Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-02 | Page 2 | FCC Atheist Radio Policy Rebuked

FCC Atheist Radio Policy Rebuked V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Sent Sept 2 UP- UP up A special house investigating com i Thursday r rebuked the fed tw eral communications for a 1946 policy decision mJ en atheist broadcasts f f. It approved a a. report demanding that the F FCC C C immediately with withdraw withal draw the controversial ersial language of the decision Some have ha Interpreted the decision I 3 meaning they must grant radiO time to a atheists theists r The committees committee's report will b bc c made public later in the week The Th Tha statement w will i 1 1 summarize th the committees committee's findings in two d dI y of public hearings into th the w O called Scott decision Some critics contend the ruling iJ II threatening to drive religiOUS broadcasts off the air In the Scott decision the FCC said atheists as well as religiOUS groups should have an opportunity to discuss their beliefs on the radio 1