The Communications Act of 1934 replaced which prior regulatory body?

• A. The Federal Radio Commission
• B. The Federal Communications Commission
• C. The National Public Telecommunications Board
• D. The Radio Regulatory Authority

Answer: (A)

The key idea is how the 1934 act reorganized federal oversight of communications by moving from a dedicated radio regulator to a single, broader agency. Before 1934, the Federal Radio Commission handled radio regulation. The Communications Act of 1934 dissolved that body and created the Federal Communications Commission to regulate not just radio, but telephone and telegraph as well, under one umbrella. That’s why the correct answer is the Federal Radio Commission. The other options aren’t correct because the act didn’t replace the agency it created (the FCC) and those other bodies aren’t real agencies involved in this transition.