SUSAN L BRINSON received her Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Her research interests include broadcasting history and regulation and media criticism. She is particularly interested in the various ways in which the media is used to maintain the hegemonic power of the elite.

• Introduction: Historical and Theoretical ContextsA New Deal for BroadcastersNastiest Nest of RatsThe Menace Within?"Pink-Nosed Gremlins" to Reluctant RegulatorsA License to SubvertThe "Weird and Unusual" Case of Edward LambReds Need Not ApplyThe Legacy of the Red Scare at the FCCWorks Cited

SUSAN L BRINSON received her Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Her research interests include broadcasting history and regulation and media criticism. She is particularly interested in the various ways in which the media is used to maintain the hegemonic power of the elite.

• Introduction: Historical and Theoretical ContextsA New Deal for BroadcastersNastiest Nest of RatsThe Menace Within?"Pink-Nosed Gremlins" to Reluctant RegulatorsA License to SubvertThe "Weird and Unusual" Case of Edward LambReds Need Not ApplyThe Legacy of the Red Scare at the FCCWorks Cited

SUSAN L BRINSON received her Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Her research interests include broadcasting history and regulation and media criticism. She is particularly interested in the various ways in which the media is used to maintain the hegemonic power of the elite.

• Introduction: Historical and Theoretical ContextsA New Deal for BroadcastersNastiest Nest of RatsThe Menace Within?"Pink-Nosed Gremlins" to Reluctant RegulatorsA License to SubvertThe "Weird and Unusual" Case of Edward LambReds Need Not ApplyThe Legacy of the Red Scare at the FCCWorks Cited