The Hidden Screen: Low Power Television in America: Low Power Television in America

by Hilliard,Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780765604194
• ISBN10: 0765604191
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

By any standards, the most eclectic form of broadcasting in the U.S. today is called low-power television (LPTV). Not an insignificant blip in the industry, LPTV offers true local and community programming to tens of thousands of U.S. viewers. Because it can go where the cable industry doesn't go, LPTV tends to serve either outlying rural communities or disenfranchised communities such as gangs and new immigrant groups who have no other way to stay connected. One trend Keith notes is the proliferation of stations in the Northwest owned by right-wing, militia, or Christian fundamentalist groups that broadcast to their select audience of like-minded fringe groups.

This is the first book available that tells the complete story of this unique and powerful movement from its inception to the formidable challenges it faces today.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
Preface	ix
A New Medium: The Nature and Purpose of Low Power Television	3	(30)
Appendix 1A. FCC Rules and Regulations Pertaining to LPTV	15	(18)
The Screen Over the Fence: The Evolution of Neighborhood Television in America	33	(14)
See LPTV Run: Its Organization and Structure	47	(20)
Appendix 3A. Application for Renewal of License for AM, FM, TV, Translator, or LPTV Station	56	(11)
And Now the News: Programming for the 'Hood	67	(30)
Appendix 4A. Localism and Low Power Public Television	85	(11)
Frank H. Tyro
Appendix 4B. On Being a Neighbor	96	(1)
David A. Tucker
The Bottoming Line: Subsidizing the Hidden Screen	97	(16)
Appendix 5A. An LPTV Studio Equipment List	108	(2)
Appendix 5B. A Profile of Bayou Country LPTV	110	(3)
Maintaining the Image: Technical Considerations, Other Micros, and the Future	113	(23)
Appendix 6A. The Future of LPTV: A View	129	(2)
Mark Banks
Appendix 6B. Public Notices	131	(4)
Appendix 6C. CBA Factsletter Concerning LPTV Displacement Applications and Primary Service Rulemaking Process	135	(1)
Studies and Briefs: A Comparative Assessment and Civil Action on Behalf of LPTV	136	(26)
The Alaska LPTV Network	162	(33)
Michael Havice
Appendix 8A. Fact Sheet on LPTV	178	(11)
Appendix 8B. CBA Petition for Rulemaking to FCC	189	(6)
Notes	195	(6)
Further Reading	201	(2)
Index	203