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July 16, 1932
THE KFAB DECISION (Continued)
Station WEBC, Duluth-Superior, has issued the following notice to candidates for public office and political speakers:
"Section 18 of the Eadio Act of the United States is as follows:
' Use of broadcasting stations by legally qualified can¬ didates: censorship. If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, ho shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station, and the licensing authority shall make rules and regula¬ tions to carry this provision into effect; PROVIDED, that such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast under the provisions of this section.
ITo obligation is hereby imposed upon any licensee to allow the use of its station by anj^ such -oandidatci*
"This station desires to grant to every candidate for public office and to all political parties, the fullest use of its facilities possible for the purpose of enlightening the voters as to the issues. Tlie Supreme Courc of Nebraska has recently held that notwithstanding the act of Congress, the broadcasting stations may be held legally responsible fox any libelous or slanderous statements made over the radio, even by a can.didate for public office and that it is the duty of the radio station to cut off a speaker malting any such statements.
"This station does not desire to censor the material of any spealcer in any respect whatsoever. It must insist, hov/ever, that no statements shall be made which are libelous or slanderous. In order to protect this station, and at the same time show no discrimination between speakers, this station has adopted the rule that all political addresses shall be prepared in
writing and copies submitted to the station at least _ hours before
the tine of broadcasting."
HIGH PEEOUSUCIES PROVE VAIUS lU TESTS
Transmission and reception in the ultra high frequencies have proven to be comercially practicable as the result of ekliaustive laboratory tests, according to an announcement m.ade at the Commission this week. Much ezperimentation hauS been done in this field within recent months. The results of these latest tests indi¬ cate that frequencies around 60,000 kilocycles can be developed for reliable trans¬ mission over distances up to three miles. Many commercial uses may be made of these frequencies in any operation where communication over short distances is need¬ ed but where the installation of wire circuits would be too expensive or impractical.