HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1333 A BILL TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF CHARLES W. TOBEY, New Hampshire E. H. MOORE, Oklahoma II EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Colorado EDWARD COOPER, Professional Staff Member for Communications CONTENTS Anthony, Susan B., representing the Progressive Citizens of America, Radio Division, 205 East Forty-second Street, New York, N. Y... Armstrong, Dr. Edwin H., professor of electrical engineering, Columbia Bailey, J. N., executive director, F. M. Association, 921 Twelfth Street 202 Bennet, William S., representing the American Council of Christian 379 Craney, Edmund, radio station operator in Butte, Bozemon, Helena, Crowley, Rev. Dale, radio minister and official representative of National Religious Broadcasters, Inc., 408 Seward Square SE., Johnpoll, Bernard, licensee, radio station KVOS, New York, N. Y.. Kaltenborn, Rolf, representing the Committee to Ensure Non-Parti- Morency, Paul W., vice president, Travelers Service Broadcasting Corp. and general manager of radio station WTIC, Hartford, Conn Morris, Sam, representing the National Temperance and Prohibition Council, 191 East Edgewood Place, San Antonio, Tex_ McIntire, Carl, vice president, American Council of Christian III Testimony of-Continued Page 221 Pengra, Marshall, manager, radio station KRNR, Roseburg, Oreg Petty, Don, general counsel, National Association of Broadcasters, 561 336 Pirincin, Joseph, representing the Socialist Labor Party of America, Richards, Robert K., director of public relations, National Associa- tion of Broadcasters, 1771 N Street, Washington, D. C.. Roberson, Frank, chairman, legislative committee, Federal Com- Smart, Elizabeth A., representing the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 100 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, Stanton, Frank, president, Columbia Broadcasting System, 485 74 390 Trammell, Niles, president, National Broadcasting Co., 30 Rocke- Willard, A. D., Jr., executive vice president, National Association Woods, Mark, president, American Broadcasting Co., 30 Rockefeller 196 Caldwell, Louis G., Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Morton & Ellis, Na- tional Press Building, Washington, D. C. Carson, John, representing The Cooperative League, U. S. A., and National Cooperatives, Inc., 726 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C. Dunford, Edward B., attorney for The Antisaloon League of America, 131 B Street SE., Washington 3, D. C...... - Finch, William G. H., Finch Telecommunications, Inc., 10 East Hayward, Frederick, manager, radio station KWSC, Pullman, Wash Kiroack, Howard, executive vice chairman, Laymen's National Com- Johnson, Henry M., president, National Temperance and Prohibition Council, 704 Louisville Trust Building, Louisville, Ky. Leonard, Richard T., vice president, UAW-CIO, 1707 Seward Ave- Lounsberry, I. R., president, WGR Broadcasting Corp., chairman, Columbia Affiliates Advisory Board, Rand Building, Buffalo 3, N. Y Lutheran Hour, The, Eugene R. Berterman, director of radio, 3558 TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1947 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room 318, Senate Office Building, Senator Wallace H. White, Jr. (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators White, Moore, Capehart, Johnson of Colorado, and Magnuson. Present also: Senator McMahon. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order. This meeting is called for the beginning of hearings on Senate 1333. I think it appropriate that I should offer first for the record a copy of the bill itself, and I ask that that be incorporated in the record. (S. 1333 is as follows:) [S. 1333, 80th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as "Communications Act Amendments, 1947". SEC. 2. Subsections (o) and (p) of section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, are amended to read as follows: "(o) 'Broadcasting' means the dissemination of radio communications intended to be received directly by the public. "(p) Network broadcasting' or 'chain broadcasting' means the simultaneous or delayed broadcasting of identical programs by two or more stations however connected." SEC. 3. Section 3 of such Act is further amended by adding after subsection (aa) the following: "(bb) The term 'license', 'station license', or 'radio station license' means that instrument of authorization required by this Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission made pursuant to this Act, for the use or operation of apparatus for transmission of energy, or communications, or signals by radio, by whatever name the instrument may be designated by the Commission. "(cc) The term 'broadcast station', 'broadcasting station', or 'radio broadcast station' means a radio station equipped to engage in broadcasting as herein defined. "(dd) Network organization' means any person who sells or clears time, or who has any contract, agreement, understanding, or arrangement, either express or implied, with any broadcast station under which such person undertakes to sell or clear time, for the presentation of programs, produced either by itself or others, to be broadcast simultaneously over more than one broadcast station irrespective of the means employed, or to be broadcast simultaneously over more than one broadcast station by means of recordings; but shall not include advertising agencies or persons who contract directly with the licensee or broadcast station for broadcast time for their own use. "(ee) The term 'hours' or 'broadcast hours' means clock hours. 1 |