In the TV freeze of 1948–1952, Group of answer choices advertisers boycotted television programming as a way of ensuring their own monopolies. the FCC declared a freeze on new licenses because of concerns about frequency-interference problems. a number of television stations froze new programming in order to make decisions about sponsorship issues and advertising. the FCC halted technological experiments in order to decide on a workable model for American color television.
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