Radio and television regulation : broadcast technology in the United States, 1920-1960
"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."
Print Book, English, ©2000
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, ©2000
History
xv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801864506, 080186450X
43384789
Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Engineering Public Policy for Radio: Herbert Hoover, the Department of Commerce, and the Broadcast Boom, 1900–1927Chapter 2. Radio Engineers, the Federal Radio Commission, and the Social Shaping of Broadcast Technology: "Creating Radio Paradise," 1927–1934Chapter 3. Competition for Standards: Television Broadcasting, Commercialization, and Technical Expertise, 1928–1941 Chapter 4. "Rainbow in the Sky": FM Radio, Technical Superiority, and Regulatory Decision Making, 1936–1948Chapter 5. VHF and UHF: Establishing a Nationwide Television System, 1945–1960Chapter 6. Competition for Color-Television Standards: Formulating Policy for Technological Innovation, 1946–1960EpilogueNotesNote on Secondary SourcesIndex
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