Annuals Quote by Earl Blumenauer

“It is interesting to note that in announcing the formation of the National Broadcasting Company, the Radio Corporation of America published a newspaper advertisement…

— Judith C. Waller

Public Broadcasting System an entity designed to create an informed citizenry rather than to deliver consumers to advertisers.

— Pat Mitchell

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate…

— Nellie McKay

If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is…

— Anonymous

“The code of the National Association of Broadcasters enunciates as a cardinal principle in American radio the provision of time by stations, without charge,…

— Judith C. Waller

The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest while trying…

— Reed Hundt

The programs on Public Broadcasting help promote our state to the world and educate our people.

— Jim Justice

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be…

— Reed Hundt

Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.

— Robin Trower

Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from companies and foundations…

— Robert G. Picard

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.

— Hilary Rosen

TV broadcasting is owned, in the sense that governments around the world have asserted power over the airwaves that permeate their territories, deciding who…

— Jonathan Zittrain