ABSTRACT
Congress created the first system of regulation of radio and television with its enactment of the Radio Act of 1927. 1 Although considered a drastic measure at that time, 2 today, some forty years after its creation, comprehensive regulation of radio and television communications has for the most part become an accepted phenomenon. Although regulatory policy has yet to mature completely, the essential features of the policy have been outlined. With this coming of age, it seems appropriate to reflect on an aspect of radio regulation which has been of critical importance from the earliest time: the first amendment implications of the various facets of radio and television regulation.
