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A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals. This classification exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws.
In 1926, the government's regulatory authority under the 1912 Radio Act was successfully challenged, and, for a chaotic period that lasted until early 1927, radio stations were free to use any frequency and power they chose, while the number of stations increased to 732. The Radio Act of 1927 was passed
An FCC study found that the act led to a drastic decline in the number of radio station owners, even as the actual number of stations in the United States increased. [34] This decline in owners and increase in stations has resulted in radio homogenization , in which local programming and content has been lost [ 35 ] and content is repeated ...
Telecommunications policy addresses the management of government-owned resources such as the spectrum, which facilitates all wireless communications. There is a naturally limited quantity of usable spectrum that exists, therefore the market demand is immense, especially as use of mobile technology, which uses the electromagnetic spectrum, expands.
Clear Channel grew from 40 stations to 1,240 stations in seven years (30 times more than congressional regulation previously allowed) . [6] Their aggressive acquisitions have gained them enemies as well as supporters, but their ownership of 247 of the nation's 250 largest radio markets and their domination of the Top 40 format makes them ...
"Big USA, Mexico, and Canadian AM Radio Stations" Additional information about Clear, Regional and Local AM frequencies in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. (ac6v.com) "Building the Broadcast Band" by Thomas H. White. Early development of the 520–1700 kHz Medium wave (AM) band (earlyradiohistory.us) "Behind the Clear-Channel Matter" by Mark ...
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Educators wanted more of radio to be given to them; they had been termed a "special interest" by the Federal Radio Commission and their stations were forced to share frequencies. The Wagner-Hatfield amendment would have given 25% of all radio broadcasting facilities to non-profit institutions and organizations. It would also have allowed these ...