<P> President Calvin Coolidge was an important aspect of radio regulation by signing the Radio Act of 1927, which invested regulatory power to the Federal Radio Commission (FRC). Senators Clarence Dill and Wallace H. White, Jr. also pushed toward passing the 1927 Act . The FRC had a short, 6 - year term in American history and transferred its responsibility, as the agency for managing the radio spectrum, to the FCC after the Communications Act of 1934 . President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the bill in 1934 . This change in power was needed to develop a better way of determining who got to use what radio bands and for what purposes . There were many factors and individuals that played a role in the creation of the FCC, but in the end, Congress created the agency . </P> <P> The FCC took over regulation in 1934 and changed many of the structural characteristics of the original agency, although its goal of reducing interference remained the same . The original FRC had 5 members who were each responsible for representing one geographical area of the United States . Congress also planned for the 5 - member agency to become a quasi-judicial body which would only have to meet when necessary . Their jobs were to alleviate "noise" from the airwaves and they were given the power to license and regulate radio stations . The Federal Radio Commission's lack of regulatory action lead to the more permanent Federal Communication Commission . Much like the FRC, the FCC consists of commissioners who are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate . Each Commissioner can only serve for a five - year term, even the one chosen to be the Chairperson . Originally there were 7 commissioners with 7 year terms, but this was changed to 5 commissions with 5 year terms in 1986 . Though there are only five commissioners, there are several offices and departments, made up of hundreds and staff members that carry out different duties . For example, the Mass Media Bureau processes license applications and renewals . These divisions of administrative duties differentiate the FRC from the FCC . </P> <P> The Telecommunication Act 1996 and Communications Act of 1934 had two major changes: the new act was less technologically biased and offered less regulation . This act determined the basis of media regulation by its contents, not a technological standard . Title V in Telecommunication Act of 1996, "Obscenity and Violence", is a good example of this; Title V set the standard for regulating media contents . The Communications Act of 1934 is argued by some to have created monopolies, such as the case of AT&T . The FCC recognized AT&T as a "natural monopoly" during the 1930s in the Communications Act of 1934 . Because of these effects, the FCC designed the Communications Act 1996 "to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition ..." The Telecommunication Act of 1996 also added and changed some rules to account for the emerging internet . </P> <P> The FCC derives its jurisdiction to facilitate the deployment of broadband to Americans in Section 706 in the Telecommunications act of 1996 . In this section the code states that the FCC is to "encourage the deployment on a reasonable and timely basis of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans ." They currently want to advocate the following objectives: </P>

Section 706 of the communications act of 1934