Addresses Quote by Charles W. Pickering

American families want high-quality children's television programming. Unfortunately, due to outdated rules, broadcasters are hamstrung from meeting market demand.

— Michael O'Rielly

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be…

— Reed Hundt

In the end, I am confident that we can revise our rules to provide necessary and appropriate flexibility for local broadcasters while preserving and/or…

— Michael O'Rielly

Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to…

— Bart Gordon

In the US, commercial interests stole the airwaves early on, before public broadcasters could get a stab at it. And the deal that was…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?

— Adolph Zukor

“If PBS shrank the number of stations and used the money from spectrum sales and government grants for programming, we would have a genuine…

— Jonathan Taplin

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

— Rupert Murdoch

The programs on Public Broadcasting help promote our state to the world and educate our people.

— Jim Justice

We need our national broadcasters to bring people together, to reflect our common values, and to showcase these values to the world.

— Nicky Morgan

Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that…

— Gordon Smith

Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors…

— Anthony Michael Hall