Title: National policy for radio broadcasting,
Authors: Rose, C. B. 1907-; National Planning Association.
Publisher: Harper & brothers,
Year: 1940
Subjects: Radio United States.; Radio broadcasting
Contents: Part 1. The problem of a national policy of radio broadcasting -- Part 2. Problems of the technical structure of American broadcasting -- Limitations on the number of stations -- Problems of the location of stations -- Problems of "superpower" -- Part 3. Problems of the commercial structure of American broadcasting -- Ownership pattern -- Intraindustry organizations -- Competition -- Economic return and its distribution -- Payment for services and value received -- Part 4. Problems of program content -- American radio audience -- Program purposes, types, and distribution -- Special interest vs. general interest stations -- Program problems created by advertising -- Program standards vs. post facto regulation -- Part 5. Problems regarding freedom of the air -- Regulatory influences -- Radio and the press -- Foreign propaganda and international broadcasting -- Part 6. Toward a national policy for radio broadcasting -- The problems of radio are principally social in character -- Suggested alternatives to or modifications of the present system -- Toward policy.