“…This finding was compatible with an earlier study that showed that all criticism of broadcasting declined during the war years. 4 During the years 1933-1941, when criticism was largely negative, the data revealed an interesting pattern in which a year of high, intense negative criticism alternated with a year of moderate, intense negative criticism. Thus, 1933Thus, , 1935Thus, , 1937Thus, and 1939 were the years of the most intense negative criticism, the peaks occurring in 1935 and 1939.…”