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Show FCC Acts to Legalize Booster Television Service Federal Communications Commission Com-mission officials in Washington, D. C, announced a 90-day suspension sus-pension of their order to shut down all VHF television booster stations. It is the second delay of the closing order by FCC. First post- ' ponement of the enforcement order or-der would have been effective , on June 30. The postpone r has now moved the closing date to September 30. I However, In conjunction with the postponement announcement, the FCC has also made a recommendation recom-mendation to the United States ( Congress that legislation be en-acted en-acted to recind the ban of VHF booster operations. Extension of time for closing the booster stations was, it is reported, re-ported, to give Congress an opportunity op-portunity to change the FCC regulations reg-ulations which now declare booster boos-ter stations illegal. I Television service in southen Utah is almost exclusively by , VHF booster operation and an enforcement of the law, as it is I now on the books of the FCC would close Jown the booster stations in this area. Utah's congressional delegation delega-tion In Washington has fought the closing order from the first and, from all indications, will be among the promoters of a bill to authorize the VHF booster stations. sta-tions. I |