Re: Financing of media. Was: Mixed economy???

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the book you're talking about it Telecommunications, Mass Media &
Democracy, by Robert McChesney, recently published by Oxford.

Doug

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On Tue, 26 Jul 1994, Jim Devine wrote:

> Speaking of advertising and the media: last week, while on jury
> duty, I read a book review of a book that described the rise of
> commercial radio in the US (which set the institutional parameters
> for the rise of commercial TV).  (Unfortunately, I left the
> magazine for other potential jurors to read, so I don't have
> a reference. It was in the recent PROGRESSIVE.)  Initally, there
> were large numbers of non-commercial radio stations, including
> those owned by labor unions (WCFL in Chicago) and churches.  The
> commercial broadcasters pushed for the establishment of the Federal
> Radio Commission (now called the Federal Communications Commission)
> and more importantly for specific NRC policies. They fought against
> the very strong listener resistance to commercial interruptions.
> More importantly, they used the FRC to destroy WCFL and the rest.
> Then, many years later, they began to complain that the FRC/FCC
> was interfering with their free-speech rights.
>
> sincerely,
>
> Jim Devine
> jndf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA
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>