1.   Attorneys at the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasters, told The Associated Press that public broadcasters may air such announcements under communications law.

2.   After an uproar ensued, Pressler, insisting that he had been misunderstood, said public broadcasters could ignore those questions.

3.   But this does not justify the demands of public broadcasters, whose limited cash means they are badly placed to bid for sports rights.

4.   Cahill said she shared some frustration with other public broadcasters who attended.

5.   Controversy arose because Cornerstone TeleVision, a religious broadcaster near Pittsburgh, wanted to take over one of two stations licensed to a public broadcaster.

6.   In fact, students may never have to set foot on a college campus under a program announced jointly yesterday by educators, public broadcasters and the Clinton administration.

7.   Meanwhile, the public broadcasters and their stations deal with each other warily, if at all.

8.   Some members of Congress, led by Sen. Hank Brown, R-Colo., would like to change the law to allow public broadcasters to accept advertising.

9.   Surely if there is an implicit contract between viewers and public broadcasters it must contain a provision against treating the audience like saps.

10.   The agency asked for comment about whether there should be limits on commercial activities by public broadcasters.