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Immediately after world war i, the u.s. government, concerned that the development of radio would be delayed by patent fights and that its future would be controlled by a foreign company (british marconi), established a government-sanctioned monopoly to run radio, called:

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Radio Corporation of America

The RCA Corporation, or Radio Corporation of America, was founded in 1919 as a response to the development of radio. It was initially under the control of General Electric (GE). RCA was the primary communications firm in the United States, that also contributed to the creation of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

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