Editing Commercial broadcasting (section)

=== {{anchor|Massive practice of advertising}}Advertising ===
Commercial broadcasting is primarily based on the practice of airing [[radio advertisement]]s and [[television advertisement]]s for profit. This is in contrast to [[public broadcasting]], which receives government subsidies and usually does not have paid advertising interrupting the show. During [[pledge drive]]s, some public broadcasters will interrupt shows to ask for donations.

In the United States, [[non-commercial educational]] (NCE) television and radio exist in the form of [[community radio]]; however, [[premium cable]] services such as [[HBO]] and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] generally operate solely on [[Cable television in the United States#Subscriber fees|subscriber fees]] and do not sell advertising. This is also the case for the portions of the two major [[satellite radio]] systems that are produced in-house (mainly music programming).

Radio broadcasting originally began without paid commercials. As time went on, however, advertisements seemed less objectionable to both the public and government regulators and became more common.  While commercial broadcasting was unexpected in radio, in television it was planned due to commercial radio's success. Television began with commercial sponsorship and later transformed to paid commercial time. When problems arose over patents and corporate marketing strategies, regulatory decisions were made by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) to control commercial broadcasting.<ref name=Boddy/>