Regulating the future : broadcasting technology and governmental control / W.A. Kelly Huff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huff, W. A. Kelly, 1956-

Series:

Contributions to the study of mass media and communications ; no. 61.

Contributions to the study of mass media and communications, 0732-4456 ; no. 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadcasting--United States--History--20th century.

Broadcasting.

Broadcasting--Political aspects--United States--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive study examines the case of AM stereo and subsequent technologies to demonstrate the FCC's evolution from stern to reluctant regulator. It also examines emerging technologies, such as multichannel television sound, digital audio broadcasting, and high definition television, and discusses their impact on the evolution of broadcast regulation. In the 1980s the tension between governmental control and the marketplace resulted in the FCC's deregulation of TV and radio, electing to set only technical operating parameters and allowing legal operation of any system that meets those minimal standards. Huff argues that this approach is likely to influence regulatory approaches to other new developments in broadcast technologies. The extensive overview of the industry and the study of the interrelationships between the technologies will appeal to communication scholars in the fields of radio and television as well as interest industry professionals.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I

1. Learning from Broadcasting's Past

2. AM Stereo and the Marketplace

3. AM Stereo: The Wrath of Kahn

4. Digital Audio Broadcasting: A New Kind of Radio

5. Border-to-Border DAB

6. Advanced Television from HDTV to DTV

7. The Grand Alliance and the Introduction of DTV

8. The FCC's Chaging Regulatory Role

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9798216006695

9780313000607

0313000603

OCLC:

50175556