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• A Pictorial History of Radio (New York: Bonanza Books, c1960), by Irving Settel (PDF at worldradiohistory.com)
• History of radio (Citadel Press, 1960), by Irving Settel (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sound and Fury: An Informal History of Broadcasting (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1942), by Francis S. Chase (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcast Advertising: The Fourth Dimension (New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, 1931), by Frank A. Arnold (PDF at worldradiohistory.com)
• Radio in Wartime (New York: Greenberg, ca. 1942), by Sherman H. Dryer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF at americanradiohistory.com

• Radio in Wartime (New York: Greenberg, ca. 1942), by Sherman H. Dryer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF at americanradiohistory.com

• Radio in Wartime (New York: Greenberg, ca. 1942), by Sherman H. Dryer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF at americanradiohistory.com

• Annual Reports Number 1-7, 1927-1933 (reprinted in 1 volume; New York: Arno Press and the New York Times, 1961), by United States Federal Radio Commission (PDF at worldradiohistory.com)

• Found, Featured, Then Forgotten: U.S. Network TV News and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Knoxville: Newfound Press, c2011), by Mark D. Harmon (PDF at Tennessee)

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• Purchasing a broadcast station : a buyer's guide (Federal Communications Commission, 1979), by National Association of Broadcasters (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Broadcast media in elections hearing held jointly before the Task Force on Elections of the Committee on House Administration and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, July 21, 1983, Washington, D.C. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Task Force on Elections and Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Radio and television broadcast use fees on public lands : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session ... March 24, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by National Parks United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcasting (Library of Congress :, 2002), by Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Media ownership : diversity and concentration : hearings before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session ... June 14, 21, and 22, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Radio and television broadcast use fees on public lands : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session ... March 24, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by National Parks United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• Language resources in the United States (InterAmerican Research Associates, National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, 1982), by Joshua A. Fishman, National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, and InterAmerica Research Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright licensing regimes covering retransmission of broadcast signals : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• Political broadcasting--1971. Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, first session on H.R. 8627, H.R. 8628 (and related bills) ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Alternative financing options for public broadcasting : report to the Congress of the United States (The Commission, 1982), by United States. Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications and United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. Mexican Broadcasting Agreement. : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Eighty-Sixth Congress, first session, Eighty-Sixth Congress, second session, on July 9, 1959, Jan. 24, 1960. (U.S. G.P.O., 1959), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcast primer. (Washington : Federal Communications Commission, 1961., 1964), by United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Communication sites on federal land : joint oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Committee on Natural Resources, and the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session ... hearing held in Washington, DC, July 12, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by Forests United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks and Energy United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment (page images at HathiTrust)

• TeleFEMP Broadcast V (U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy and Renewable Energy, Federal Energy Management Program, 1997), by Federal Energy Management Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Broadcasters letter (The Office, 1994), by United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Communications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorandum of minutes (The Council, 1927), by National Broadcasting Company. Advisory Council (page images at HathiTrust)

• Five year plan for public telecommunications (The Corporation, 1981), by Corporation for Public Broadcasting (page images at HathiTrust)

• Broadcast editorializing : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session, on broadcast editorializing practices, July 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; Sept. 18, 19, and 20, 1963. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1964), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power (page images at HathiTrust)
• The news director's role in information programing (Graduate Studies and Research, School of Journalism, Pennsylvania State University, 1959), by Marlowe D. Froke and Radio-Television News Directors Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Providing for radio and television coverage of House proceedings : report to accompany H. Res. 866. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)

• Public broadcasting coverage in the United States. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1989), by United States. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcast regulation reform hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, August 4 and October 6, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public interest in broadcasting : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, May 13 and 15, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Providing for consideration of H.R. 310, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 : report (to accompany H. Res. 95). (U.S. G.P.O., 2005), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief on behalf of appellee (U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia], 1948), by United States Federal Communications Commission, Benedict P. Cottone, and United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trends affecting minority broadcast ownership : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 9, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Local Community Radio Act of 2009 : report of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on S. 592. (U.S. G.P.O., 2010), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session on S. 742 ... March 18, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of the FCC's enforcement with respect to broadcast indecency (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcasters and the Fairness Doctrine : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session on H.R. 1934 ... April 7, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Radio broadcasting issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, October 26, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcasters and the Fairness Doctrine : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, on H.R. 315 ... February 9, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selected FCC regulatory policies, their purpose and consequences for commercial radio and TV : report to the Congress (U.S. General Accounting Office], 1979), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcast editorializing : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session, on broadcast editorializing practices, July 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; Sept. 18, 19, and 20, 1963. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1964), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power (page images at HathiTrust)
• Broadcast regulation reform : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, August 4 and October 6, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public interest and localism : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, July 23, 2003. ([publisher not identified], 2014), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minority Ownership Taskforce report. (Federal Communications Commission, 1978), by United States. Federal Communications Commission. Minority Ownership Task Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reforming regulation : The FCC and innovations in the broadcasting market (Harvard University Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy, 1976), by Vincent Mosco (page images at HathiTrust)

• Minority ownership of broadcast facilities : a report. (Federal Communications Commission, Office of Public Affairs, EEO-Minority Enterprise Division, 1980), by United States. Federal Communications Commission. EEO-Minority Enterprise Division, inc CCG, and D.C.) Conference on Minority Ownership (1977 : Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parity for minorities in the media hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session on H.R. 1155 ... June 6, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trends affecting minority broadcast ownership : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 9, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minority ownership of broadcast stations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session ... September 15, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parity for minorities in the media : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session on H.R. 1155 ... June 6, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)

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