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- 2 - DAYT I ME STATIONS BAFFLED & ANGRY AT FCC ST A STOP ^ORDEB Radio attorneys who attended the recent FCC hear ings on whethg r^ r not to __gon- ti nue Special Temporary Authorizations to daytime-only s tations_feej^_the_gC^ move ignored policy conside rations f hearing evidence, a nd fr y-passed normal hea r¬ ing procedure. Reportedly all testimony was in support 'of conti nuance„qf^^ either fry the Commission 1 s'attorney or fry other opposition, —| CG no netheless . w i t h¬ drew the privilege a nd ignored formal and ' informalypr otests J^„la^ej^.jhlO-ask|d what mod are hearings, if testimony is ignored. Qne^j aUoniey^^jLJ^ a 11 hoi low... mo c keryj 1 p f administrative .proceedings and, se t a dan g grous preced ent. Net result is to eliminate, all special events service by-daytime-only, stations including reporting of election returns in November. Daytime only stations m small town and rural- sections protest a substantial area of the country will be prevented from hearing local election results in November* < . Several stations have indicated they will carry the problem to Congress which is notably sympathetic to small business point of view in-situations like this. Expansion program of tf.GrSJC., owned by Georgia School of Technology, moved a. step nearer this month when State Board of Regents, operators ol the station, called for bids for construction of a $500,000 building to house station on the Georgia Tech campus. The building, scheduled to be completed by. July 1, 1949 will con¬ tain six studios for AM, Fk, and Television programs. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WILL OFFER DEGREE IN TELEVISION Starting, in. September the American University,in Washington, D.C. will offer courses in radio and television leading to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in- radio- and television. This is..; the..first, time an accredited U. S. Unlversrty has officially recognized the impact television has made and is likely to make on U. S. culture. e American University has been offering courses in radio taught exclusively by professionals from various Washington stations,, the NAB, and-the FCC for the past three years.