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Regulations

Early and modern broadcasting regulations

The Three-Minute Rule

Oct 23, 2025

The Three-Minute Rule

Audio Flux opens our ears to the power of duration

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Hard Candy

Sep 25, 2025

Hard Candy

ABC is the love-child of US regulators and Life Savers — and that's not even the weird part

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
Half a Century in the Wilderness

Aug 7, 2025

Half a Century in the Wilderness

As the CPB dies, we can still learn from America's long era with no public broadcasting

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
No Self-Winding Phonographs!

Apr 10, 2025

No Self-Winding Phonographs!

Radio's "liveness bias" started as a regulation, then turned into a business model that grew ever more absurd

Julia Barton
Julia Barton
What's Live Got to Do With It?

Apr 3, 2025

What's Live Got to Do With It?

For more than two decades, the biggest US radio networks insisted on live programming and tried to ban recorded material on air. Why?

Julia Barton
Julia Barton

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