Word: fcc
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nation in 1938 with a radio version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Of the estimated 32 million people who listened to the thirty minute broadcast, nearly a fifth were sufficiently frightened and gullible to take measures to ensure their survival. In the meantime, CBS and the FCC shared the horrors wrought by Orson's Hallowe'en prank...
...airborne communications. The airlines and the Air Force came to know Art Collins as a bold researcher. In 1937, for example, the Federal Communications Commission had a rule limiting aircraft radio transmitters to 50 watts. Collins developed a 100-watt transmitter that he sold to Braniff Airways. Pink FCC violation slips piled on Braniff's desk, but after a lengthy hassle, the FCC finally permitted Braniff and other carriers to raise their power. Says Collins: "In this business, everything begins with FCC saying no, and you start from there...
WESTERN UNION RATES on domestic telegrams will go up July 29 unless FCC blocks boost. To meet increased costs, Western Union plans to hike rates 5? to 15? for each telegram going farther than 125 miles, thus collect an additional $11.4 million yearly...
...station must still file an application with the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit before any work can begin. Because WHRB must have "reasonable assurance" of funds for the construction before it can apply for a permit, and because of typical FCC paperwork delays, it is not expected that FM transmission can begin before next January...
Capitalist Lamb's coup at Seiberling came on the heels of another victory. A fortnight ago, following 15 months of hearings and 2,000,000 words of testimony (TIME, March 21), an FCC examiner cleared Lamb of charges that he had "closely associated" with Communists in earlier years, recommended that his license to operate WICU-TV in Erie, Pa. be renewed...