[GreenKeys] Ebay Listing & oops-quotes

[Richard Knoppow]

      Oh, yes.  I made my living off Rupert for nearly thirty years so I 
suppose should not do any hand biting.  However, while many who come to 
the U.S. must struggle for many years to become citizens its also 
possible to do it very quickly if you bring money.  I am not quite sure 
how Rupert did it but he didn't take long.  The reason was mainly 
because in order to hold a license for a broadcast station in the U.S. 
you must be a citizen.  This dates back to the end of WW-1 and the 
desire of the U.S. Navy to have all "wireless" communication here under 
U.S. control.  At the time the only sources of complete wireless systems 
were Marconi (British) and Telefunken (German).   Legislation was passed 
to make ownership of radio legal only for U.S. citizens or corporations 
under their control.   The Nave originally thought they would have the 
monopoly but Republicans were in power so it became a civil function 
under government regulation.  The General Electric company financed a 
buy-out of the American Marconi company and oversaw the formation of the 
Radio Corporation of America.    There are many sources for more 
information, one of the best is Captain Howeth's book _Communications 
Electronics in the United States Navy_ available on line for nothing.  
If anyone is interested in this history I can provide a decent 
bibliography, much of which is available on line.

On 6/22/2015 11:00 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2015, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
>> Or the N.Y. Daily News (or now the Post) version "All the News That Fits
>> We Print".
> Sounds like Rupert Murdoch...  Hey, although he was born in Australia,
> he's an American citizen!
>
> And you're welcome to him.
>
>
>
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Richard Knoppow
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