The Proposed Repeal of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules: Network Domination or Public Interest Representation

Authors

Evie L. Klintzer

Abstract

In 1970, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (FISR) and the Prime Time Access Rule to increase programming diversity and permit independent producers greater access to prime time viewing hours. Now, fourteen years later, the FCC is seeking repeal of the FISR and deregulation of network affiliation in the syndication of independently produced programs. The author carefully examines the changes occurring in the television industry since the adoption of the FISR and the arguments favoring and opposing the proposed repeal, concluding that the FISR should be retained.

Recommended Citation

Evie L. Klintzer, The Proposed Repeal of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules: Network Domination or Public Interest Representation, 6 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 513 (1984).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol6/iss3/1