View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of North Carolina School of Law NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND COMMERCIAL REGULATION Volume 12 | Number 1 Article 5 Winter 1987 Private International Broadcasting from the United States: Toward an Understanding of a Content Standard Laura J. Holland Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/ncilj Part of the Commercial Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Laura J. Holland, Private International Broadcasting from the United States: Toward an Understanding of a Content Standard, 12 N.C. J. Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 105 (1987). Available at: http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/ncilj/vol12/iss1/5 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by Carolina Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation by an authorized editor of Carolina Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NOTES Private International Broadcasting From the United States: Toward an Understanding of a Content Standard "The theory of freedom of expression.... It does not come naturally to the ordinary citizen but needs to be learned. It must be restated and reiteratednot only for each generation, but for each new situation." International radio broadcasting from the United States began prior to 19121 and continues today, albeit in a much more sophisti- cated manner. 2 The U.S. Department of State sponsors the majority 3 of international broadcasts through the Voice of America (VOA).