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(in rl - 3 - MAYPLCnvBR HEARING- POSTPONED TO MARCH 1 The FCC P° st P° ned the so-called ’’Mayflower Case Hearing” until March 1 T:;Lf d v alS0 re ' sot the deadline date for the filing notice of appearances! rs have gone from the JTCC to a list of organizations and individuals ex¬ pressing the hope that .they would appear at the hearing and express opinions on the question of editoralizing by broadcast licenseesover the stations which they are licensed to operate.” Of th \ oa f e . as defined by the ICC are "whether the expression itcuial opinions by broadcast station licensees" is in the public interest, ®~. to " determl ne the relationship between any such editorial expression and the affirmative obligation of the licensees" to present fairly and equally all sides oi controversial issues,” tes*i?v e of a h? nal As ®°° latioa of Educational Broadcasters have been invited to tes.iiy at this .larch 1 hearing, and initial preparation of a statement is under- vvay y iiarold Engel, Assistant Director and Harold McCarty, Director of WHA university of Wisconsin, Madison. * The Mayflower Broadcasting Corporation, affiliated with and owned I • kf the Yankee Network, had applied for a renewal for WaAB (Boston).! The record showed that;during 1937 and 1938, this station had j broadcast the frankly editorial views of the owners. The BCC re- i ' minded them (end thus the whole industry) that the practice would not be permitted, in a decision issued in 1941. In effect this * denied the broadcaster a “voice of his own” and created what has ) been called the ’''common carrier” definition of radio. . ] ss v-es are basic ones, but sorting out the real from the alleged issues dlf ^ cult task. Mr. Justin Miller, president of the NAB, commercial trail 10 o ganization, states publically his opinion that the Mayflower decision consti- °J oensorshi P> a flaunting of the lirst Amendment, and that radio X; s i 6 aS frSe f S its . 00asil1 ' newspaper, This view is not in practice y many within this same NAB, namely, those who feel the law, simply y ^ng controversy on the air to a minimum,leaves more time open for more profitable business. A great deal of honest confusion exists. ° n the othe1, hand S rou P s such as the National Association of Radio News { reel f., taking Up the cudgel in defense of the first Amendment and ithout qualification the decision was and is wrong. confu“n£Skini te i l''“ E ? IOi ® EA310 " asks "^^her in the present bedlam of contused thinking,., we need more voices on the air or more clear voices?” -r~ n , 84010 10 EEACH imtENCE PEOPLE must BE harnessed, itnroa&awja. task oi educating the people, we n „ T E h IT f! 1 ITti PE0GHAMS Fashioned ioe the Taste oi a small audience 0 i • •™h GH ! AT Ch ALL3*B TO RADIO AS A SOCIAL INSTRUMENT IS THAT PTOPII 1 ^™ ^-^-^ 6 T0 CAPT0HS ,JE> ml & Tm ATTENTION oi masses oi the PiOPLe SO ThAT THeY MaY Be ABLE CITIZENS OI THEIF. COUNTRY — AND OI THE 'WORLD Allen Miller, Director Rocky Mountain Radio Council