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Creator: | New Jersey Coalition for Fair Broadcasting |
Title: | New Jersey Coalition for Fair Broadcasting Records |
Dates: | 1973-1983 |
Quantity: | 27 cubic feet (27 record cartons) |
Abstract: | Correspondence, legal briefs and papers, petitions, applications, monitoring studies, and clippings (1976-1982), relating to New York City and Philadelphia television stations, especially WNET, and their coverage of New Jersey; records relating to the transfer of WOR-TV from New York to New Jersey; video tapes of news broadcasts (1973-1978) used in monitoring study of New Jersey news coverage; and video tapes and 21 audio tapes of Federal Communications Commission meetings (1978-1982) concerning New Jersey television. |
Collection No.: | MC 1341 |
Access: | Stored offsite: Advance notice required to consult these records. |
Language: | English |
Repository: | Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives |
New Jersey Coalition for Fair Broadcasting Records, MC 1341, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.
NEW JERSEY COALITION FOR FAIR BROADCASTING RECORDS | |||||||||||
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1 | "Newspaper clipping file, concerning the Coalition's role in providing New Jersey coverage on New York and Philadelphia television stations and in the reallocation of a VHF station to New Jersey," 1976-82 | ||||||||||
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2 | Newspaper clipping file, continued, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
"Tapes of news broadcasts on New York and Philadelphia VHF television stations, in which monitoring for New Jersey news coverage was done, mostly by the Eagleton Institute," 1973-78 | |||||||||||
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3 | Tapes of news broadcasts, continued, 1973-78 | ||||||||||
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4 | Tapes of news broadcasts, continued, 1973-78 | ||||||||||
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5 | Tapes of new broadcasts, continued, 1973-78 | ||||||||||
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) open meeting, concerning New Jersey television, October 18, 1979 | |||||||||||
Video tape, 4 reels. | |||||||||||
FCC meeting, concerning WNET's (Channel 13) license renewal and request for on-site inspection of FCC facilities, November 20, 1979 | |||||||||||
Video tape | |||||||||||
FCC special open meeting, concerning New Jersey television, November 9, 1978 | |||||||||||
Video tape, 6 reels (3 printings) | |||||||||||
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6 | FCC "VHF Drop In" discussion, concerning a station in New Jersey, September 9, 1980 | ||||||||||
Video tape, 4 reels | |||||||||||
FCC open meeting, regarding license renewals of the New York and Philadelphia television stations, June 23, 1982 | |||||||||||
Video tape | |||||||||||
FCC open meeting, concerning the necessity of a WNET studio in New Jersey, April 26, 1979 | |||||||||||
Video tape | |||||||||||
FCC meeting, concerning WNET license renewal, January 31, 1980 | |||||||||||
Video tape | |||||||||||
"FCC commissioner and the New Jersey T.V. issue", January 25, 1979 | |||||||||||
Video tape | |||||||||||
FCC open meeting, concerning New Jersey television, April 26, 1979 | |||||||||||
Video tape | |||||||||||
Cassette tapes of FCC meetings concerning New Jersey television license renewals, on-site inspection and other meetings and conferences concerning New Jersey television, 1978-82 | |||||||||||
21 reels | |||||||||||
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7 | General office files, including correspondence and other materials, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Annual membership luncheons | ||||||||||
2 | Beneficial Management Corporation's request for renewal of application of WOR-TV | ||||||||||
3 | Blender-Tongue Broadcasting Corporation | ||||||||||
