Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission 453 U.S. 367 (1981)

AuthorKenneth L. Karst
Pages445-446

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A 1971 amendment to the COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 permits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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to revoke a broadcaster's license for failure to allow reasonable access to a candidate for federal office. The Supreme Court here interpreted this provision to create a right of access for an individual candidate. Further, reaffirming the much criticized precedent of RED LION BROADCASTING CO. V. FCC (1969), the Court sustained the law, as so interpreted, against a FIRST AMENDMENT challenge. The dissenters argued that the statute created no right of access.

KENNETH L. KARST

(1986)

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