Radio and Television Regulation

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Radio and Television Regulation is written by Hugh R. Slotten and published by JHU Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 080186450X (ISBN 10) and 9780801864506 (ISBN 13).

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.