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Many a House committee witness testified on the un-Americanism of Dies' study of un-Americanism. One well-noted point: in Axis propaganda broadcasts, according to FCC listeners, Martin Dies was one of the most-praised of all Americans...
This was what the Tokyo radio on Jan. 18 sent out, in Japanese, for the gratification of Jap listeners in the Southwest Pacific. Although not beamed eastward, it was picked up and translated by attentive FCC monitors on the U.S. Pacific Coast...
When affiliates of the new Blue Network Co. (TIME, Jan. 19) met in Chicago last week, FCC's Chairman James Lawrence Fly rose to address them-in great good humor and in a blue suit, blue shirt and bright red necktie. Said...
Since last May the National Broadcasting Co., pricked by FCC (TIME, May 12, Oct. 20), has swelled gently in two directions like a cell about to divide. Last week the outlines of approaching division became clearer. NBC announced separate staffs for its Red and Blue networks, announced further that the Blue Network Co. would provisionally become a subsidiary of RCA on the same footing as NBC, and more importantly let it be known that various prospective buyers were dickering for the Blue. If such a deal goes through, NBC's Red and the Blue Network Co. will be genuine...
...anti-trust suits made all the points FCC had made in its report last spring, including some that were out of date because the networks have fixed them. But this time the networks could not argue that the charges were being brought by the wrong body. Sample points: NBC and CBS "control" 50 of the country's 52 clear-channel stations; have at their disposal 85% of the night-time radio power available; are without any possible full-time competition in 45 cities of 50,000 or more population, because they hold dominant contracts with stations...