which (a), with respect to programs offered pursuant to an affiliation contract, prevents or hinders the station from rejecting or refusing network programs which the station reasonably believes to be unsatisfactory or unsuitable; or which (b), with respect to network programs so offered or already contracted for, prevents the station from rejecting or refusing any program which, in its opinion, is contrary to the public interest, or from substituting a program of outstanding local or national importance.". He is shot and stumbles his way into a hall where the Visitors are preparing for their celebration of Ramalon. For CBS affiliates, "network optional time" meant the entire broadcast day. If this contention means that the Regulations are unwise, that they are not likely to succeed in accomplishing what the Commission intended, we can say only that the appellants have selected the wrong forum for such a plea.