Word: fcc
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ardent atheists with a proselyting itch got a greenish light from the Federal Communications Commission. Disbelievers, the FCC ruled, were entitled to all the radio time they could...
After unsuccessfully badgering three California radio stations for an opportunity to air his atheism, a retired Palo Alto court reporter named Robert Harold Scott had petitioned the FCC to revoke the stations' licenses. For 16 months the FCC juggled this hot potato. Finally, it denied Scott's petition, but said in the course of a 2,500-word decision: "Freedom of religious belief necessarily carries with if freedom to disbelieve, and freedom of speech means freedom to express disbeliefs as well as beliefs...
...Detroit's King-Trendle Broadcasting Corp. Other millions are earmarked for big, but nebulous, plans for a nationwide chain of television and FM stations. Although the new stock issue will cut Noble's interest in ABC from 71.39% to 36.52%, no one was happier about the FCC action than Ed Noble...
...turn in Government jobs-chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, Under Secretary of Commerce-Ed Noble bought New York's station WMCA for $850,000. With it he acquired a lawsuit by ex-Owner Donald Flamm, who charged that Noble had coerced him into selling cheaply, for fear FCC would take away his wavelength. Flamm won another $350,000 in court. But Noble still liked radio. So after FCC ordered NBC to divest itself of either the Red or Blue network, Ed Noble paid $8,000,000 for the Blue, the biggest deal in radio history...
...lease but do not own radio channels, Durr insists that they should submit to a periodic review of programming before their three-year licenses are renewed. He also holds that the widest ownership of stations will guarantee the widest diversity of broadcasts. Last week, largely because of his stumping, FCC decided to hold 90 FM channels open for a year, to give returning servicemen a chance to bid for them...