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DIGEST OF REPORT OF FRC (Continued)
the programs must he meritorious, of high quality and in the public interest; 4 (O.Jlfo) reported that their facilities were offered free hut that they specified the programs he restricted to talks or that programs he presented according to a regular schedule; 6 (1.15^) reported that their facilities were offered free hut that they restricted their use to meet the convenience of the station; 2 (0.3S5^) reported that their facilities were offered at actual cost of operation; 2 (0.385^) reported that their facilities were offered at regular rates and 4 (0.77^) failed to state any term or condition. The 444 stations that have offered their facil¬ ities free and without qualification include all hut one of the authorized amounts of power and are well distributed geographically.
"Of 5 >390 hours l4 minutes used by 582 stations during the second Y/eek of November, 1931 > 1° broadcast educational programs 1,076 hours 8 minutes (19-96^) were sponsored by commercial interests. Of the 5»390 hours l4 minutes, 519 hours 9 minutes (9.63'^) were chain commercial and 556 hours 59 minutes (10.33^) were local commercial.
"Because the period of time named in the Commission's questionnaire (November 8 to l4, inclusive) covered "National Educational Week", a supplemental Questionnaire was addressed to the stations requesting identical information con¬ cerning educationa-l programs for the week November 1 to 7. inclusive. Five hund¬ red twenty-eight stations that answered the supplemental o^uestionnaire reported a total of 4,783 hours 51 minutes were used to broadcast educational programs during the week November 1 to 7i inclusive. Of these 1,078 hours 55 minutes (22.55*^) weresponsored by commercial interests-. Of the 4,783 hours 5I minutes, 493 hours l4 minutes (10. 31'^^) were chain commercial and 585 hours 4l minutes (12=24^) were local commercial. The average amount of educational time per station for the first week in November was 9 hours 4 minutes and for the second week 9 hours 16 minutes .
"During the calendar year 1931 Iwo major chain companies used a total of 5 >562 hours 47 minutes to broadcast educational programs. Of these, 3.^96 hours 3s minutes {o2.Sbfo) were sustaining and 2,066 hours 9 minutes (37*1^^) were commercial .
15. DOES THE COMMISSION BELIEVE THAT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CAN BE SAFELY LEFT TO TH.E VOLUNTARY GIFT OF THE USE OF FACILITIES BY COMI-iERCIAL STATIONS?
"The present attitude of broadc-sters jxistifies the Commission in believ¬ ing the.t educational programs can be sa.fely left to the voluntary gift of the use of facilities by coiiamercial programs."
To the five questions propounded by the Commission in the questionnaires, the following answers were reported:
1. HAVE YOU OFFERED YO^ffi FACILITIES TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES,
AND UNIVERSITIES? IF SO, 7NAT 'WERE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS?
"Of the 533 stations that answered this question 521 (97”75) answered 'yes' and 12 (2.2^%) answered 'no.' Of the 521 that have offered their facili¬ ties to local educational institutions 444 (85.22^) re.^'Orted that their facili¬ ties were offered free, 21 (4.03^) reported that their facilities were offered free except for the cost of remote control equipment, 3S (7*29^) reported that