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The deregulation endeavors were very contentious. Many [who?] felt that the deregulation of radio would by and large diminish supply of informational programming and end equal coverage of public issues. [3] Commenced in 1981, the deregulation of AM and FM radio content control was orchestrated by the Carter Federal Communications Commission. [3]
Since deregulation in 1996, more than a third of all US radio stations have been bought and sold. Polgreen indicates that in the year following the legislation alone, 2045 radio stations were sold – a net value of $13.6 billion.
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 ...
To rectify the matter, Congress passed the Radio Act of 1927, which was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on February 23, 1927. The Act strengthened the federal government's authority "to regulate all forms of interstate and foreign radio transmissions and communications within the United States, its Territories and possessions", and adopted a standard that radio stations had to be ...
Radio stations attractiveness to advertisers began to change from a "mass medium" to one shaped by demographics, although to a lesser degree than television; radio formats began to be targeted toward specific groups of people according to age, gender, urban (or rural) setting and race, and freeform stations with broad playlists became uncommon ...
For example, radio stations that earn under $100,000 a year in revenue would be expected to pay a royalty rate of about $10 a year. Rep. Darrell Issa is reintroducing the House version of the ...
The FCC seemingly approved a deal that would permit left-wing billionaire George Soros’ acquisition of more than 200 Audacy radio stations across America, irking a Republican commissioner who ...
Subsequent to the FCC's decision to stop using the rule, radio stations could then choose to be either solely conservative or solely liberal. [2] Another form of deregulation from the American government came from the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which allowed companies to own more radio stations and for some shows to become nationally ...