Radio's hidden voice: the origins of public broadcasting in the United States

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Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Prologue 1. Public Service Experimentation, Land-Grant Universities, and the Development of Broadcasting, 1900-1925. 2. University Stations, Extension Ideals, and Broadcast Practices during the 1920s. 3. Public Service Broadcasting and the Development of Radio Policy, 1900-1925. 4. The Federal Radio Commission and the Decline of Non-Commercial Educational Stations, 1927-1934. 5. Education and the Fight to Reform Radio Broadcasting, 1930-1936. 6. Broadcast Practices and the Stabilization of Non-Commercial Stations during the 1930s and 1940s. 7. Network Practices, Government Oversight, and Public Service Ideals: The University of Chicago Round-Table Program. Epilogue. List of Abbreviations Notes Index