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Worse than that, Brinkley selected a frequency which seriously interferes with stations in this country. Nevertheless, he is believed to be getting his messages to a considerably greater portion of the United States than he did when he was silenced in Kansas.
Noting the success of Brinkley, Norman Baker, of Station KTNT, of Muscatine, la. , operating a hospital where he alleged cancer could be cured, likewise thrown off the air on the com¬ plaint of the American Medical Association, is now preparing to open a station at Nuevo Laredo, in Mexico, just across the Texas border.
These evasions have naturally been a thorn in the side of the Federal Radio Commission and Judge Eugene 0. Sykes, Chair¬ man of the American delegation was expected to make a big fight on it at the conference. Former Vice-President Curtis went to Mexico especially to represent Brinkley's interests.
Mexico's new regulations apparently will hereafter pre¬ clude Brinkley's broadcasts from his Kansas studios but whether or not they will prevent his sending broadcasts down from the United States by electrical transcription (phonograph records) or having the same propaganda broadcast in person from his Mexican station is not known. Also, there is a proviso that may prove embarrassing to Brinkley that stations may be licensed only to Mexicans or Mexican corporations.
In view of the fact that Congress is considering the pos¬ sibilities of requiring our broadcasting stations to pay a license fee, there is also interest here in the new Mexican regulations providing that commercial stations there must pay a tax of 5 $ of gross revenues and pay monthly inspection fees ranging from 150 to 750 pesos (the normal value of a peso being about 50 cents, but now down to approximately half that).
Hereafter, all advertising rates of broadcasting stations in Mexico must be approved by the Secretary of Communications.
The following is the complete text of the telegram sent to Mr. Loucks by Mr, Baldwin from Mexico City:
"New regulations issued today provide two classes of stations, commercial and cultural. Commercial stations may be licensed to Mexicans or Mexican corporations for a period of not greater than 50 years. Advertising rates must be approved by the Secretary of Communications. Commercial stations must pay tax of 5$> of gross revenues and monthly inspection fees ranging from 150 to 750 pesos. Operators must be Mexicans. All programs must be in Spanish but with permission may then be given in other langu¬ ages. Broadcasts relative to medicine and health may be made only after permission. Foreign studios prohibited. Retransmission per¬ mitted after prior authority."
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