4 | Bradley Amendment 1982 | ||||||||||
5 | Tyrone Brown FCC correspondence | ||||||||||
6 | Correspondence with Senator Bill Bradley | ||||||||||
7 | Broadcasting Magazine correspondence | ||||||||||
8 | Governor Brendan T. Byrne correspondence | ||||||||||
9 | Cable TV | ||||||||||
10 | John Cervase's WNET petition | ||||||||||
11 | Broadcasting in New Jersey conference, December 2, 1977 | ||||||||||
12 | Citizen's Communication Center | ||||||||||
13 | Communications Act of 1934 revision, 1979 | ||||||||||
14 | Congressional correspondence, | ||||||||||
15 | WCVB (Boston) | ||||||||||
16 | Search for Counsel, 1978 | ||||||||||
17 | General correspondence, 1976-80 | ||||||||||
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8 | General office files, including correspondence and other materials, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Children's television | ||||||||||
2 | Communications of Act 1934 revisions | ||||||||||
3 | Cable TV exclusivity reels | ||||||||||
4 | Miscellaneous dockets | ||||||||||
5 | Delaware television situation | ||||||||||
6 | Delaware citizen's committee | ||||||||||
7 | Cross-ownership decisions | ||||||||||
8 | Common cause petition concerning common carrier accountability | ||||||||||
9 | Petition for new VHF station | ||||||||||
10 | Petition for WGAL special relief | ||||||||||
11 | Cosmopolitan Broadcasting Corporation, Newark, regarding renewal of WHBI-FM license | ||||||||||
12 | NAB petition to restrict standing in license renewal proceedings | ||||||||||
13 | Revision of rules for class D status | ||||||||||
14 | Correspondence with Cong. Bernard Dwyer | ||||||||||
15 | Other dockets concerning New Jersey television | ||||||||||
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9 | General office files, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Eagelton Institute Conference | ||||||||||
2 | Foundation proposal | ||||||||||
3 | Engineering consultants | ||||||||||
4 | FCC, including a petition to institute a notice of inquiry and a proposed ruling on the airing of public service announcements | ||||||||||
5 | Feasibility study by Bozell and Jacobs | ||||||||||
6 | Correspondence with Cong. Millicent Fenwick | ||||||||||
7 | Financial background analysis | ||||||||||
8 | John and Mary Mackle Foundation | ||||||||||
9 | Ford Foundation | ||||||||||
10 | N.J. Committee for the Humanities | ||||||||||
11 | Fundraising letters | ||||||||||
12 | Wallore Eljabar Fund for New Jersey correspondence | ||||||||||
13 | Friends of the Coalition | ||||||||||
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10 | General office files, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Grants and proposals | ||||||||||
2 | Correspondence with Cong. Frank Guarini | ||||||||||
3 | Gubernatorial coverage by stations | ||||||||||
4 | Prudential proposal | ||||||||||
5 | Governor Thomas Kean correspondence | ||||||||||
6 | Jean Gleason League of Women Voters correspondence | ||||||||||
7 | Legislative oversight hearings, May 10, 1976 | ||||||||||
8 | John Lane correspondence | ||||||||||
9 | Legal cases (WOR, WPIX, etc), 1978-79 | ||||||||||
10 | License renewal legalisation, 1974 | ||||||||||
11 | Legislative material (bills, etc.) | ||||||||||
12 | Lottery cases | ||||||||||
13 | Low power television | ||||||||||
14 | NCCB and NCCL | ||||||||||
15 | Newark public radio | ||||||||||
16 | Newark consumer radio | ||||||||||
17 | New Jersey Arts | ||||||||||
18 | Correspondence with Thomas O'Neill, 1980 | ||||||||||
19 | N.J. Public Television correspondence | ||||||||||
20 | N.J. Newark correspondence | ||||||||||
21 | MCI Corporation | ||||||||||
22 | Media report to women | ||||||||||
23 | Coalition board correspondence, 1979 | ||||||||||
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11 | General office files, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Board correspondence, 1977-78 | ||||||||||
2 | Correspondence with Clifford Case | ||||||||||
