Airwaves Quote by Reed Hundt

In the US, commercial interests stole the airwaves early on, before public broadcasters could get a stab at it. And the deal that was…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

[The media] are using a national treasure - that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full…

— Amy Goodman

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

The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation.

— Charles W. Pickering

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

The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.

— Anonymous

The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.

— Barry Diller

Even if someone wanted a purely free-market, competitive media system, it would require extensive government regulation to set up those markets. All our largest…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

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

— Pat Mitchell

“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

In our society, I see public media as a lever. It pushes people by elevating them and their sights. It brings them into more…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

We have to remember to whom the airwaves belong, and we must put as great an emphasis on the nurturing of the human personality…

— Fred Rogers