🔍 Key Concepts

• U.S. authority over all radio and wireless communications on ships operating from U.S. ports • Difference between a regulator/licensing agency and industry/technical advisory groups • Typical agencies that issue official federal licenses (think radio, TV, cellphone frequencies)

💭 Think About

• Which organization actually controls and allocates radio frequencies and issues radio licenses in the United States? • Look at each choice: which ones are primarily regulatory government agencies, and which are standards/technical or operational bodies? • For shipboard radio, would the operational safety agency or the national communications regulator normally issue the station license?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is the federal communications regulator in the U.S. • Eliminate any organizations that mainly provide technical standards or recommendations, not legal licenses. • Confirm which agency you associate with AM/FM radio, broadcast TV, and commercial wireless licensing—that same one is responsible here.