Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1946)

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Heinl Radio News Service 11/27/46 LEMKE WHETS AXE FOR FCC ON FM REALLOCATION, PROGRAMS, ETC, It has been learned on excellent authority that Representa¬ tive William Lemke ( R) , of North Dakota, now that the Republicans are coming into power, will go after the Federal Communications Com¬ mission with renewed vigor. Mr. Lemke, first of all, is expected to re-introduce his bill (H,R. 6174) which in effect would be a probe into the reasons why the FCC moved FM upstairs into the 100 megacycle band in view of a preponderance of testimony on the part of the radio industry’s engineering experts that it would be better to have kept it in the 50 me. band. Furthermore , it is understood Representative Lemke is dis¬ satisfied with the character of the present radio programs generally and may try to have Congress do something about that too. Representative Lemke said his FM bill, which was originally introduced April 22, 1945, was prompted by complaints from FM broad¬ casters that the FCC allocated FM in the 88-108 me. band, ignoring propagation tests. He said he took it up with the Commission some time ago following the first complaints, and was assured "they would give it consideration. " "The next I heard the Commission had moved FM out of the 50-mc band", said Representative Lemke. He said he had read the FCC hearing record on the FM allocations and had reached the conclu¬ sion that the "Commission followed its own engineers and ignored outstanding engineers who protested the move. " Text of the Lemke Bill (HR6174) follows: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the FCC is hereby authorized and directed to assign to frequency modulation (FM) radio broadcasting a section of the 50-mc band of radio fre¬ quencies. " XXXXXXXXXX GOVERNOR DEWEY ENTHUSES OVER "CAN YOU TOP THIS?" In a letter to Senator Ford, who teams up on NBC with Harry Hershfield and Joe Laurie, Jr., Sa.turday nights at 9:30 P.M. , EST, Governor Dewey of New York, wrote: "I am delighted that you enjoyed the reference to 'Can You Top this?' in my Academy of Music speech. I enjoy your program im¬ mensely whenever I get a chance to listen, and only wish that my speeches could have half the listener interest. "With warm regards and hearty congratulations on a great program, I am, "Sincerely yours, Thomas E. Dewey" xxxxxxxxxxx 5