Chapter 263. Continuing for one year the powers and authority of the Federal Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927, and for other purposes
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Chap. 263: Continuing for one year the powers and authority of the Federal Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927, and for other purposes. Chapter 263 45 Stat. 373 1928-03-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 263.— An Act Continuing for one year the powers and authority of the Federal Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927, and for other purposes.
March 28, 1928.[[S. 2317](/us/bill/70/s/2317).][[Public No. 195](/us/pl/70/195).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Radio Act of 1927.Authority of Federal Radio Commission continued until March 16, 1929.Vol. 44, p. 1162. That all the powers and authority vested in the Federal Radio Commission by the Radio Act of 1927, approved February 23, 1927, shall continue to be vested in and exercised by the commission until March 16, 1929; and wherever any reference is made in such Act to the period of one year after the first meeting of the commission, such reference shall be held to mean the period of two years after the first meeting of the commission.
Sec. 2. Period of salary extended. The period during which the members of the commission shall receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum is hereby extended until March 16, 1929. Sec. 3. Limitation on licenses prior to January 1, 1930. Prior to January 1, 1930, the licensing authority shall grant no license or renewal of license under the Radio Act of 1927 for a broadcasting station for a period to exceed three months and no license or renewal of license for any other class of station for a period to exceed one year.
Sec. 4. Term of present commission.Commissioners thereafter. The term of office of each member of the commission shall expire on February 23, 1929, and thereafter commissioners shall be appointed for terms of two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, as provided in the Radio Act of 1927. Sec. 5. Vol. 44, p. 1166, amended. The second paragraph of section 9 of the Radio Act of 1927 is amended to read as follows: " Equal allocation of broadcasting licenses to all zones.Vol. 44, p. 1162.“It is hereby declared that the people of all the zones established by section 2 of this Act are entitled to equality of radio broadcasting service, both of transmission and of reception, and in order to provide said equality the licensing authority shall as nearly as possible make and maintain an equal allocation of broadcasting licenses, of bands of frequency or wave lengths, of periods of time for operation, and of station power, to each of said zones when and in so far as Allocation proportional to population of each State, etc. there are applications therefor; and shall make a fair and equitable allocation of licenses, wave lengths, time for operation, and station power to each of the States, the District of Columbia, the Territories and possessions of the United States within each zone, according General powers of licensing authority. to population.
The licensing authority shall carry into effect the equality of broadcasting service hereinbefore directed, whenever necessary or proper, by granting or refusing licenses or renewals of licenses, by changing periods of time for operation, and by increasing or decreasing station power, when applications are made for licenses *Proviso*.Temporary licenses to other zones if proportionate share not applied for. or renewals of licenses: *Provided*, That if and when there is a lack of applications from any zone for the proportionate share of licenses, wave lengths, time of operation, or station power to which such zone is entitled, the licensing authority may issue licenses for the balance of the proportion not applied for from any zone, to applicants from other zones for a temporary period of ninety days each, and shall 374 specifically designate that said apportionment is only for said Allocations charged to location of studio and not of transmitter. temporary period.
Allocations shall be charged to the State, District, Territory, or possession wherein the studio of the station is located and not where the transmitter is located.” " Approved, March 28, 1928.
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