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DM THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY
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June 8, 1962
NBC REAFFIRMS ITS WILLINGNESS TO PERMIT PRE-SCREENING OF TV NETWORK PROGRAMS BY NAB CODE AUTHORITY IN CASES WHERE IT COULD HELP THE JUDGMENT OF A CODE QUESTION
The National Broadcasting Company today reaffirmed its willingness to permit the pre-screening of NBC Television Network programs by the NAB Code Authority in those cases where the Code Authority believes this is necessary to permit it to arrive at an intelligent judgment about a Code question. NBC’s position was the subject of a letter from David C. Adams, Senior Executive Vice President, to NBC Television affiliates.
"We can see no element of ’censorship’ or centralized control in pre-screening under these circumstances, which would always be done jointly with representatives of the network concerned, as a basis for discussion of the Code question involved," Mr. Adams wrote. "The Code Authority has been created by the broadcasters to advise and finally decide on questions of Code interpretation and application; and to initiate procedures for revocation of membership and withdrawal of the Code Seal where it believes the Code standards have been violated. This is the essence of the system of voluntary self-regulation in which the NAB Code and the Code Authority function.
"By the same token, the Code Authority does not undertake to direct decisions on whether or not a program is to be modified or broadcast - those are decisions of the broadcaster alone. These
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