TY - JOUR
T1 - The Case of WGST Radio, Georgia Politics, and the FCC
AU - Smith, Reed W.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - This study examines the protracted World War II license renewal of WGST AM, Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, WGST was one of only a handful of commercially licensed, university-owned stations in the nation. Georgia Tech held the license but the station was independently operated. This scenario -plus the political atmosphere that notorious Governor, Eugene Talmadge, created in Georgia -led to an unprecedented conflict. The analysis employs findings from the classic "Politics of Broadcast Regulation" text to view the implications and consistency of the decision with the Commission's other work of the New Deal era.
AB - This study examines the protracted World War II license renewal of WGST AM, Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, WGST was one of only a handful of commercially licensed, university-owned stations in the nation. Georgia Tech held the license but the station was independently operated. This scenario -plus the political atmosphere that notorious Governor, Eugene Talmadge, created in Georgia -led to an unprecedented conflict. The analysis employs findings from the classic "Politics of Broadcast Regulation" text to view the implications and consistency of the decision with the Commission's other work of the New Deal era.
KW - FCC
KW - Southern politics
KW - WGST
UR - https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/comm-arts-facpubs/38
UR - https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506843jrs0801_10
U2 - 10.1207/s15506843jrs0801_10
DO - 10.1207/s15506843jrs0801_10
M3 - Article
VL - 8
JO - Journal of Radio Studies
JF - Journal of Radio Studies
ER -
