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Communications Act  

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  • The Communications Act of 1934 and its amendments is the foundation upon which contemporary U.S. telecommunication policy is built. The 1934 act borrowed heavily from the Radio Act of 1927, a temporary measure when it was passed, intended to stabilize the burgeoning but chaotic radio industry of the mid-1920s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Communications Act of 1934]

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  • 1934

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