H.R.1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. view all titles (7)

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  • Popular: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as introduced.
  • Official: To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. as introduced.
  • Short: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as introduced.
  • Short: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as reported to house.
  • Short: CALM Act as passed house.
  • Short: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as passed house.
  • Short: CALM Act as reported to house.

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12/19/09
Curb commercial volumes? Congress really out of tune

...outlaw loud television commercials. Seriously. The U.S. House of Representatives spent time Tuesday holding a voice vote on a bill, H.R.1084 sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., to prohibit television broadcasters from setting the volume of commercia

Source: Livingston Daily
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12/14/09
House Meets At.. 9:00 am: Morning Hour

Doyle - Energy and Commerce) HR 1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (Rep. Eshoo - Energy and Commerce) H.Res. __ - Expressing the sense ...

Source: Congress Matters (blog)
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12/14/09
RE: H.R.1084

Blaring television advertisements took another step toward extinction today when the US House of Representatives passed HR 1084, the Commercial ...

Source: Foster's Daily Democrat (blog)
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11/29/09
Yes, we should ban loud commercials

HR 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM), got a big boost recently when the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed it on a ...

Source: Washington Post (blog)
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10/08/09
Quiet in the Set!

The lawmaker from portions of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo counties has introduced HR 1084, aka the cutely named Commercial Advertisement Loudness ...

Source: New York Times
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10/07/09
TV Loudness Bill Passes Subcommittee

HR 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act. The bill would require the FCC to adopt a broadcast loudness standard within a year of its ...

Source: Television Broadcast
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10/06/09
Dueling mark-ups on the Hill

... among other things, HR 1147, the Local Community Radio Act of 2009 and HR 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act).

Source: Radio Business Report
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09/22/09
Why TV commercials sound louder and louder

Her Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, HR 1084, would require the FCC to create legally-binding recommendations. An identical bill last year ...

Source: MinnPost.com (blog)
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06/04/09
Hill To Get Earful On Commercial Volume

...House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet has scheduled a hearing for June 11 on H.R.1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM). The bill, sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), would require the FCC to s

Source: Multichannel News
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06/04/09
Hill To Get Earful On Commercial Volume

...House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet has scheduled a hearing for June 11 on H.R.1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM). The bill, sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), would require the FCC to s

Source: Broadcasting & Cable
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