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Helnl Radio News Service
8/20/47
PETRILLO BAN IS BLOW TO PM; HOLDS OFF MAKING RECORDS
Opinion in Washington was that James C. Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians in refusing to lift his prohibition against the simultaneous broadcasting of music on AM (standard) and FM (frequency modulation) radio sta¬ tions had further gummed up the FM situation. Justin Miller, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, predicted serious delay in the development of FM. J. N. Bailey, director of the FM Association, contended that the Petrillo ban con¬ stituted a violation of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law and the Lea "Anti-Petrillo" Act. Mr. Bailey declared his intention of call¬ ing Petrillo' s action to the attention of the Department of Justice .
Simultaneously with the FM edict Mr. Petrillo declared in Chicago that the American Federation of Musicians had decided to set aside for the time being at least its plan to manufacture its own musical recordings for broadcasts. He said: "It looks like we would be brought into court on charges of violating the anti-trust act if we made records. We don't want to fool around with the laws of the country.'*
The text of Mr. Petrillo' s telegram sent from his Chicago headquarters to the presidents of the four networks read:
"Since our meeting of July in Chicago, at which we dis¬ cussed AM and FM broadcasting, consideration has been given to your request to permit members of the American Federation of Musicians to render service for both AM and FM programs simultaneously.
"The federation holds that FM broadcasting is separate and distinct from AM broadcasting. The Federal Communications Commission licenses each FM station separately, assigns individ¬ ual call letters and channels, and the station is required to comply with all FCC regulations.
"Many FM stations have no affiliation with either an AM station or a network, and could not possibly enjoy the benefits of AM programs even if the federation were willing to permit this dual service.
"Certainly the FM station with no AM affiliation is just as deserving and should not suffer this competition dis¬ advantage. Neither should the federation be a party to such discrimination.
"We must bear in mind that the number of FM stations will eventually number into the thousands, and the present net¬ work facilities could not possibly feed all these stations.
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