To Amend the Communications Act of 1934: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 814, a Bill to Amend the Communications Act of 1934, and for Other Purposes. November 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15-19, 22-24, 29-30 ; December 1-4, 6-10, 14-16, 1943

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - 1022 Seiten
 

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Seite 2 - Nothing in this act shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communications. No person within the jurisdiction of the United States shall utter any obscene, indecent, or profane language by means of radio communication.
Seite 5 - Any member or examiner of the Board, when duly designated by the Board for such purpose, may hold hearings, sign and issue subpenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence at any place in the United States designated by the Board. In all cases heard by an examiner or a single member the Board shall hear or receive argument on request of either party.
Seite 146 - No construction permit or station license, or any rights thereunder, shall be transferred, assigned, or disposed of in any manner, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, or by transfer of control of any corporation holding such permit or license, to any person except upon application to the Commission and upon finding by the Commission that the public interest, convenience and necessity will be served thereby.
Seite 4 - At the earliest convenient time the court shall hear and determine the appeal upon the record before it, and shall have power, upon such record, to enter a judgment affirming or reversing the decision of the...
Seite 2 - If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station...
Seite 138 - That the Commission may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice.
Seite 5 - No such application shall excuse any person from complying with or obeying any decision, order or requirement of the Commission, or operate in any manner to stay or postpone the enforcement thereof, without the special order of the Commission. The...
Seite 3 - ... to the appeal, to grant such temporary relief as it may deem just and proper. Orders granting temporary relief may be either affirmative or negative in their scope and application so as to permit either the maintenance of the status quo in the matter in which the appeal is taken or the restoration of a position or status terminated or adversely affected by the order appealed from and shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court, be effective pending hearing and determination of said appeal and...

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