3 | Correspondence with Bill Bradley | ||||||||||
4 | Correspondence with Kenneth Gibson | ||||||||||
5 | Correspondence with Raymond Bateman | ||||||||||
6 | Meetings with networks | ||||||||||
7 | Memberships and board correspondences, 1980 | ||||||||||
8 | Aspira, Inc. | ||||||||||
9 | Membership correspondence, 1977-78 | ||||||||||
10 | Advertising Club of New Jersey | ||||||||||
11 | AFL-CIO | ||||||||||
12 | American Association on University Women - N.J. Chapter | ||||||||||
13 | Archdiocese of Newark | ||||||||||
14 | Carteret Savings and Loan Association | ||||||||||
15 | Center for Public Policy Research | ||||||||||
16 | Committee for Unified Newark | ||||||||||
17 | Common Cause | ||||||||||
18 | Diocese of Trenton | ||||||||||
19 | Greater Newark Coalition | ||||||||||
20 | Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce | ||||||||||
21 | Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan New Jersey | ||||||||||
22 | N.J. Association on Correction | ||||||||||
23 | N.J. Education Association | ||||||||||
24 | N.J. Film and Television Commission | ||||||||||
25 | N.J. Hospital Association | ||||||||||
26 | N.J. Monthly Magazine | ||||||||||
27 | N.J. Parent-Teacher Association | ||||||||||
28 | N.J. Public Interest Research Group | ||||||||||
29 | N.J. School Board Association | ||||||||||
30 | N.J. State Bar Association | ||||||||||
31 | N.J. SANE | ||||||||||
32 | N.J. State Chamber of Commerce | ||||||||||
33 | Miller - Poor Associates | ||||||||||
34 | Office of Network Studies | ||||||||||
35 | North Ward Educational and Cultural Center | ||||||||||
36 | NOW Media Reform Task Force | ||||||||||
37 | Rev. Michael Russo | ||||||||||
38 | UAW | ||||||||||
39 | Nathan Shoehalter | ||||||||||
40 | Rutgers University | ||||||||||
41 | Minority ownership of broadcast facilities | ||||||||||
42 | National Black Media Coalition | ||||||||||
43 | Network inquiry | ||||||||||
44 | Newark City Council correspondence | ||||||||||
45 | Urban League of Essex County | ||||||||||
46 | Media Watch newsletter | ||||||||||
47 | Midatlantic Bank correspondence, 1980 | ||||||||||
48 | Bernard Morris correspondence | ||||||||||
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12 | General office files | ||||||||||
1 | New Jersey Bell | ||||||||||
2 | N.J. Broadcasting Association | ||||||||||
3 | N.J. Coalition for Better TV Viewing | ||||||||||
4 | Prospects for television station ownership in N.J. | ||||||||||
5 | N.J. Public Broadcasting Association Channel 19 proposal | ||||||||||
6 | NJPBA correspondence | ||||||||||
7 | N.J. Conference of Mayors | ||||||||||
8 | N.J. Council of Churches | ||||||||||
9 | Nassau Broadcasting Corporation | ||||||||||
10 | N.J. Gems | ||||||||||
11 | Gianettino and Meredith correspondence, 1982 | ||||||||||
12 | N.J. State Legislature | ||||||||||
13 | N.J. State Senate Resolution urging the FCC to award Channel 9 to New Jersey | ||||||||||
14 | N.J. Law Conference, 1978 | ||||||||||
15 | Newark Museum | ||||||||||
16 | Newsletters, 1979-82 | ||||||||||
17 | "Politics and the Press", Princeton University seminar, November 22, 1982 | ||||||||||
18 | Public Interest Law | ||||||||||
19 | Press conferences | ||||||||||
20 | WNBC/Coalition joint public service forum | ||||||||||
21 | Printing Project | ||||||||||
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13 | General office files, 1976-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Newark radio | ||||||||||
2 | Ratings services | ||||||||||
3 | Research | ||||||||||
4 | Marvin Reed, NJ Education Association, 1981 | ||||||||||
5 | United Church of Christ | ||||||||||
6 | Correspondence with Cong. Matthew Rinaldo, 1981 | ||||||||||
7 | Correspondence with Cong. Marjorie Roukema | ||||||||||
8 | Correspondence with Rutgers University | ||||||||||
9 | Satellites | ||||||||||
10 | Senate Communications subcommittee | ||||||||||
11 | Seton Hall University correspondence, 1981 | ||||||||||
12 | Peter Shapiro correspondence | ||||||||||
