The Late ’30s Deplatforming of Father Coughlin Slate 1/21/2021 © Provided by Slate Father Charles E. Coughlin gives a radio broadcast. Bettmann/Getty Images
On Nov. 20, 1938, WMCA in New York had enough of Father Charles E. Coughlin’s anti-Semitic bile. After a supposed homily entitled “Persecution: Jewish and Christian,” in which he denounced Jews in language that might have been lifted from Der Stürmer, an announcer broke in to distance the station from Coughlin’s talk. “Unfortunately, Father Coughlin has uttered many misstatements of fact,” he informed listeners. Donald Flamm, the president of WMCA, later pledged “not to permit a repetition” of Coughlin’s inflammatory remarks, words that were “calculated to stir up religious and racial hatred and dissension in this country.”
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WASHINGTON (CN) As the Supreme Court closed in finally on a deregulation effort dating back to the late ’90s, a lawyer for the government told the justices Tuesday that a media cross-ownership ban was meant for another era.
The Federal Communications Commission instituted the ban back in the 1970s, said Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart, with radio and television cross-ownership in mind.
“The rules were justified by considerations of viewpoint diversity,” Stewart said, “but what the commission meant was, it’s better to have more independent outlets in the community.”
For today’s media, however, Stewart emphasized that the rule “didn’t serve the public interest.”
The Justice Department building on a foggy morning on Dec. 9, 2019 in Washington, DC.
The outgoing administration had been eyeing the deregulation of licensing, which could have spurred price hikes and lack of access to libraries.
Of the 158 million Americans who voted in the recent presidential election, likely zero did so with music licensing rules in mind. Nevertheless, the election has already proved consequential for the song industry. When Donald Trump leaves office today (Jan. 20), it’ll be a mild surprise that key restrictions on ASCAP and BMI the two largest performance rights organizations will survive his administration.
Those restrictions date to the early 1940s, when the Department of Justice settled an antitrust investigation into how a group of composers and publishers had gained enormous power by pooling rights. Since then, thanks to the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, anytime a TV or radio broadcaster, sports stadium, restaurant, etc. wants to play a song to
January 20, 2021
By Quinn Halman
Balancing graphic displays with space for office function, the team at Hickok Cole designed an office that s branded for the NAB without being distractingly themed. Photography by Garett Rowland.
For over a century, televisions and radios have arguably functioned as the hearth of the American home. Aptly headquartered in Washington, D.C., the National Association of Broadcasters exists to preserve and protect the history and interests of broadcast makers and appreciators. NAB’s new office complete with views of the Capitol dome is a multipurpose space with ample room to host educational events, enabling visitors to take in the history of the industry.
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