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EXCERPTS FROM REPORT BY FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS FROM 25,000 KILOCYCLES TO 30,000,000 KILOCYCLES * (DOCKET NO. 6651)
Ed. Note. — The SMPE applied to the Federal Communications Commission for specific frequency allocations for experimental television channels to make possible the direct pickup of programs from motion picture film studios and elsewhere for transmission to theaters within a given city or to relay programs to theaters in distant cities. (See pp. 105-122 of this issue.}
Excerpts taken from the report issued by the FCC on proposed allocations indicate that ample opportunity is provided for experimentation on pickup and intra and inter-city television transmission. The motion picture industry therefore is now privileged to submit applications to the Commission for experimental authorization in the frequency bands specified for these purposes.
PART I
DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMISSION'S PROCEEDINGS AND STATEMENT OF ITS PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS
SECTION 4— GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOLLOWED BY COMMISSION IN MAKING PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS
"As appears from the preceding section, in most cases the request for frequencies by the various non -governmental radio services far exceeded the supply and in some of these cases the evidence showed little or no correlation between the number of channels requested and the number and locations of the units or stations proposed to be installed. Hence, the Commission could not in all cases propose an allocation based strictly upon the number of channels requested. Furthermore, the engineering standards or basis upon which channel widths were estimated appeared somewhat conflicting, thereby necessitating a detailed examination of all the engineering facts presented in order that a proper adjustment of these conflicts could be made. As has been pointed out, some of these requests were completely unsupported by adequate engineering studies or satisfactory technical data, and therefore had to be rigidly discounted. Even after this was done, the demand for frequencies still far exceeded the supply. This was true throughout the entire spectrum. It was therefore obvious that all of the requests based upon statements as to the number of channels required could not be met, and in most instances, the Commission has had to allocate fewer or narrower channels than were requested or assign the service to a different portion of the spectrum from that sought, or both.
"There were six general principles that guided the Commission in making this determination. In the first place, the Commission examined each request to determine whether the service in question really required the use of radio or
* No. 79776, dated Jan. 15, 1945. 128