National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), 79–80, 93, 112–114, 118, 120–121, 141, 145, 148

National Community/Cable Television Association (NCTA), 80, 83, 93, 112–114, 118, 128n6, 137, 139, 142

non-duplication of (network) programming, 83, 90, 92, 97, 123, 125, 138–140, 149, 158–160, 164, 170

Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP), 117, 124

organizational capacity, 36–37, 132–134, 163–165, 172, 174

organizational learning

conditions for, 35–40, 163–167

definition of, 16, 27

first-order, 29–31, 156–158

second-order, 31–34, 158–161

third-order. See learning to learn

Pastore, John, 83, 123

post-positive discourse analysis, 3, 9–14

President's Task Force on Communications Policy, 99, 105

principal-agent theory, 3–9

program origination by cable, 100–101, 103–104, 106, 112, 114, 116, 121, 125, 136–138

Public Dividend Plan, 117–119

Quello, James, 136

Radio Act of 1927, 54, 56

RAND, 99, 105, 119–120, 137, 145–146

Rawson, Robert, 91

re-regulation

definition of, 134–135

Task Force, 134–135, 141

retransmission consent, 80–81, 83, 104–106, 112, 169, 176–177n9

Robinson, Glen O., 23n18, 135–136

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR), 56

Schildhause, Sol, 101–102, 123, 133

Seiden, Martin, 93–94

Sixth Report and Order, 60–61, 67, 77, 79–80, 84, 89

Southern Idaho Broadcasting Co., 79

syndicated exclusivity rules, 125, 131, 143, 147–149, 158, 164, 166, 168, 170–172

television table of assignments, 61, 63

Turner Broadcasting Co., 168

Ultra High Frequency (UHF), 62–63, 74–76, 79, 80–82, 89, 95, 103, 113, 117, 119–120, 124, 136, 138, 140, 145–146

U.S. v. Southwestern Cable Co., 98