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| Radio Corporation of America |
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| A company developed during World War 1 that was designed, with government approval, to pool radio patents; the formation of RCA gave the United States almost total control over the emerging mass medium of broadcasting |
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| The first radio legislation passed by Congress, it addressed the problem of amateur radio operators increasingly cramming the airwaves |
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| The second radio legislation passed by Congress; in an attempt to restore order to the airwaves, it stated that licenses did not own their channels buy could license them as long as they operated to serve the public interest, convenience, or necessity |
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| A body established in 1927 to oversee radio licenses and negotiate channel problems |
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| Communications Act of 1934 |
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| The far-reaching act that established the FCC and the federal regulatory structure for U.S. broadcasting |
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