By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Radio stations were given the use of a scarce and precious resource - exclusive control over slices of the only electromagnetic spectrum in the universe - and were expected to program material that the American public would find enjoyable, edifying and educational. 14/ 114910
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026In this system, radio stations were expected to make shrewd guesses about the music the public would enjoy the most, and play that. 15/ 11317
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Because the selection process for the music that DJs played on the American public's spectrum was completely opaque, and because those selections could make fortunes for record labels, the system was ripe for corruption. 16/ 115111