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Show "TAKE THE AIR" Freedom of the air cannot mean a license to every person or corporation that wishes to broadcast his name or wares, and thus monopolize the listener's set, declares Secretary of Commerce Hoover. Hoov-er. I le made three recommendations to the Fourth Annual Radio Conference looking toward the solving of "the radio puzzle." 1. Radio traffic regulation by the federal government to extent ex-tent of allotment of wave lengths, control of power and policing of the air. 2. Division of United States into "service areas." 3. Delegation to the radio, public of these zones a large voice in determining what broadcasting stations are to occupy the wave lengths assigned to various areas. Under Hoover' g plan, it would be necessary to set up some form of zone machinery before which applicants for broadcasting permits would appear to establish their right to "take the air." This machinery would report to the Department of Commerce, which would issue licenses on local recommendation. |