Communications Act Amendments of 1977: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1547 ... June 23 and 24, 1977 |
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agency allocated amended authority believe Bell Bell System bill broadcast cable operator cable system cable television cable television systems cable TV systems CATV attachments CATV cable CATV companies CATV operators CATV pole attachments CATV's Commission's Committee Common Carrier Communications Act CONGRESS THE LIBRARY cost of pole determination disputes Dowd duct electric utilities enactment ERNEST F expense facilities FCC's Federal Communications Commission forfeiture formula Hostetter independent telephone jurisdiction over pole KALINSKI KFVS-TV lease LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Licensee Licensor ment NARUC NCTA parties percent pole attachment agreements pole attachment charges pole attachment rates pole costs pole line attachment pole owner pole rental pole space power companies problem proposed legislation public utility question regulate pole attachments regulation of pole regulatory rights-of-way Section 224 Senator HOLLINGS Senator SCHMITT Snohomish County Subcommittee on Communications telephone companies testimony tion U.S. Senate utility poles violation Washington wire
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Page 144 - The NARUC is a quasi-governmental nonprofit organization founded in 1889. Within its membership are the governmental agencies of the fifty States and of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers.
Page 86 - communication by radio" means the transmission by radio of writing, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds, including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services (among other things, the receipt...
Page 189 - Commission shall have jurisdiction over all facilities for such transmission or sale of electric energy, but shall not have jurisdiction, except as specifically provided in this Part and the Part next following, over facilities used for the generation of electric energy or over facilities used in local distribution or only for the transmission of electric energy in intrastate commerce, or over facilities for the transmission of electric energy consumed wholly by the transmitter.
Page 134 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 41 - For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges...
Page 275 - ... may apply to said commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts; whereupon a statement of the charges thus made shall be forwarded by the commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commission.
Page 214 - Secretary shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the prohibited acts committed and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require.
Page 189 - Government of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision of a State, or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing ; or "(2) to make any contribution to or in support of any political party or any committee or agency thereof. "The term 'contribution...
Page 276 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the Commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.
Page 189 - The provisions of this Part shall apply to the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and to the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce...