Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 29 | U. S. Radio Body Defends Action on Licenses

U. U S. S Radio Body Defends Action on Licenses W WAShINGTON ASI Sept 1 AP- AP TIle The federal radio commission today today to- to day Issued a statement defending the policy under which It required required re- re certain broadcasters to show they were rendering a public servIce set v Ice and overruled objections made at recent hearings on the ground that the commission had no BO jurisdiction juris- juris diction dicton or or was ti-ia ti constitutional limits ot or its Is power Ot Of the stations whose public value was questioned on May 25 25 about one half halt on-halt have ha been eliminated either by deletion consolidation or orthe orthe the voluntary surrender ot of licenses The Ie last ot of the decisions was handed down toda today Answering the contention that radio radio ra- ra dio could not be considered Interstate interstate Inter Inter- state commerce the commissIon said that although sonic some programs might not be heard outside ot of state borders the nuIsance range or of even the small smal stations extended to lo neighboring s states ates