Happy Throwback Thursday.
Today we're looking back to 1936 when the first annual report of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was released. (And it had everything: broadcasting! Cable television! Wireless telecommunications! Spectrum management!)
Diagram of telephones in service from the First Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission.
And another bit of telecom trivia: this text was the FCC’s first annual report after the Interstate Commerce Commission ceded regulation of wire communication.
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Read the First Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission from FCC.gov.