Heinl radio business letter (Jan-June 1937)

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6/4/37 HEARING SCHEDULED ON ZENITH TELEVISION REQUEST A hearing before an Examiner was scheduled this week by the Federal Communications Commission on the application of the Zenith Radio Corporation, Chicago, for a construction per¬ mit to erect and operate a television station using 42000-56000 and 60000-86000 kc. with 1 KW power. It will be held in the FCC offices on June 30 at 10 A.M, XXXXXXXXXX ARNOLD QUITS AS TELEGRAPH DIRECTOR OF FCC Carl F. Arnold, Assistant General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission in charge of telegraph matters, this week tendered his resignation to become effective July 1st. It was stated he will return to his post as Dean of the University of Wyoming Law School, Mr. Arnold’s name has been mentioned as a prospect for appointment to the FCC to succeed Dr. Irvin Stewart, who will leave the Commission on June 30th. XXXXXXXXX FCC OPPOSES 5YEAR LICENSES, DODGES PRESS DECISION The Federal Communications Commission has informed Congress that it is opposed to legislation proposing 5-year licenses for broadcasting stations and that the question of curbing newspaper ownership of radio stations is one for Congress to decide. Anning S6 Prall, Chairman of the FCC, writing to the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, regarding the Anderson bill, said: ”The art of radio broadcasting is rapidly changing, . . It is conceivable that the adoption of this bill would tend to ’freeze’ existing conditions. * . It has been the experience of the Commission that changes in the allocation of frequencies may be expeditiously accomplished under shorter term licenses.” In another report to the same Committee on the Wearin bill to separate newspaper and radio control, the Commission said: ”The determination of the necessity or desirability of amending the Communications Act to add a statement of policy along the lines of HR 3892 appears to rest within the discretion of Congress. " XXXXXXXX 7