The meaning of the “public interest, convenience or necessity”

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Following issuance of the FCC Report and Statement op Policy on programming on July 29, 1960, former FCC Commissioner Charles King challenged the “public interest, convenience or necessity” standard for broadcasting regulation on the grounds that the standard was incapable of definition. For the past year Commissioner (former Chairman) Ford has been preparing as an answer an analysis of the legislative and judicial history of the “public interest” standard and a defense of the programming report. His answer was first presented in the form of a speech to the Washington State Association of Broadcasters in Seattle on June 28, 1961. The article that follows is but slightly revised from the Seattle speech, and has been made into a landmark reference in communications law through the addition by Commissioner Ford of full documentation and legal citations. The Journal op Broadcasting is proud to publish this carefully reasoned analysis of the touchstone of American telecommunications policy. It was written by a man who has served the Federal Communications Commission and the public as attorney (from 1947 to 1957), as Commissioner since 1957, and for a year as Chairman of the Commission. He brought to the present study some 22 years in government service and a reputation as a “lawyer's lawyer.”

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