The papers and recordings, 1963-1976, provide significant documentation for the years that Loevinger served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. (Material covering other aspects of his career has been deposited in the Minnesota Historical Society.) Though incomplete, the collection clearly establishes Loevinger's position as a critic of federal regulations of radio and television broadcasting. The collection contains five subdivisions: Federal Communications Commission, speeches and statements, writings, articles about Loevinger, and tape recordings.
The FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION series consists of F.C.C. opinions and orders in which Loevinger took part, 1963-1967. They concern such issues as license renewals and construction permits for radio and television stations, F.C.C. jurisdiction over Community Antenna Television systems, and a rate increase for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Issues of a more
philosophical nature, e.g. privacy, free speech, and the “fairness doctrine,” are also treated here. All of these decisions include concurring and dissenting statements (a practice which Loevinger helped to establish) by Loevinger and other Commission members.
The SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS series contains copies of Loevinger's speeches delivered primarily before broadcasting groups, and statements to several government bodies: to a United States Senate Subcommittee on the privacy of telephone conversations (1966), to the Federal Trade Commission concerning advertising (1971), and to a White House Conference on Inflation (1974). The WRITINGS file contains a bibliography of Loevinger's books and articles, 1937-1965, and copies of his articles, 1964-1975, written for such periodicals as The Antitrust Bulletin, the F.C.C. Bar Journal, the Journal of Broadcasting, TV Guide, and Variety. The ARTICLES ABOUT LOEVINGER folder contains articles from newspapers and magazines about Loevinger's activities as an F.C.C. Commissioner. The TAPE RECORDINGS series is composed of nine tapes. They include: three radio interviews of Loevinger, 1963-1966; Loevinger's participation in radio and television “call-in” shows, 1963; and a speech before the Georgia Association of Broadcasters, 1964.
