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8/22/41
PCC IIOVEG TO HvIPROVH CILl PORPIGN BROADCASTS
In an effort to make our foreign short-wave service second to none in the v/orld the Federal Communications Gonniission has re¬ laxed one of its stringent rules governing the shortwave broad¬ casts of statiois in the United States to Central and >->outh iimerica^ to Europe and the Par Bast ,
The shortwave stations of other countries such as Great Britain, Italy or Germany are either government -owned or controlled wtereas the shortwave stations of this country are privately ovmed,
'i’hey are; V/CBX, Columbia Broadcasting System, llev/ York City; Vi/InIBI and iVRCA, National Broadcasting Company, Nov; York City; WGEA and JGEO, Schnectady, and RGBI, San Francisco, all owned by the General Electric Coiipany; UBOS, u'estinghouse Company, Boston; V/CAB, Columbia Broadcasting System; Philadelphia, V/L’BO, Crosley Radio Corporation, Cincinnati; and ;iRUL, V/orld Wide Broadcasting Company, Boston,
AS a short-cut to improving reception abroad of shortwave broadcasts emanating from this country, the Communications Commission modified a section of its rules governing international broadcast statiens to permit greater flexibility in the choice of operating frequencies available for this purpose,
''International broadcasting has passed through its experi¬ mental stage and has developed into a service of the utmost impor¬ tance,” the Commission states, ‘'Existing v;orld conditions demonstrate the necessity of the United States being well represented in the inter¬ national broadcast band, and of maintaining an adequate service to the people of foreign nations. At the present time the expansion of international broadcast facilities in other countries lias resulted in considerable and increased interference to the transmissions of United States stations engaged in international broadcasting,”
The changes made in the rule will make it possible to assign mors than one frequency in the international broadcast band to a single domestic licensee. This v/ill enable the licensee, should interference be experienced on one frequency, to shift operations to another frequency not subject to the same degree of interference.
In addition, due to the time differential in foreign lands served by our international broadcast stations it is possible to assign the same frequency to tv/o or more stations broadcasting to different portions of the world v;ithout confusion,
TheComnission' s requirement of a minlmuin power of 50 kilo¬ watts insures transmissions of reasonable strength reaching the countries for which they are intended. Technically, the new order of the Commission reads;
”The revision of Rule 4,44 (a) brings the frequencies listed in this sub-section up to date with current assignments and notifications to the Bureau of tlie International Telecommunications Union, Included therein arc the so-called “Pan American” frequencies which have been in the past authorized for use subject to a num.ber of restrictions.
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