...Commission derives its general power from the prescription of the Communications Act that it "* * * encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest * * *." 47 USC § 303(g). Nowhere in the Communications Act can there be found the slightest authority...

...communications service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. . . .' (47 USC f 151), and 'generally encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest' (47 USC 8 303(g)). See 29 FCC 2d at 901. 334 This statutory language does not suggest that the Commission...

...program to commend or to frown. * * * *********** " * * * [W]e are charged under the Act with 'promoting the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest' (Section 303(g)0, and obviously, in the discharge of that responsibility, must take every precaution...

...program to commend or to frown. * * * *********** " * * * [W]e are charged under the Act with 'promoting the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest' (Section 303 (g)0, and obviously, in the discharge of that responsibility, must take every precaution...

...concrete facts and possible new technologies — to meet its responsibility under the Communications Act to "encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest." Similarly, as Commissioner Fogarty stated in his dissent: Given this certainty of future uncertainty,...

...authority within the Commission to (1) establish rules regulating "chain broadcsting" or networking, (2) "to encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest," and to distribute licenses "among the States and communities as to provide a fair, efficient and equitable...

...other two rules. The court relied primarily on the Ocntmission's duty under Section 303 (g) "generally /to/ encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest" to justify the Prime Time Access Rule. ' Although one might wonder at the court's selection of this...

...Co.. 351 US 192, 203-204, 7»i S.Ct. 76:5, 100 L.Kd. 1081 (1956). Along with its general authority to "encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest," 47 USC § 303(g), the Commission is specifically empowered "to make special regulations applicable...

...Court stated that the Communications Act "gave the Commission not niggardly but expansive powers ... to 'encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest.'"11 Thus, the Court affirmed the Commission's role of actively pursuing policies promoting...

...and diverse services and radio programs. The Communications Act already requires that the Commission encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest. This present mandate makes it appropriately clear that technical feasibility must not be the sole constraining...