William H. G. Bullard
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William Hannum Grubb Bullard was an admiral of the United States Navy, whose service included duty during the Spanish–American War and World War I. After World War I, he established the Navy's patrol
William Hannum Grubb Bullard
Ensign William H.G. Bullard (second row, second from left, during summer 1885 baseball season).
"Boss of the ether" tunes in. Rear Admiral W.H.G. Bullard, chairman of the newly created Federal Radio Commission in 1927 photo.
Federal Radio Commission
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The Federal Radio Commission was a government agency that regulated United States radio communication from its creation in 1927 until 1934, when it was succeeded by the Federal Communications Commissi
William H. G. Bullard
…Conference on Radio, and later served as Director of Naval Communications, Navy Department. In 1927, he was appointed as chairman of the newly created Federal Radio Commission but died shortly into his tenure. Rear Admiral Bullard retired in 1922 and died in Washington, D.C., on November 24, 1927…
In 1926, station WJAZ successfully challenged the government's authority to assign transmitting frequencies under the Radio Act of 1912.
From left, Henry Adams Bellows, Eugene O. Sykes, Rear Admiral William H. G. Bullard (chair), John F. Dillon and Orestes H. Caldwell at the first meeting of the Federal Radio Commission in Washington, D.C. (1927)
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