Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1940)

Record Details:

Title:
Heinl radio business letter
Date:
July-Dec 1940
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : Robert D. Heinl
Volume:
Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1940)
Leaf #:
000131
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals, Television broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals","Television -- Law and legislation -- United States – Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland College Park
Sponsor:
University of Maryland College Park
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A private newsletter published out of Washinton, D.C. Robert D. Heinl meticulously tracked FCC actions and other policy developments and provided frequent updates to subscribers of the newsletter. A fascinating source for seeing how policy developments and regulations were received and interpreted within the commercial broadcasting industry. -- Eric Hoyt, 2018
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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7/23/40 Four years ago the Federal Communications Commission was confronted with a delicate problem when several stations on one of the networks refused to carry one of Mr. Roosevelt* s addresses, which the network had considered a sustaining program and the stations insisted was a political talk. The stations were upheld, however, in their refusals. The self-imposed code of the National Association of Broadcasters prohibits its members from charging for carrying controversial talks, in which both sides must be treated equally, but permits stations to charge for political talks. "This exception is made”, the NAB points out, "because at certain times the contending parties want to use and are entitl¬ ed to use more time than broadcasters could possibly afford to give away. " xxxxxxxxx OVERTIME FOR RADIO INSPECTORS PROPOSED IN BILL An amendment to Section 4(f) of the Communications Act to provide for extra compensation for overtime of inspectors in charge and radio inspectors of the Field Division of the Engineering Divi¬ sion of the Federal Communications Commission has been introduced by Chairman Bland, of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fishe ries. The measure authorizes the FCC to fix a reasonable rate of pay for overtime services, which would cover services after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. daily or on Sundays or holidays. xxxxxxxx RESUMPTION OF BROWN HEARING EXPECTED THIS WEEK A fourth hearing on the renomination of Commissioner Thad H. Brown was expected to be scheduled this week by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Attaches of the Committee said that a time will be set as soon as Senator Tobey ( R. ) , of New Hampshire, makes the request. XXXXXXXXX 4