Radio networks and the federal government /

Radio networks and the federal government /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Robinson, Thomas Porter, 1905- author.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, 1943. ©1943
Description:	x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Radio broadcasting -- United States. Radio broadcasting policy -- United States. Radio -- Law and legislation -- United States. Radio broadcasting policy. Radio broadcasting. Radio -- Law and legislation. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3579721

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Physical medium:	8vo.
Notes:	Also published as thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1943. Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.
Other form:	Online version: Robinson, Thomas Porter, 1905- Radio networks and the federal government. New York : Columbia University Press, 1943

Table of Contents:

The problem and its setting
Early history of broadcasting
The national network companies
Networks and advertising
Federal regulation during Patent Period
Federal regulation during Network Period
Radio censorship and free speech
The Commission's statutory authority
Some special problems
Artist contracts and transcriptions
Network control of station rates and length of contracts
Exclusivity
Station ownership and rejection of programs
Option time
Are the regulations in the public interest?
Network domination of broadcasting
Looking forward
Appendix A: New NBC standard affiliation contract
Appendix B: Former NBC standard affiliation contract
Appendix C: CBS standard affiliation contract.