Radio annual (1938)

F. C. C. REGULATIONS Applicable to Television and Facsimile Broadcasting Stations The term "visual broadcast service" means a service rendered by stations broadcasting images for general public reception. There are two classes of stations recognized in the visual broadcast service, namely: Television broadcast stations and Facsimile broadcast stations. Television Broadcast Stations The term "television broadcast station"' means a station licensed for the transmission of transient visual images of moving or fixed objects for simultaneous reception and reproduction by the general public. The transmission of the synchronized sound (aural broadcast) is considered an essential phase of television broadcasting and one license will be issued for both visual and aural broadcast as hereinafter set out. A license for a television broadcast station will be issued only after a satisfactory showing has been made in regard to the following, among others: 1. That the applicant has a program, of research and experimentation which indicates reasonable promise of substantial contribution to the development of the television broadcast art. 2. That the program of research and experimentation will be conducted by qualified engineers. 3. That the applicant is legally and financially qualified and possesses adequate technical facilities to carry forward the program. 4. That the public interest, convenience and/or necessity will be served through the operation of the proposed station. (a) A licensee of a television broadcast station shall not make any charge, directly or indirectly, for the transmission of either aural or visual programs. (b) In the case of experimental televising of the production of a commercial broadcast program, all commercial announcements not a part of the entertainment continuity shall be eliminated from the television broadcast except the mere statement of the name of the sponsor or product or the televising of the trade-mark, symbol, slogan or product of the sponsor; provided, however, that when the program transmission is incidental to the experiments being conducted and not featured, and subject to interruptions as the experiments may require, the commercial announcements may be broadcast aurally. (c) No licensee of any other broadcast station or network shall make any additional charge, directly or indirectly, for the simultaneous transmission of the aural or visual program by a television broadcast station, nor shall commercial accounts be solicited by the licensee of another broadcast station or network, or by others acting in their behalf upon the representation that the commercial program will also be transmitted by a television broadcast station. (d) The synchronized sound (aural) program of a television broadcast station may be broadcast by a regular broadcast station, provided: 1. That no announcements or references shall be made over the regular broadcast station regarding the operation of the television broadcast station, except the mere statement that the program being transmitted is the sound or aural program of a television broadcast station (identify by call letters). 2. That the call letter designation when identifying the television broadcast station shall be given on its assigned frequency only. (a) The following groups of frequencies are allocated by bands for assignment to television broadcast stations on an experimental basis: 445