Over de geschiedenis van public broadcasting zie onder andere:
 Chase, Oscar G., 'Public Broadcasting and the Problem of
 Government Influence: Towards a Legislative Solution', 
9 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 64-112
 (1975); Lindsey, Michael K., 'Public Broadcasting: Editorial Restraints and the
 First Amendment', 28 Federal Communications Bar Journal
 63-100 (1975); Note. 'Balance and Objectivity' in 'Public Broadcas
ting: Fairer than Fair?', 61 Virginia Law Review 643
-678 (1975); Dixon, Jr., L. Allyn, 'Broadcasters' First Amendment Rights: A
 New Approach?', 39 Vanderbilt Law Review 323-358 (
1986); Torrey, Rebecca L., 'First Amendment Claims Against Public
 Broadcasters: Testing the Public's Right to a Balanced Presenta
tion', 1989 Duke Law Journal 1386-1419 (1989).