Review of yesterday

Radio

Marconi transmitting across the Atlantic, 1901

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover

Map of stations, Popular Science, 1923

Early Tuned Frequency Receiver

Mass produced, battery-operated radios

Home Listening, 1930s

Radio and government: Radio Commission (1926) and FCC (1934)

  1. Public ownership of the airwaves
  2. Public-interest broadcasting
  3. Commercial advertising
  4. Non-profit licenses
  5. Equal time for Political Candidates

Complete Broadcast day