An Act to promote the public interest by amending the Communications Act of 1934, to provide a pre-grant procedure in case of certain applications; to impose limitations on payoffs between applicants; to require disclosure of payments made for the broadcasting of certain matter; to grant authority to impose forfeitures in the broadcast service; and to prohibit deceptive practices in contests of intellectual knowledge, skill, or chance; and for other purposes
PL 86-752 (S.1898), enacted 09/13/1960

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Public Law 86-752 
AN A C T 
September 13. I960 
To promote the public interest by amending the Communications Act of 1934, 
^^' ^^^^^ 
to provide a pre-grant procedure in case of certain applications; to impose 
limitations on payoffs between applicants; to require disclosure of payments 
made for the broadcasting of certain matter; to grant authority to impose for-
feitures in the broadcast service; and to prohibit deceptive practices in con-
tests of intellectual knowledge, skill, or chance; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Communications Act 
Amendments, 1960". 
REPEAL OF PROVISION PERMITTING ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARIUMS 
SEC. 2. The third sentence of subsection (b) of section 4 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(b)) is amended by striking 
48 stat. loee. 
out the following: "; but this shall not apply to the presentation or 
delivery of publications or papers for which a reasonable honorarium 
or compensation may be accepted". 
SHORT-TERM GRANTS 
SEC 3. Subsection (d) of section 307 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 307) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new 
sentence as follows: "Consistently with the foregoing provisions of 
this subsection, the Commission may by rule prescribe the period or 
periods for which licenses shall be granted and renewed for particular 
classes of stations, but the Commission may not adopt or follow any 
rule which would preclude it, in any case involving a station of a par-
ticular class, from granting or renewing a license for a shorter period 
than that prescribed for stations of such class if, in its judgment, pub-
lic interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by such action." 
PRE-GRANT PROCEDURE 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 309 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309) is amended to read as follows: 
"ACTION UPON APPLICATIONS; FORM OF AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO 
LICENSES 
"SEC. 309. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commis-
sion shall determine, in the case of each application filed wdth it to 
which section 308 applies, whether the public interest, convenience, and 
'^^ use sos. 
necessity will be served by the granting of such application, and, if 
the Commission, upon examination of such application and upon con-
sideration of such other matters as the Commission may officially notice, 
shall find that public interest, convenience, and necessity would be 
served by the granting thereof, it shall grant such application. 
"(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no such 
application— 
"(1) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a station 
in the broadcasting or common carrier services, or 
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[74 STAT. 
"(2) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a sta-
tion in any of the following categories: 
"(A) fixed point-to-point microwave stations (exclusive 
of control and relay stations used as integral parts of mobile 
radio systems), 
"(B) industrial radio positioning stations for which fre-
quencies are assigned on an exclusive basis, 
"(C) aeronautical en route stations, 
"(D) aeronautical advisory stations, 
"(E) airdrome control stations, 
"(F) aeronautical fixed stations, and 
"(G) such other stations or classes of stations, not in the 
broadcasting or common carrier services, as the Commission 
shall by rule prescribe, 
shall be granted by the Commission earlier than thirty days following 
issuance of public notice by the Commission of the acceptance for 
filing of such application or of any substantial amendment thereof. 
"(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply— 
" (1) to any minor amendment of an application to which such 
subsection is applicable, or 
"(2) to any application for— 
"(A) a minor change in the facilities of an authorized 
station, 
"(B) consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer 
47 use 310. 
under section 310(b) or to an assignment or transfer there-
under which does not involve a substantial change in owner-
ship or control, 
47 use 319. 
"(C) a license under section 319(c) or, pending applica-
tion for or grant of such license, any special or temporary 
authorization to permit interim operation to facilitate com-
pletion of authorized construction or to provide substantially 
the same service as would be authorized by such license, 
"(D) extension of time to complete construction of author-
ized facilities, 
"(E) an authorization of facilities for remote pickups, 
studio links and similar facilities for use in the operation of 
a broadcast station, 
47 use 325. 
"(F) authorizations pursuant to section 325(b) where the 
programs to be transmitted are special events not of a con-
tinuing nature, 
"(G) a special temporary authorization for nonbroadcast 
operation not to exceed thirty days where no application for 
regular operation is contemplated to be filed or pending the 
filing of an application for such regular operation, or 
"(H) an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of 
47 use 308. 
section 308 (a). 
^a"ltion*° '^^"^ 
"(d)(1) ^^7 P^rty in interest may file with the Commission a peti-
^p ca on. 
