Word: fcc
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...days after the first broadcast, the station was closed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and forced to find another way of transmitting...
Since the station's founding, it had been prevented from broadcasting to the public by the difficulty of getting one of the limited AM frequencies. But in the mid-'50s, the FCC began regulating and assigning FM frequencies...
...station applied for a frequency but immediately ran into difficulties. "The chief problem was a legal one--the FCC didn't want a bunch of kids who changed every two years to be responsible for a radio station that broadcast rather widely across the Boston area," says Wyss. But with the help of a number of WHRB graduates who worked for the FCC, the station was given an FM frequency...
...years businessmen and women have yearned to keep in touch while airborne. In 1980 the FCC awarded an experimental developmental license to Oak Brook, Ill.-based Airfone, Inc., partially owned by Western Union, to test their system on long-distance, wide-bodied flights. By the end of the year, a number of carriers, including United and Delta, are planning to offer in-flight phoning. More than business will be done at 30,000 ft. Says American's public relations manager, Joe Stroup: "We now see the passenger calling Aunt Bessie to tell her what time he'll arrive...
...FCC chose the three winners from 16 qualified applicants by using the somewhat unorthodox method of a lottery. Agency officials drew names from a plastic drum borrowed from the Selective Service. This set off loud beeps of protest from such applicants as American Express, MCI and Metromedia, which claim they are better equipped to provide the service than the others. But the relatively small firms that won-Radiofone, Pagememo and United Paging-have links to larger companies, including Western Union and Cox Communications...