Radio Act of 1927
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The Radio Act of 1927 was a landmark U.S. law that established federal regulation of radio broadcasting, creating a licensing system and the Federal Radio Commission to manage the airwaves in the public interest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Radio Act of 1927 canonical | 5 |
| Radio Act of 1912 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4331010 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Radio Act of 1927 Context triple: [Federal Radio Commission, legalBasis, Radio Act of 1927]
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A.
Communications Act of 1934
The Communications Act of 1934 is a landmark U.S. federal law that consolidated and expanded regulation of interstate and foreign communications, establishing a comprehensive framework for overseeing radio, telephone, and later other electronic communications services.
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B.
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 is a landmark U.S. law that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and laid the foundation for modern public radio and television, including NPR and PBS.
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C.
Rogers Act of 1924
The Rogers Act of 1924 was a U.S. law that unified and professionalized the country’s diplomatic and consular services into a single merit-based Foreign Service.
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D.
Act of Congress of December 13, 1920
The Act of Congress of December 13, 1920 was a U.S. federal law that formally ended wartime restrictions on speech by repealing the Sedition Act provisions added to the Espionage Act during World War I.
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E.
McFadden Act of 1927
The McFadden Act of 1927 was a U.S. federal law that regulated national banks’ branching and effectively restricted interstate banking, helping to shape the geographically fragmented structure of American banking for much of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Radio Act of 1927 Target entity description: The Radio Act of 1927 was a landmark U.S. law that established federal regulation of radio broadcasting, creating a licensing system and the Federal Radio Commission to manage the airwaves in the public interest.
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A.
Communications Act of 1934
The Communications Act of 1934 is a landmark U.S. federal law that consolidated and expanded regulation of interstate and foreign communications, establishing a comprehensive framework for overseeing radio, telephone, and later other electronic communications services.
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B.
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 is a landmark U.S. law that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and laid the foundation for modern public radio and television, including NPR and PBS.
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C.
Rogers Act of 1924
The Rogers Act of 1924 was a U.S. law that unified and professionalized the country’s diplomatic and consular services into a single merit-based Foreign Service.
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D.
Act of Congress of December 13, 1920
The Act of Congress of December 13, 1920 was a U.S. federal law that formally ended wartime restrictions on speech by repealing the Sedition Act provisions added to the Espionage Act during World War I.
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E.
McFadden Act of 1927
The McFadden Act of 1927 was a U.S. federal law that regulated national banks’ branching and effectively restricted interstate banking, helping to shape the geographically fragmented structure of American banking for much of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
communications law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
amateur radio in limited respects
ⓘ
commercial radio broadcasters ⓘ noncommercial radio broadcasters ⓘ |
| authorizes |
assignment of frequencies
ⓘ
licensing of radio stations ⓘ regulation of operating hours ⓘ regulation of station location ⓘ regulation of transmitter power ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| created | Federal Radio Commission ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1927-02-23 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1927-02-23 ⓘ |
| empowered |
Federal Radio Commission to assign frequencies
ⓘ
Federal Radio Commission to classify stations ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Radio Commission
Federal Radio Commission to revoke licenses ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishedAgency | Federal Radio Commission ⓘ |
| establishedPrinciple |
airwaves are a public resource
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no ownership of frequencies by licensees ⓘ |
| field | telecommunications regulation ⓘ |
| goal |
prevent harmful interference between radio stations
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promote efficient use of the radio spectrum ⓘ serve the public interest in broadcasting ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| influenced | Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | public interest, convenience, and necessity standard ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | repealed ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act for the regulation of radio communications, and for other purposes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for radio broadcasting
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introducing the public interest, convenience, and necessity licensing standard in U.S. broadcasting law ⓘ |
| region |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| regulates |
radio broadcasting
ⓘ
radio communications ⓘ |
| repealedBy | Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ |
| replaced |
Radio Act of 1912
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linked to:
Radio Act of 1927
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| requires |
federal licenses for radio stations
ⓘ
license renewal based on public interest standard ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Radio Act of 1927 ⓘ |
| signedBy | Calvin Coolidge ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
broadcast licensing
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interference control ⓘ public interest obligations ⓘ spectrum allocation ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Radio Act of 1927 Description of subject: The Radio Act of 1927 was a landmark U.S. law that established federal regulation of radio broadcasting, creating a licensing system and the Federal Radio Commission to manage the airwaves in the public interest.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Radio Act of 1927