Broadcast law

Broadcast law is the field of law which pertains to broadcasting. These laws and regulations pertain to radio stations and TV stations, and are also considered to include closely related services like cable TV and cable radio, as well as satellite TV and satellite radio. Likewise, it also extends to broadcast networks.

Broadcast law includes technical parameters for these facilities, as well as content issues like copyright, profanity, and localism or regionalism.

In the US, broadcasting falls under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission.

Some of the more notable aspects of broadcast law involve:

• frequency allocation: The division of the spectrum into unlicensed frequency bands -- ISM band and U-NII -- and licensed frequency bands -- television channel frequencies, FM broadcast band, amateur radio frequency allocations, etc.
• low-power broadcasting
• Fairness Doctrine
• public broadcasting