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STATEMENT PRESENTED BEFORE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELATING TO TELEVISION BROADCASTING *
PAUL J. LARSEN**
Ed. Note. — In addition to the statement on allocation of frequencies in the radio spectrum for theater television service, presented before the FCC by Paul J. Larsen as Representative of the SMPE, Mr. Larsen also submitted a personal statement relating to recommendations made by various interests for commercial television broadcasting. This statement, accepted by the FCC as Exhibit No. 432, presents historic facts of the motion picture industry for the benefit of the FCC in arriving at a conclusion on the frequency band allocations required for a commercial television broadcast service, and is reprinted here.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission :
During this hearing on Television Broadcasting various recommendations for immediate post-war frequency band allocations have been submitted by different interests. The Commission is confronted with determining the frequency band allocations to be granted for immediate post-war initiation of Commercial Television Broadcasting, based upon the following recommendations:
(1) By the Radio Technical Planning Board: Frequency band allocations between 60 and 260 megacycles, using the standards recommended by them for 525-line monochrome transmission.
(2) By Other Interests: An indefinite experimental period for the purpose of developing and field testing higher definite monochrome and color television, both requiring wider frequency band widths, necessitating allocations in the radio spectrum around and above 450 megacycles.
To assist the Commission in their determinations, I submit for their consideration certain historic and economic facts of the Motion Picture Industry. These facts should be of assistance in ascertaining whether or not color is essential and economically sound for immediate post-war Television Broadcasting.
The following tabulation presents chronologically the dates on
* Presented before the Federal Communications Commission (Docket No. 6651) on Oct. 27, 1944; FCC Exhibit No. 432. ** Washington, D. C.
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