On Thu, August 20, 1998 at 12:04:10 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: >michael perelman wrote: > >>Doug, I agree with much of what you said about tv. TV, unlike radio and >>newspapers, never allowed for small, somewhat alternative voices. Radio and >>the newspapers have certainly become homogenized. Also, small book publishers >>are threatened. > >Yes and no. Radio's been heavily commercial since the late 1920s (I wish I >could pinpoint the exact date, but I can't find my copy of McChesney's >Telecommunications, Mass Media, & Democracy ... "The Radio Act of 1927 and the Communications Act of 1934 (and the new Communications Act of 1995)..." ---Robert W. McChesney, http://harvest-trust.org/declarwm.htm Bill
