Radio Networks and the Federal Government / Thomas Porter Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Thomas Porter, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1943]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Looks at the issue of radio air regulations and the line between censorship and free speech and network domination of radio.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. The Problem and Its Setting

2. Early History of Broadcasting

3. The National Network Companies

4. Networks and Advertising

5. Federal Regulation during Patent Period

6. Federal Regulation during Network Period

7. Radio Censorship and Free Speech

8. The Commission's Statutory Authority

9. Some Special Problems

10. Artist Contracts and Transcriptions

11. Network Control of Station Rates and Length of Contracts

12. Exclusivity

13. Station Ownership and Rejection of Programs

14. Option Time

15. Are the Regulations in the Public Interest?

16. Network Domination of Broadcasting

17. Looking Forward

Appendix A: New NBC Standard Affiliation Contract

Appendix B: Former NBC Standard Affiliation Contract

Appendix C: CBS Standard Affiliation Contract

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88910-0

OCLC:

1100429954