Spectrum Wars

Reason contributor and Technology Daily scribe Drew Clark tells the tale of the "spectrum wars" here.

From the beginning, the key combatant has been the National Association of Broadcasters, which organized itself into a lobby in the 1920s, even before the Federal Communications Commission was formed in 1934. For more than 75 years, the NAB has been fighting to help the broadcasting industry hold on to its slice of the spectrum -- the frequencies TV and radio stations use for their broadcasts -- in the face of demands from competing technologies and rival industries, and even public safety concerns.

Whole thing here.

A few months back, Drew, Reason Managing Editor Jesse Walker, and I interviewed outgoing FCC chair Michael Powell. Read that here.

Update: Jesse Walker points out that he had blogged Drew Clark's col some weeks back. Apologies for the duplication.