13 | Mort Siegler correspondence | ||||||||||
14 | Nathan Shoehalter (consultant) correspondence | ||||||||||
15 | Correspondence with Cong. Christopher Smith | ||||||||||
16 | Correspondence with Mayor Robert Smith, Piscataway | ||||||||||
17 | State Senate Commission testimony, correspondence and resolution concerning a New Jersey television station | ||||||||||
18 | Statewide campaign list | ||||||||||
19 | Statement of purpose | ||||||||||
20 | Station acquisition | ||||||||||
21 | Sandy Sugarvara correspondence (Trenton Times D.C. correspondent) | ||||||||||
22 | Taxation of broadcasters | ||||||||||
23 | Teleprompter cable | ||||||||||
24 | UHF click in, click out tuning | ||||||||||
25 | Abbot Washburn (FCC) correspondence 1981 | ||||||||||
26 | WCVB (Boston) license application | ||||||||||
27 | Correspondence with Sen. Harrison Williams | ||||||||||
28 | WMAL media court case | ||||||||||
29 | WNJU-TV, Linden, N.J. | ||||||||||
30 | Wometco | ||||||||||
31 | Woodrow Wilson School correspondence | ||||||||||
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14 | Correspondence, legal briefs, petitions, etc. concerning WNET-TV (Channel 13) and its coverage of New Jersey, 1975-81 | ||||||||||
1 | Correspondence with WNET, 1975-81 | ||||||||||
2 | Budget information | ||||||||||
3 | "New Jersey Nightly News" | ||||||||||
4 | Petition to deny WNET license renewal | ||||||||||
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15 | Correspondence, legal briefs, petitions, etc. concerning WNET-TV (Channel 13) and its coverage of New Jersey, 1973-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Puerto Rican Council petition | ||||||||||
2 | WNET application for federal funding to rennovate the New York office | ||||||||||
3 | Essex County College proposal | ||||||||||
4 | WNET, Newark studio proposal | ||||||||||
5 | WNET, New Jersey Board of Advisors | ||||||||||
6 | WNET Board of Trustees | ||||||||||
7 | WNET Executive Board meetings, 1978+ | ||||||||||
8 | FCC Correspondence | ||||||||||
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16 | Correspondence, legal briefs, petitions, etc. concerning WNET-TV (Channel 13) and its coverage of New Jersey, 1975-82 | ||||||||||
1 | Materials relating to budget cuts | ||||||||||
2 | Programming budget for N.J. "Nightly News" | ||||||||||
3 | License renewal applications | ||||||||||
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17 | Correspondence, petitions, applications, legal documents, etc. relating to New York and Philadelphia stations and coverage of New Jersey, 1978-83 | ||||||||||
1 | License renewal applications, 1981-83 | ||||||||||
2 | Petitions to deny licensing to various stations in New York and Philadelphia | ||||||||||
3 | Material relating to the transfer of WOR-TV (Channel 9) from New York to New Jersey | ||||||||||
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18-22 | Materials relating to docket 20350, the umbrella docket regarding the whole question of the adequacy of New Jersey television service, 1974-78 | ||||||||||
Includes petitions, briefs, replies, etc. | |||||||||||
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23 | Correspondence, petitions, applications, monitoring studies, etc. relating to New York and Philadelphia television stations and their coverage of New Jersey, 1973-81 | ||||||||||
Includes gubernatorial race coverage, storm coverage and renewal applications by stations | |||||||||||
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24 | Monitoring studies of New York and Philadelphia stations for New Jersey coverage, 1976-80 | ||||||||||
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25 | Petitions to deny licensing renewal of New York and Philadelphia television stations, marketing studies, 1976-77, 1973-77 | ||||||||||
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26-27 | RKO General legal file. Retained by the N.J. Coalition for Fair Broadcasting until completion of the litigation. |