From AM radio to color television, broadcasting raised enormous
practical and policy problems in the United States, especially in
relation to the federal government's role in licensing and
regulation. How did technological change, corporate interest, and
political pressures bring about the world that station owners work
within today (and that tuned-in consumers make profitable)? In "
Radio and Television Regulation, " Hugh R. Slotten examines the
choices that confronted federal agencies--first the Department of
Commerce, then the Federal Radio Commission in 1927, and seven
years later the Federal Communications Commission--and shows the
impact of their decisions on developing technologies.
Slotten analyzes the policy debates that emerged when the public
implications of AM and FM radio and black-and-white and color
television first became apparent. His discussion of the early years
of radio examines powerful personalities--including navy secretary
Josephus Daniels and commerce secretary Herbert Hoover--who
maneuvered for government control of "the wireless." He then
considers fierce competition among companies such as Westinghouse,
GE, and RCA, which quickly grasped the commercial promise of radio
and later of television and struggled for technological edge and
market advantage. Analyzing the complex interplay of the factors
forming public policy for radio and television broadcasting, and
taking into account the ideological traditions that framed these
controversies, Slotten sheds light on the rise of the regulatory
state. In an epilogue he discusses his findings in terms of
contemporary debates over high-resolution TV.
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