radio transmission can be heard in hilly areas because of diffraction
Actually, to be accurate, the original government agency was called the FRC-- the Federal Radio Commission, and its creation was championed by then-President Calvin Coolidge in 1927. (The agency officially changed its name to the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, in 1934.)The FCC was created in 1934 under Franklin Roosevelt. It superseded the Federal Radio Commission which was begun under Calvin Coolidge in 1927.
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The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) licenses radio and television stations.
Do you mean 'Who made the first radio?'? Several people were experimenting with radio transmission, among them Marconi and Hertz.
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The US government licensing agency is the Federal Comunications Commission (FCC).
Within the United States, television and radio stations are owned by either public or privately owned corporations or units. They are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. Some countries only have government owned radio and television.
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The government may utilize ham radio (technically defined as "Amateur Radio") during times of disaster, natural or man-made, to provide inter-agency emergency communications. Amateur Radio operators by law are not allowed to accept payment for their services, and as such, they are not government employees. There are several volunteer organizations that various government agencies may enlist to provide emergency communications, such as ARES, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. For more information on how Ham Radio can help during disasters, visit http://www.emergencyradio.org/.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications from Wiki. For example wholesale prices by bell to an ISP such as IVC Telecom have to be approved and regulated by the CRTC.
radio transmission can be heard in hilly areas because of diffraction
Radio (as well as television, cable, wire and satellite) in the US is regulated and monitored by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Radio and television are strictly monitored for obscenity, indecency and profanity, particularly between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when children are expected to be awake.
Virtually every developed country has a government agency that controls radio and TV ... not necessarily their programming content, although that's certainly not unheard of, but their licensing, frequency allocation, and permission to transmit.
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In the US it is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In Canada, it is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. In England, it is OfCom (Office of Communications).