Word: fcc
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Although "test programs" are an FCC formality which is preliminary to the formal switch to FM, the station is in effect broadcasting its regular programs...
...matter of fact, he was not only willing to pass up future paroles; he would, if necessary, stay until his term ended in 1959 and "the warden kicks me out." Corpier had a compelling reason for such a decision: if he could prepare his students to qualify for FCC licenses, they would surely find jobs once they got out. "It's pretty hopeless for them if nobody is willing to help," said he. "How can a man go straight if he can't find work...
Independent federal regulatory commissions are preparing to face an investigation of their wide influence. The proliferation of such agencies as the SEC and FCC is an important phase in the growth of the national bureaucracy. The proposed inquiry by Representative Moulder's subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce should lead to better means of holding these agencies responsible to Congress, as well as to exposure of abuses of their powers...
...TEST will be ordered by FCC to see if U.S. public will buy it. For limited period non-network stations in some big cities will transmit "scrambled" TV images of music, sports and theater events on special channels that can be picked up by dropping 25? to $2 per program into decoder attached to home TV set, or by paying monthly fee to stations. Several systems seek testing...
...people," said the announcer. The bleeeeep was Arthur Godfrey amid the flora and fauna of French Equatorial Africa, where he was stalking wild game and piping an occasional short-wave transmission into 4,000,000 American homes. Before he left the U.S., Godfrey got FCC and French government authority to make his broadcasts, and rival RCA assigned him four of its commercial frequencies. ("A helluva favor," said Godfrey. "Fine thing for good will, too.") This week Godfrey was flying home with a big surprise for "the people": a bristling red mustache and beard...