Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1929, Page 35

* RULES ON TRADING OF RADDLIGENSES Commission’s General Coun- , sel Recommends Tightening 't of Traffic in Grants. ! There will be no more “horsc-trad- |fng” of radio licenses or even the out- right leasing of licensed radio facilities ‘without formal investigation and ap- val of the Federal licensing author- ities. ‘This_question has occupied the Fed- eral Radlo Commission for many months, and although it has deplored | such practices there never has been a sweeping regulation against it or a com- prehensive interpretation of the limita- tions of the lJaw Lately, however, num- erous cases where station owners openly trafficked in licenses without first seek- ing Government authority have brought from the commission sharp rebukes. But no duly executed order has been fasued. At the behest of the commission, General Counsel Bethuel M. Webster, | jr., made a thorough investigation of | the statutes and the intent of the law, | and now has submitted an opinion | recommending a tightening up of com- mission regulation in this respect. He | reviewed that section of the Radio Act relating to the sale, mortgage or lease N ‘ation owner may go g his license to operate | or his physical radio facilities is set | down in Mr. Webster's opinion. He em- phasized that the ether belongs to the people and is intrusted to the Govern- | ment for distribution among individuals or companies which guarantee to oper- ate for the service of the people. Con- sequently, a licensee may not sell or lease outright his governmental grant to the ether unless the licensing author- ity is satisfied that the new operator ‘will continue to meet the requirements of the law as to public interest. ' The commission, when it was just beginning’ to function two years ago, adopted & general order relating to the transfer of licenses, pursuant to the terms of the law. It found, however, that it wes not sufficiently compre- hensive to cover the variety of cases now arising. Hence it requested the opinion from its legal division. ‘The provision of the Radio act in question specifies that no license to broadcast or transmit on radio chan- nels shall be transferred, assigned, or in . any manner disposed of to any persons, firm, company, or corporation without the consent in writing of the licensing authority. Mr. Webster interprets the intent of this provision, first to prevent development of the theory of property rights in the use of a frequency or in the right to communicate; second, to prevent the making of any profit based upon the sale of a license; third, to pre- vent the acquisition of a station by mn- | eligible applicants through purchase rather than by license applicaticn; and fourth, to prevent the operation of sta- | tions by persons not qualified to operate them under the standard prescribed by Congress. Mr. Webster points out that there is & clear line of diffcrentiation between the sale of a “license” and the sale of a “station.” A station under the law, he states, may be sold without restric- tion, while a license may not. (Copyright, 1929, by the Consolidated Press.) 7 isdari g A Slight Error. ATLANTA, July 25 (#).—Willie Pl"’ terson, colored, has been having a fine | time because of the sudden growth of 335 to $3,500. A bookkeeping error was made in transfer of his $35 from one bank to another. Willie hastened to take advantage. The bank has recov- ered $1,447 and brought suit for the | yest, having located Willie in Detroit. | a man can buy () .99 Major “Chain” Features ‘TONIGHT. 7:00—Buck and Wing; comic sketch by Phil Cook and Vic Fleming—WRC and N. B. C. network. 7:00—Serenade; trio orchestra—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WLW and others. 7:30—Victor program; _George Olsen and his orchestra— ‘WRC and N. B. C. network. 7:30—Ghost hour—WJZ, KDKA, WJR, WREN and KWK. 8:30—Historic trials; “Lady Jane Grey"—WRC and N. B. C. net- work. 8:30—Maxwell hour; Bourdon Orchestra—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WLW, WRVA and others. 8:30—Buffalp Civic Symphony Orchestra—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 9:30—Volice of Columbla—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 9:30—National Concert and Broadcasting Bureau hour— ‘WRC and N. B, C. network. RADIO SOPRANO DIES. 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