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Television Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate (8 parts; Washington: GPO, 1956-1960), by United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
America's First Television Tour: Demonstrating, Describing the Art and Science of Seeing at a Distance (c1939), by National Broadcasting Company
- PDF at worldradiohistory.com
- page images at HathiTrust
Armed Forces Radio and Television Broadcast Guide (third edition, 1961), by United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (PDF at worldradiohistory.com)
Report on Blacklisting (2 volumes; New York: Fund for the Republic, c1956), by John Cogley
- Volume I (Movies): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II (Radio - Television): multiple formats at archive.org
New television networks : entry, jurisdiction, ownership and regulation (Federal Communications Commission, 1980), by United States. Federal Communications Commission. Network Inquiry Special Staff (page images at HathiTrust)
An economic analysis of community antenna television systems and the television broadcasting industry (Washington, 1965), by Martin H. Seiden and United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Taste and the censor in television. (Fund for the Republic, 1959), by Charles Winick (page images at HathiTrust)
The age of television : a study of viewing habits and the impact of television on American life (F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1956), by Leo Bogart (page images at HathiTrust)
The age of television; a study of viewing habits and the impact of television on American life. (F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1958), by Leo Bogart (page images at HathiTrust)
The economics of television film production and distribution. A report to Screen Actors Guild. (Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1960), by Irving Bernstein (page images at HathiTrust)
Additions and corrections to network inquiry preliminary reports (The Commission], 1980), by United States. Federal Communications Commission. Network Inquiry Special Staff and United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Television: job opportunities in programming and production, administration, engineering, writing; an occupational brief. (Pasadena, Calif., 1950), by College Student Personnel Institute and Robert Jerome Forbes (page images at HathiTrust)
Television broadcast policies hearings before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session ... May 9, 10, and 11 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Engineering aspects of television allocations : report of the Television Allocations Study Organization to the Federal Communications Commission. (The Organization, 1959), by Television Allocation Study Organization (page images at HathiTrust)
Broadcasting (Library of Congress :, 2002), by Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Investigation of radio and television programs : hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce ... on H. Res. 278, June 3, 4, 5, 26, September 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, December 3, 4, and 5, 1952. (G.P.O., 1952), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
TV Marti : a station in search of an audience? : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, June 17, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
Acquisition and deposit of unpublished television transmission programs : [symbol for section] 202.22, 37 C.F.R. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1985), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
High definition television : the effects of standards on U.S. entertainment industries : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives (The Office, 1990), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
Network practices, memorandum supplementing statement of Frank Stanton ([New York], 1956), by Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. and United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
New television networks, entry, jurisdiction, ownership, and regulation : final report (The Commission], 1980), by United States. Federal Communications Commission. Network Inquiry Special Staff and United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Video competition : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, July 29, 1997--The status of competition among video delivery systems; October 30, 1997--Access to programming. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
Oversight of the digital television transition (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
Must carry : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, on cable carriage of local broadcast signals, October 25, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Television network mergers : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, April 28, 29, and 30, 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)
Foreign policy implications of TV Marti : hearing before the Subcommittees on International Operations and on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, September 22, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Television violence antitrust exemption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies, and Business Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, first session on S. 844 ... June 25, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O., :, 1987), by Monopolies United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust (page images at HathiTrust)
The television code of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters. Effective March 1, 1952. (Washington, 1954), by National Association of Broadcasters (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
New television networks : entry, jurisdiction, ownership and regulation (The Commission, 1981), by United States. Federal Communications Commission. Network Inquiry Special Staff and United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
U.S. television households : estimates by state and county, March 1958 (The Foundation, 1958), by Advertising Research Foundation (page images at HathiTrust)
Television; an interview with Jack Gould, television critic of the New York Times. (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1961), by Jack Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
S. 1422, the Federal Communications Commission Satellite Carrier Oversight Act : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, February 12, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
Multi-channel video competition : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, April 10, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (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)
Competition in Television Production Act : hearings before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 1707 ... November 2 and 4, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Amendment to Communications act of 1934 (prohibiting radio and television stations from engaging in music publishing or recording business). Hearings, Eighty-fifth Congress, second session, on S. 2834. March 11-13, 19-20, April 15-17, May 6, 7, 20, 21, July 15, and 23, 1958. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommitte on Communications (page images at HathiTrust)
VHF booster and community antenna legislation : hearings before the Communications Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, first session, on S. 1739, S. 1741, S. 1801, S. 1886, and S. 2303, bills to amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, June 30, July 1, 7, 9, 14-16, 1959, October 27-30, December 15 and 16, 1959. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1959), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications (page images at HathiTrust)
Trafficking in broadcast station licenses and construction permits. Hearings . . . Ninetieth Congress, first and second sessions . . . (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Special Subcommittee on Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of Federal Communications Commission activities 1969. Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, first session. March 6, 1969. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power (page images at HathiTrust)
