Broadcasting and the First Amendment Conference. In this conference panel called in response to White House proposals for the regulation of broadcasting, participants discuss the question of by what process the government should decide which applicants should be granted broadcast licenses. Featuring Harry S. Ashmore, Rick J. Carlson, Reuven Frank, Harry Kalven, Donald McDonald, Newton Minow, Paul Porter, Lawrence Rogers, Richard Salant, Antonin Scalia, Eric Sevareid, and Harold Willens. Broadcasting and the First Amendment I. 1 tape. [Transcript 4:17]. [LC 73-762710]

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