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Author_Clifford M. Will
Author_Thomas E. Will
Broadcast Television
Cable Tv Company
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Common Carriers
Communications Act of 1934
communications regulation
Communications Satellite Act
Domestic Satellite
Domestic Satellite System
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executive branch
executive branch policy
FAA
FCC Commissioner
FCC Ruling
Federal Aviation Administration
federal communications law
Fourth National Radio Conference
historical US telecommunications policy analysis
Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee
International Frequency Registration Board
International Telecommunications Union
National Radio Conference
Nixon administration
Over-the Air Television
presidential advisory roles
Radio Act
Radio Act of 1927
Radio Conference
radio spectrum management
Satellite System
Specialized Common Carriers
spectrum allocation history
Telecommunication Policy
Telecommunications Management
telecommunications policy
Tv Distribution
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367289805
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In early 1970 President Richard M. Nixon created a new executive office, the Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP), and appointed Dr. Clay T. Whitehead as OTP's first director. (Whitehead had previously been on the staff of Peter Flanigan, a presidential assistant responsible for telecommunications policy at the White House.) What was the motivation behind this action? Were political interests being served? With what results? Thomas Will believes that these and other questions must be raised in view of the history of the Nixon administration. In an attempt to answer them, he examines the development of telecommunications policy in the executive branch from 1900 to 1970. Dr. Will reviews the early executive branch involvement in radio telecommunications, the Radio Act of 1927 and the Communications Act of 1934, the technological advance of radio telecommunications and its effect on the executive branch before and after World War II, the. appointments of telecommunications advisors to presidents from 1951 to 1967, and the creation of the President's Task Force in 1967 to deal with the problems created by an inherently limited radio spectrum. He traces the steps taken to create the OTP and analyzes the extent to which the office reflected a traditional progression of executive branch telecommunications authority. His study and conclusions are directly and essentially relevant to the current debate on telecommunications policy.
Thomas E. Will is associate publisher of Telecommunications magazine. He was previously a policy analyst with the Office of Telecommunications, U.S. Department of Commerce. Dr. Will holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
