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January 22, 1935,
B U Ij L E T I N
FCC AGAINST RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL FIXED PERCENTAGES
The Federal Communications Commission late this (Tuesday) afternoon submitted its long-awaited report to Congress on the highly controversial question of whether or not religious and educational stations shall be specifically provided for by law.
The answer is contained in the following recommendation, and it is "No":
"The Federal Communications Commission recomends that at this time no fixed percentages of radio broadcast facilities be allocated by statute to particular types or kinds of non¬ profit radio programs or to persons identified with particular types or kinds of non-profit activities. "
The Commission, however, proposes to hold a conference of non-profit (educational and religious) and commercial broad¬ casters at an early date in Washington to "the end of combining the educational experience of the educators with the program technique of the broadcasters, thereby better to serve the public interest", and to consider any specific complaints and whatever remedial measures should be taken.
At the same time the Commission submitted the educationalreligious report, they also made two other recommendations to Congress (a) a substitute for the so-called "Davis Amendment", which allocated equal radio facilities to all parts of the country, and (b) that a chief accountant and not more than three assistants be added to the Commission's staff, the Chief to receive $9,000, and the Assistants, $7,500.
In giving their reasons for vetoing the proposal that fixed percentages of radio facilities be allocated to religious and educational stations, the Commission said,
"There is no need for a change in the existing law to accomplish the helpful purposes of the proposal.
"Flexibility in the provisions of the law is essential to regulation if growth and development in the art of broadcasting is to be encouraged and regulated for the best interests of the