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NAEB NEWS LETTER PaQE 3 January, 1946 PLICATIONS FOR NEW NON-COMMERCIAL STATIONS PENDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION FCC COMMISSIONER WILLS OPPOSES CONCENTRATION OF BROA DCAST OWNERSHIP. A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATED THAT DIVERSIFiEC CONTROL OF BROADCASTING STATIONS IS NECESSARY TO GUARD AGAINST THE PRO¬ SPECT OF SOME American Hitler* This statement came from FCC member William H. Wills in a speech pre¬ pared FOR broadcast (OVER « SAID WiLLS: ”BY dispensing the control of AMERICAN BROADCASTING AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE AMONG AS MANY DIVERGENT GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE, WE HOPE THAT NO POWER CAN ARISE TO MISUSE AMERICAN BROADCASTING AS BROADCASTING HAS BEEN MISUSED ABROAD. “The Prospect of some American Hitler utilizing the tremendous power OF THE human VOICE OVER CUR BROADCASTING STATIONS IS MADE EVEN WORSE WHE^ WE CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF PROJECTING THE SIGHT AS WELL AS THE SOUND OF DEMAGOGUERY BY MEANS OF TELEVISION.” Wills continued, saying; “In the United States, we have sought to AVOID THE DOMINATION OF BROADCASTING BY GOVERNMENT OR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF PROVATE 'INDIVI DUALS* WE SEEK OUR PROTECTION FROM THE MISUSE OF RADIO THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF COMPETITION. “The scope of the awful'catastrophe which Hitler let loose upon our worlc IS SO vast that we SHOULD NOT LET THE OTHER ASPECT OF HIS DIVILISH TECM“ NIQUES MAKE US FORGET THAT IT WAS IN CONSIDERABLE PART RADIO BROADCAST¬ ING WHICH BROUGHT HIM TO ABSOLUTE POWER.” WILLS SAID IMPROVED MEANS OF BROADCASTING, INCLUDING TELEVISION AND FREQUENCY MODULATION (FM) BRING POSSIBILITIES FOR EVIL AS WELL AS QOODc He SAID AT LEAST 2,000 FM BROADCAST STATIONS, AND PERHAPS MORE, AS CON¬ TRASTED WITH FEWER THAN 1,000 STANDARD BROADCASTING STATIONS NOW ON THE AIR ARE EXPECTED TO BE BUILT, NOV IK LEAVES WNYC. Morris S. novik, former director of New York's municipallv-owned WNYC IS SPECIALIZING IN PUBLIC SERVICE RADIO SINCE HE LEFT HIS CITY JOB. You MAY REMEMBER HE TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION TO FORMER MAYOR LaGuaRDIA TO TAKE EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME LaGUARDIA LEFT OFFICE. NOVIK is ACTING AS RADIO CONSULTANT TO LaGuARDIA AND WILL PROBABLY TAKE ON SOME LABOR ACCOUNTS, PERHAPS HELPING DEVELOP FM PADIO PLANS FOR THE International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Latter outfit recently ap¬ plied TO THE FCC for several LICENSES, AND IS EXPECTED TC GET AT LEAST AN FM OUTLET IN NEW YORK. In his BUILDUP OF LaGuardia as a radio personality, Novik not only super¬ vised THE N. Y. Mayor’s Sunday broadcasts over WNYC, but also placed