Religious Broadcasting in America

Pray TV ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 24-53
Author(s):  
Steve Bruce
1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Ian Leigh

The broadcasting world is currently undergoing a revolution. The new technologies of cable and, more importantly, satellite broadcasting have brought within reach an enormous potential expansion and diversity in broadcasting. The Broadcasting Act 1990 is the government's response to the challenge, creating a mostly new regulatory framework. Alongside technological advance there has been a growing concern with regulating programme quality, as the creation of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (placed by Pt. V of the Act on a statutory footing) bears witness. A minor, but not insignificant, place in these cross-currents of ferment is occupied by religious broadcasting. This article seeks to place the controls and duties relating to religious broadcasting under the new regime within the context of its history in the UK and to consider the extent to which the new legal and administrative controls achieve an acceptable balance between religious expression and control of standards.


Author(s):  
Asonzeh Ukah

Nigeria is home to a vibrant media marketplace. Excluding more than a hundred titles of daily tabloids and weekly newspapers, there is a densely saturated broadcast industry consisting of radio, television (terrestrial, satellite, pay per view and cable channels) and video-film in Nigeria. Since the deregulation of the broadcast industry in 1992 with the issuing of broadcast licences to individuals and groups, the country has witnessed a burgeoning growth such that at the beginning of 2008, there were about 284 broadcasting stations in Nigeria. Since then, more licenses have been approved and issued, indicating a further expansion in the industry. Focusing on the practices and policies of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) vis-à-vis religious broadcasting in a multi-religious society, this paper investigates the politics, policies and processes of regulating deregulation within the industry which have raised some controversies in recent times, particularly with reference to what the NBC calls “unverified miracles”.


Theology ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 68 (546) ◽  
pp. 569-573
Author(s):  
Adrian Carey

Author(s):  
Ghufron Ghufron

This paper wants to build an alternative model for caring for inter-religious harmony. The model can be found through the cultural mechanism that occurs in Islamic-Christian relations in Tegalombo Village, Pati, Central Java. The foundation of harmony between the two religions rests on the sustainability of three harmony models, namely: First, interfaith prayer in the celebration of family or village level; Second, culture visits each other during feast days, when someone is sick, and the inter-food sharing as a form of connecting harmony. Third, practical model dialogue in the Selapanan forum that brings together two religious groups in order to discuss various issues of security and social development. On the other hand, the relationship between the two also triggered a tension triggered by the contestation over the dominance of religious broadcasting with certain techniques such as recitation (Islam) and Revival Service (Christian).


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