Ansley v. Federal Radio Commission

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a decision of the Federal Radio Commission refusing an application of the appellant for a construction permit for the construction of a radio broadcasting station at the city of Abilene, -Tex. The proposed station was to have a frequency of 550 kilocycles; power, 1,000 watts; hours of operation, unlimited. The transmitter was to cost $25,000; the studio, $8,000; the towers, housing, and incidentals, $10,000. The proposed service of the station was to broadcast entertainment, and religious, commercial, educational, agricultural, fraternal, and miscellaneous…