44. In°/4:41-1 REVIEW OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ACTIVITIES—1969 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON THE JURISDICTION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION MARCH 6, 1969 Serial No. 91-1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan GLENN CUNNINGHAM, Nebraska PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California JAMES HARVEY, Michigan J. J. PICKLE, Texas ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky JOHN M. MURPHY, New York G. ROBERT WATKINS, Pennsylvania DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado DANIEL J. RONAN, Illinois CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio BROCK ADAMS, Washington DAN KUYKENDALL, Tennessee RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas FLETCHER THOMPSON, Georgia W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk Professional Staff ANDREW STEVENSON WILLIAM J. DIXON SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts, Chairman LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania JAMES HARVEY, Michigan RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York DONALD G, BROTZMAN, Colorado ROBERT 0. TIERNAN, Rhode Island CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio CONTENTS Hyde, Hon. Rosel H., Chairman, Federal Communications Commis- Page Johnson, Hon. Nicholas, Commissioner, Federal Communications Additional material submitted for the record: Federal Communications Commission: Charges for 1968 political broadcasting double 1964 total, FCC charges-news release dated January 2, 1969.- Basic Commission functions and organizations. Encouraging additional network operation.. Letter dated May 7, 1969, to Chairman Staggers submitting material requested of the Commission during the hearing--- Letter dated March 10, 1969, to Chairman Madconald, enclosing a copy of a draft bill and memorandum on an approach to amendment of the equal opportunity requirement of section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934. Letter dated July 31, 1967, to Columbia Broadcasting System, tion of sports program in order to accommodate commercials.. 25 Proposed limitation on amount of time an affiliate can commit to a Television Code, National Association of Broadcasters, Thir- 74 |