FCC regulators once tried to force radio to serve the public interest

Evidence

By the 1940s, the critics, who remained unappeased, briefly took over the Federal Communications Commission and published a report (known as the Blue Book) that condemned the commercialization of radio and demanded that stations failing to serve the public interest have their licenses revoked. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 377

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: 1970s FCC rules forced network syndication divestment, enabling independent deals. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1474; Broadcasting systems are necessarily leaky and cannot be fully regulated

Broader Connections

• 1970s FCC rules forced network syndication divestment, enabling independent deals. #exemplifies (0.75) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1474
• Broadcasting systems are necessarily leaky and cannot be fully regulated #complicates (0.75)