BROADCAST LICENSE RENEWAL ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 16, S. 247, S. 272, S. 613, S. 646, S. 822, S. 844, S. 849, S. 851, S. 1311, S. 1589, S. 1870, S. 3637, and H.R. 12993

MISCELLANEOUS BROADCAST LICENSE RENEWAL LEGISLATION

Brown, Hon. Clarence J., U.S. Representative from Ohio----

Domenici, Hon. Pete V., U.S. Senator from New Mexico_

Prepared statement....

Loevinger, Lee, counsel, Media Structure Committee of the National As-

Whitehead, Clay T., Director, Office of Telecommunications Policy----

Wiley, Hon. Richard E., Chairman, Federal Communications Commission;

accompanied by Benjamin L. Hooks, Commissioner; Dr. Barry Cole,

consultant; and Richard Shiben, Chief, Renewal Branch___

Prepared statement..

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Questions of Senator Hart and the answers thereto...

Wilson, Bruce B., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,

Department of Justice_

JUNE 19, 1974

Abourezk, Hon. James S., U.S. Senator from South Dakota; accompanied
by William F. Duhamel, KOTA, Rapid City, S. Dak.; and Dean Soren-
son, KCCR, Pierre, S. Dak..

Prepared statement of Mr. Duhamel__.
Prepared statement of Mr. Sorenson_.

Lang, Anne L., Pennsylvania National Organization for Women, Sewick-
ley, Pa. Kathleen Bonk, broadcast media (FCC) task force coordina-
tor, Washington, D.C.; Miriam Kapsinow, Rhode Island State coordi-
nator, NOW, Warwick, R.I.; and Judith Hennessee, media reform task
force, NOW, New York, N.Y....

McIntire, Dr. Carl and Rev. James Nichols, 20th Century Reformation
Hour, and Freedom Defense Council, Washington, D.C..

Prepared statement...

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