Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168) and index.
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction.
1 Origins of Broadcasting: Three Inventors and a Seer.
2 Broadcast Licensing and World War I.
3 RCA.
4 RCA in Crisis.
5 Chaos Comes to Broadcasting.
6 The Radio Act of 1927.
7 Media and the First Amendment.
8 The Industry's Regulators.
9 Television versus FM.
10 Cable and Other Media.
11 The Fall of the Fairness Doctrine.
12 Money, Media, Politics, and Democracy.
13 Must Broadcasters Be Licensed?
14 Deregulation of Broadcasting.
15 The Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Conclusion.
References.
Index.