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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


                                       FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                       EXPECTED AT 10:30 a.m. EST
                                       WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980


                        STATEMENT OF

                B. E. BIRKLE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
         COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                         BEFORE THE
               SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS
        COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
                 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             ON                          ,4  i/

                      o  H.R. 6228                      A 7/


MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE WELCOME YOUR INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS

H.R. 6228, A BILL TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 TO

PROVIDE THAT THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, IN CON-

SIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF BROADCAST STATION

LICENSES, SHALL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY OWNERSHIP INTEREST

OF THE APPLICANT IN OTHER BROADCASTING STATIONS OR IN OTHER

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

     IN OUR JUNE 1979 REPORT ON SELECTED REGULATORY POLICIES

FOR RADIO AND TV (CED-79-62), WE STATED THAT SINCE THERE

IS NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT NEWSPAPER-BROADCAST, TV-RADIO,

AND AM-FM CO-OWNERSHIPS PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE OR THAT THEIR

DIVESTITURE WOULD CAUSE PUBLIC HARM THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD

DECIDE AS A MATTER OF POLICY






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