United States legislation, signed by President Calvin Coolidge on 23 February 1927, that asserted federal authority over radio broadcasting and required stations to serve the public interest, convenience and necessity to hold a license. It created the Federal Radio Commission to administer the new licensing regime after the courts had gutted the government's authority under the earlier 1912 Radio Act.
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Milestone Year WhenSigned into law by President Calvin Coolidge on 23 February 1927. 1 Connections
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The 1927 Act created the Federal Radio Commission; the FCC is its direct regulatory successor not the body the Act itself created
Source Radio Act of 1927 (Wikipedia)
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regulate all forms of interstate and foreign radio transmissions and communications within the United States
Acting Attorney General William J. Donovan, 8 July 1926, quoted in Why It Was Needed section
the present legislation is inadequate to cover the art of broadcasting, which has been almost entirely developed since the passage of the 1912 Act
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Associated With: Federal Communications Commission, Legacy sectionQuote, Associated With: Federal Communications Commission, Legacy section
The Communications Act of 1934 abolished the Federal Radio Commission and transferred jurisdiction over radio licensing to the new Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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