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k2lkk wrote:
   >Ok, who on the list knows what the name of the regulatory agency
   >was that preceded the FCC?

IIRC it was the Federal Radio commission, part of Herbert Hoover's
commerce department back in the '20's.  A friend of mine did his
master's thesis on Hoover's history with the regulation of radio,
making an orderly system out of the chaos that was broadcast radio
back in the '20's.  An interesting read.

IF I'm recalling correctly from his thesis, the Post office department
and the commerce department were kind of fighting over regulation of
radio, but Hoover trumped them by actually <gasp> meeting with the
broadcasters and getting them to work with him on meaningful
regulations which would actually serve the listening public.  tHese
days it seems the FCC works with the broadcasters and big business
types to do other things to the public, definitely not serve them.

73 de nf5b



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