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The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

Adrian Cronauer

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Adrian Cronauer
Age: 79 †
Born: 1938
Born: September 8
Died: 2018
Died: July 18
Disc Jockey
Lawyer
Radio Personality
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Adrian Joseph Cronauer
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