The attached article will cue you in to a 1941 dust-up between the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and the biggest radio broadcasters in America.
Apparently CBS, NBC and the Mutual Broadcasting System were in cahoots, united behind a scheme to fix the prices they had to cough-up in order to pay all the various assorted musicians and acting talents they needed to hire if they were to attract their radio audiences. The feds got wind of the plan and smelled a rat:
“The big radio networks are currently worried by the Federal Communication Commission’s accusation that they are talent monopolists, part of the FCC’s blanket charge that the radio chains constitute a trust within the broadcasting industry…”
Mutual Broadcasting networks fight FCC 1941price fixing in hollywood broadcast industryprice fixing in radio broadcasting industryvoice-over talents manipulated in radio price-fixing scheme 1941musicians manipulated in radio price-fixing scheme 1941musical talent screwed-over in radio price-fixing scheme 1941Johnny Johnstone caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing schemeNat Abramson caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing schemeWOR Artist Bureau caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing scheme 1941Herbert Ira Rosenthal caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing scheme 1941George Engles caught in NBC radio broadcasting price-fixing scheme 1941FCC accused NBC radio of price-fixingFCC accused CBS radio of price-fixingFCC accused Mutual Broadcasting System of price-fixing
Mutual Broadcasting networks fight FCC 1941price fixing in hollywood broadcast industryprice fixing in radio broadcasting industryvoice-over talents manipulated in radio price-fixing scheme 1941musicians manipulated in radio price-fixing scheme 1941musical talent screwed-over in radio price-fixing scheme 1941Johnny Johnstone caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing schemeNat Abramson caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing schemeWOR Artist Bureau caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing scheme 1941Herbert Ira Rosenthal caught in radio broadcasting price-fixing scheme 1941George Engles caught in NBC radio broadcasting price-fixing scheme 1941FCC accused NBC radio of price-fixingFCC accused CBS radio of price-fixingFCC accused Mutual Broadcasting System of price-fixing
