Regulating Broadcast Programming

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This book is a review of past and present efforts to regulate the content of radio and television. Krattenmaker and Powe argue that such regulation should be based on the same principles used for print media, for which control of editorial content lies in private hands rather than the government. The authors also discuss the origins of broadcast regulation and the statutory and constitutional standards under which broadcast licensees operate.

Thomas Krattenmaker is dean and professor of law at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. Lucas Powe Jr. holds the Anne Green Regents Chair at the University of Texas, where he is a professor of law and government.