Network broadcasting : report pursuant to section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Public Law 601, 79th Congress, and House resolution 99, 85th Congress (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Television network program procurement : Report pursuant to section 136 of the Legislative reorganization act of 1946, Public law 601, 79th Congress, and House resolution 17, 88th Congress. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Competitive implications of the seven-station-rule modification : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on the proposed changes in the Federal Communications Commission multiple-ownership rule, the seven-station rule ... September 11, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1985), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Political broadcasting--1970. Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, second session ... June 2, 3, and 4, 1970. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1970), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Investigation of television networks and the UHF-VHF problem. Progress report prepared for the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955), by United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and Robert Franklin Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Communications Act amendments : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, second session, on conditional grants, pregrant procedure, local notice, local hearings, payoffs, suspension of licenses, and deceptive practices in broadcasting, April 12 and 13, 1960. (U.S. G.P.O., 1960), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Color television receivers from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan : determinations of the Commission in investigations nos. 731-TA-134 and 135 (fianl) under the Tariff Act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigations. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1984), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Color television receivers : imports, employment, man-hours, U.S. production, shipments, inventories, and prices, first calendar quarter 1979 : report to the president on investigation no. 332-95 under section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1979), by United States International Trade Commission. Machinery and Equipment Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Color television receivers from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan : determinations of the Commission in investigations nos. 731-TA-134 and 135 (preliminary) under the Tariff Act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigations. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1983), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Television receiving sets from Japan : determination of injury in investigation no. AA1921-66 under the Antidumping Act, 1921, as amended. (United States International Trade Commission, 1971), by United States Tariff Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
First report on prospects for additional networks (Federal Communications Commission, Network Inquiry Special Staff, 1980), by United States Federal Communications Commission, Thomas G. Krattenmaker, and Stanley M. Besen (page images at HathiTrust)
Color television receivers : imports, employment, man-hours, U.S. production, shipments, inventories, and prices, fourthcalendar quarter 1978. (United States International Trade Commission, 1979), by John T. Cutchin and United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Color television receivers imports, employment, man-hours, U.S. production, shipments, inventories, and prices, third calendar quarter 1979 : report to the president on investigation no. 332-95 under section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1979), by United States International Trade Commission. Machinery and Equipment Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Color television receivers : imports, employment, man-hours, U.S. production, shipments, inventories, and prices, second calendar quarter 1979. (United States International Trade Commission, 1979), by John T. Cutchin and United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
The network monopoly: report prepared for use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956), by John W. Bricker and United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Staff discussion draft on the transition to digital television : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, September 25, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
Digital television : a private sector perspective on the transition : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 15, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
United States-Canadian broadcasting relations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, April 25, 1974. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1974), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Oversight of the digital television transition (Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O., 2013), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
An examination of the proposed combination of Comcast and NBC Universal : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, February 4, 2010. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by Technology United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications (page images at HathiTrust)
Oversight of the digital television transition : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 26, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by Technology United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications (page images at HathiTrust)
Campaigning on T.V. (The Association, 1960), by National Association of Broadcasters (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
TV Marti : costs and compliance with broadcast standards and international agreements : report to the Honorable Bill Alexander, House of Representatives (The Office ;, 1992), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
How many television stations can the United States support economically?. ([New York], 1955), by Columbia Broadcasting System (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Benchmark television-radio study. (Michigan State University, 1956), by Irving R. Merrill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Summary of high lights of "National survey of radio and television sets associated with U.S. households-- May 1954.". ([New York, 1954), by Advertising Research Foundation and Inc. Alfred Politz Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Television network regulation and the UHF problem. Memorandum prepared for the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955), by United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and Harry M. Plotkin (page images at HathiTrust)
Freedom of speech by radio and television. Introd. (Public Affairs Press, 1959), by Elmer E. Smead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The US Army Signal School apprenticeship program for the trade of production coordinator (television and radio broadcasting). (Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1981), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
Statement of Frank Stanton, president, before the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, June 12, 1956. (Columbia Broadcasting System, 1956), by Frank Stanton, Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., and United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Financial statistics of noncommercial television license holders : fiscal year 1970 (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1972), by Ronald J. Pedone, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (page images at HathiTrust)
Televising congress (Editorial Research Reports, 1953), by Helen B. Shaffer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The television broadcasting industry. Report of the Antitrust Subcommittee (Subcommittee No. 5) of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, first session, pursuant to H. Res. 107 ... (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1957), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The network monopoly. Report. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956), by John W. Bricker and United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Testimony of Frank Stanton before Senate Subcommittee No. 2 on Communications, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, June 18, 1954. ([New York, 1954), by Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., Frank Stanton, and United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Television : a statement to NBC affiliated stations ([New York?, 1944), by Niles Trammell and inc National Broadcasting Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Project CUP. Report. (East Lansing, Michigan., 1967), by Michigan State University. Dept. of Communication (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Joint comments of Earle C. Anthony, Inc., [and others] befor the Federal Communications Commission in the matter of public notice (FCC 60-239) dated March 16, 1960, entitled "Sponsorship identification of broadcast material" (Washington, 1960), by Earle C. Anthony Inc (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
First report to the people of the United States (The Association, 1953), by National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (U.S.). Television Code Review Board and National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Televising the House : communication from the chairman, Select Committee on Congressional Operations, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Congressional Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
Television network program procurement. Report pursuant to section 136 of the Legislative reorganization act of 1946, Public law 601, 79th Congress, and House resolution 17, 88th Congress. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Television network program procurement. (Washington, 1965), by United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
TV broadcast financial data. (Washington., in the 20th century), by United States Federal Communications Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Radio-TV: perils to prosperity. (Pageant Press, 1954), by Anthony B. Meany (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Network broadcasting (Washington, D.C., 1957), by United States Federal Communications Commission and Roscoe L. Barrow (page images at HathiTrust)
Regulations and procedures of the television code. (Washington, 1954), by National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters and National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Television; one of a series of interviews on the American character ([Center of the Study of Democratic Institutions], 1961), by Donald McDonald, Jack Gould, and Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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