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Helnl Radio-Television News Service
8/16/50
NAB ADOPTS RESOLUTION APPROVING McFARLAND BILL
A resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters at a special meeting of that group in Washington last week approving the McFarland Bill (S.1973), NAB General Counsel Don Petty has told the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
Mr. Petty, speaking on behalf of the NAB, told that Commit¬ tee last week that "It is the hope of the members of the National Association of Broadcasters that this bill will be enacted in accord¬ ance with the suggestions made herein." Mr. Petty was referring to a proposal that Section 8 be amended to "provide for oral argument before denying a protest in cases where an application has been grant¬ ed by the Commission without hearing."
In commenting on Section 11 of the bill, Mr. Petty stated that "The inclusion of revocation for violation of a treaty, which appears here for the first time, places the broadcaster on the horns of a dilemma should Congress pass a subsequent act at variance with the provisions of any treaty which in any way affects radio broad¬ casters. "
Other suggestions offered by Mr. Petty in regard to this section were "that revocation proceedings be tried in the district court in which the station is located" and "that the Committee give consideration to establishing a reasonable statute of limitations to revocation proceedings."
In suggesting a solution to the problem found in the section (18) dealing with the application of the provisions of the Administra¬ tive Procedure Act to all proceedings under this Act, Mr. Petty stat¬ ed: "It is obvious, of course, that the issuance of broadcast licen¬
ses by the Federal Communications Commission does not come within the reason for this exception. It is still not clear even in the recent amendments of the Commission's own rule whether or not the Commission considers its initial licensing activities to be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act."
In view of that fact, Mr. Petty suggested that problem might be solved by specifying in this bill that the action of the Commis¬ sion with regard to the granting of broadcast licenses and permits shall not be deemed to be "initial licensing" within the meaning of that term where it appears in the Act.
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Production of radio receivers in the United Kingdom totaled 1,344,000 sets during 1949, compared with 1,6>32,000 sets in 1948 and 1,980*000 in 1947* according to Foreign Commerce Weekly.
Television receiver production amounted to 211,200 units in 1949, 91,200 in 1948, and 28,400 in 1947.
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