SENATOR LEE METCALF, Montana, Chairman REPRESENTATIVE JACK BROOKS, Texas, Vice Chairman HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut JAMES C. CLEVELAND, New Hampshire SENATE MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska EUGENE F. PETERS, Executive Director (II) APPENDIX CONTENTS I. Responses to followup questions to witnesses: Additional followup questions which were mailed to witnesses. - Richard W. Jencks, vice president, CBS broadcast edi- torials about_access to legislative proceedings in re- sponse to Representative James C. Cleveland's Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Henry Loomis, presi- National Public Radio, Lee Frischknecht, president - II. Supplementary material supplied by witnesses: Coffey, Matthew, president, Association of Public Radio Sta- tions, list of noncommercial radio coverage of State legisla- Giorda, William S., assistant director, KUT-FM, the University of Texas at Austin, the Australian Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings in Australia (1946-68), by A. R. Browning-- Greenberg, Prof. Bradley S. and Prof. Charles Atkin, "Public Television and Political Socialization," Department of Com- munication, Michigan State University, a joint publication of the Department of Communication and the Corporation Gunn, Hartford N., Jr., president, Public Broadcasting Service. List of Board of Managers and of Board of Governors of Public Letter conveying Syracuse University study by Thomas E. Patterson and Robert McClure, "Television News and Televised Political Advertising: Their Impact on the Voter' in response to request from Representative James Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., U.S. Senator from Minnesota: Summary of Modern Congress Act, S. 2992_ Statement on Modern Congress Act, S. 2992. Modern Congress Act, S. 2992-- Karayn, Jim, president, NPACT, coverage of congressional hearings by Public Television.... Pepper, Hon. Claude, U.S. Representative from Florida. Articles and research on broadcasting Congress -- Rebman, Fred J., president, WJCT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla. A study, reaction and evaluation of "Today in the Legislature" by David J. LeRoy, director, and C. Edward Wotring, asso- ciate director, Communication Research Center, The Florida II. Supplementary material supplied by witnesses-Continued Yocom, S. Anders, Jr., vice president, programing, Connecticut III. Background Research and Studies: Accountability for the Legislature: The Impact of Extended Procedures for Filming and Recording House Side of the Capitol Field Hearings Conducted by Congressional Committees Laws and Rules Governing Congressional Committee Broadcast "Attempts to Televise Parliament", Prof. J. Vernon Jensen, Broadcast Coverage of State Legislatures, prepared at the re- IV. Correspondence_ Page 661 664 734 740 755 755 756 762 836 882 909 934 949 951 958 I. RESPONSES TO FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS TO WITNESSES SAMPLE LETTER REQUESTING ANSWERS TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Mr. FRANK J. JORDAN, 4001 Nebraska Avenue, NW., MAY 8, 1974. DEAR MR. JORDAN: I am enclosing several additional questions related to your testimony that arose in the course of the joint committee's hearings on Congress and mass communications. It would be most helpful to the joint committee members in considering their recommendations if you would be able to provide the information that is requested. We would appreciate receiving your answers as soon as is conveniently possible. If you have any questions concerning this request, please call Don Tacheron or John Stewart on 225-8267. I want to thank you for your very helpful contribution to the joint committee's inquiry. Very truly yours, Enclosure. Additional Followup Questions Which Were Mailed to Witnesses 1. What committees and subcommittees of the House and Senate have you requested and been granted permission for broadcast coverage (film, tape, live) of public hearings since January 1971? 2. Are there committees and subcommittees since January 1971 where you have requested permission for such coverage and been denied? If so, please indicate dates and subject matter of the hearings involved and the circumstances of denial (committee vote, chairman's opposition, etc.). 3. Have you ever requested permission to cover (film, tape, live) a conference committee? What was the result of this request? 4. Are there committees and subcommittees to which you do not normally request permission for such broadcast coverage because of your understanding that such coverage is never permitted? 5. Please list the editorials or special programs your network has produced on the importance of Congress as an institution. Have you ever dealt with the difficulties in covering Congress from an institutional perspective? 6. Do you have any suggestions as to steps Congress itself might take to make floor activities more understandable to the average television viewer? 7. The commercial networks have urged that each network also be permitted use of one unilateral camera in addition to the broadcast pool covering the House or Senate floor debates. Do you see the need for an additional unilateral camera available to public broadcasting? If so, why? 8. What specific changes not requiring legislation would you propose in the rules of the House and Senate Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries in order to facilitate broadcast coverage of Congress? 9. Are there other ways to improve the facilities of the news galleries (omitting proposals contained in your original testimony)? 10. Assuming that the Senate or House would be interested in a limited trial period of broadcast coverage of floor proceedings, with no assurance that access to floor activity would be continued, what would be involved in providing the facilities for such a test run? Please provide general cost figures and specific information on the number of cameras needed, placement of cameras, additional lighting required, space requirements for cameras and supporting equipment. Replies to Questions Submitted by Committee American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Hon. LEE METCALF, The Capitol, Washington, D.C. ABC NEWS, Washington, D.C., June 13, 1974. DEAR SENATOR: I want to apologize for the tardiness of my reply to your request for additional information regarding our recent testimony before the Joint Committee On Congressional Operations. It is a busy time in our business— as it is in yours, of course. I am returning your questionnaire with answers from me and my staff which I am afraid are not going to be very productive for you. We don't keep the kind of records which would provide specific information to most of the questions. In any event, here it is for whatever use you can make of it. With best regards, Sincerely, JOHN LYNCH, Bureau Chief. There are no definitive records kept by ABC in D.C. which could provide accurate information to the questions below. The following represents our best recollections plus information from conversations with Jane Ruyle in the Senate gallery and Mike Michaelson in the House gallery. Answers: (Answer Numbers Correspond With Question Numbers) 1. Generally, all committees and subcommittees of the Senate are open for broadcast coverage with the exception of the full Judiciary and Finance Committees and recently the Aviation Subcommittee of the Commerce Committee. Senator Eastland never permits coverage of the full Judiciary Committee, but some subcommittee hearings have been covered by the broadcast media. The Full Commerce Committee normally does but Senator Cotton recently closed the hearings for the Aviation Subcommittee. The Appropriations Committee hearings are rarely open because of the small room, but on occasion they have been moved to larger quarters to provide for coverage. The biggest problem in getting coverage permission is for stake outs in the Capitol due to the cramped space and constant crush of visitors. In the House all committees generally are open to broadcast coverage except the Ways and Means, House Administration, and Rules Committees which rarely grant permission; and the Armed Services-never. 2. No records are available to back up denials of requests. In the House all requests for coverage of Armed Services and Ways and Means are routinely denied and also many of the Interstate Committee hearings. Requests are not made of the Senate Committees where it is known that permission will be denied. Rather, for these committees (see question 1) there is coverage when the invitation is offered. 3. House-All have been closed; no film requests. Senate—No requests. 4. House Armed Services. Senate-Full Judiciary, Appropriations, Finance. |