"The most significant meaning of freedom of the radio is the right of the American people to listen to this great medium of communications free from any governmental dictation as to what they can or cannot hear and free alike from similar restraints by private licensees."
— Radio

January 1, 1970

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Editorializing by Broadcast Licensees, Report of the Commission, 13 F.C.C.1246, 1257, 1 20 (1949); as quoted by R. Trevor Hall & James C. Phillips, “THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE IN LIGHT OF HOSTILE MEDIA PERCEPTION”, COMMLAW CONSPECTUS, Vol.19, p.400