^^^^ ^^ deny any application (whether as originally filed or as 
amended) to which subsection (b) of this section applies at any time 
prior to the day of Commission grant thereof without hearing or the 
day of formal designation thereof for hearing; except that with 
respect to any classification of applications, the Commission from time 
to time by rule may specify a shorter period (no less than thirty days 
following the issuance of public notice by the Commission of the ac-
ceptance for filing of such application or of any substantial amend-
ment thereof), which shorter period shall be reasonably related to the 
time when the applications would normally be reached for processing. 
The petitioner shall serve a copy of such petition on the applicant. 
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The petition shall contain specific allegations of fact sufficient to show 
that the petitioner is a party in interest and that a grant of the ap-
plication would be prima facie inconsistent with subsection (a). 
Such allegations of fact shall, except for those of which official notice 
may be taken, be supported by affidavit of a person or persons with 
personal knowledge thereof. The applicant shall be given the oppor-
tunity to file a reply in which allegations of fact or denials thereof 
shall similarly be supported by affidavit. 
"(2) If the Commission finds on the basis of the application, the 
Findings, 
pleadings filed, or other matters which it may officially notice that 
there are no substantial and material questions of fact and that a grant 
of the application would be consistent with subsection (a), it shall 
make the grant, deny the petition, and issue a concise statement of the 
reasons for denying the petition, which statement shall dispose of all 
substantial issues raised by the petition. If a substantial and material 
question of fact is presented or if the Commission for any reason is 
unable to find that grant of the application would be consistent with 
subsection (a), it shall proceed as provided in subsection (e). 
"(e) If, in the case of any application to which subsection (a) of 
"earing, 
this section applies, a substantial and material question of fact is 
presented or the Commission for any reason is unable to make the find-
ing specified in such subsection, it shall formally designate the ap-
plication for hearing on the ground or reasons then obtaining and 
shall forthwith notify the applicant and all other known parties in in-
terest of such action and the grounds and reasons therefor, specifying 
with particularity the matters and things in issue but not including 
issues or requirements phrased generally. When the Commission has 
so designated an application for hearing the parties in interest, if 
any, wlio are not notified by the Commission of such action may ac-
quire the status of a party to the proceeding thereon by filing a peti-
tion for intervention showing the basis for their interest at any time 
not less than ten days prior to the date of hearing. Any hearing sub-
sequently held upon such application shall be a full hearing in which 
the applicant and all other parties in interest shall be permitted to 
participate. The burden of proceeding with the introduction of evi-
dence and the burden of proof shall oe upon the applicant, except 
that with respect to any issue presented by a petition to deny or a peti-
tion to enlarge the issues, such burdens shall be as determined by the 
Commission. 
"(f) When an application subject to subsection (b) has been filed, thoTi^tionT^ ^"" 
the Commission, notwithstanding the requirements of such subsection, 
may, if the grant of such application is otherwise authorized by law 
and if it finds that there are extraordinary circumstances requiring 
emergency operations in the public interest and that delay in the 
institution of such emergency operations would seriously prejudice 
the public interest, grant a temporary authorization, accompanied by 
a statement of its reasons therefor, to permit such emergency opera-
tions for a period not exceeding ninety days, and upon making like 
findings may extend such temporary authorization for one additional 
period not to exceed ninety days. When any such grant of a tem-
porary authorization is made, the Commission shall give expeditious 
treatment to any timely filed petition to deny such application and 
to any petition for rehearing of such grant filed under section 405. 
'*^ "^^ *°^' 
"(g) The Commission is authorized to adopt reasonable classifica-
tions of applications and amendments in order to effectuate the pur-
poses of this section. 
"(h) Such station licenses as the Commission may ffrant shall be e.-ii^f^"^^ provi-
in such general lorm as it may prescribe, but each license shall contain, 
in addition to other provisions, a statement of the following conditions 
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[74 STAT. 
to which such license shall be subject: (1) The station license shall not 
vest in the licensee any right to operate the station nor any right in 
the use of the frequencies designated in the license beyond the term 
thereof nor in any other manner than authorized therein; (2) neither 
the license nor the right granted thereunder shall be assigned or other-
wise transferred in violation of this Act; (3) every license issued 
under this Act shall be subject in terms to the right of use or control 
conferred by section 606 of this Act." 
(b) Section 319(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
319(c)) is amended by striking out "and (c)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(c), ( d ) , ( e ) , ( f ) , and (g)''. 
(c) Section 405 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 405) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and party"' in the first sentence and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "any party", and 
(2) by inserting after the fourth sentence a new sentence as 
follows: "The Commission shall enter an order, with a concise 
statement of the reasons therefor, denying a petition for rehearing 
or granting such petition, in whole or in part, and ordering such 
further proceedings as may be appropriate: Provided^ That in 
any case where such petition relates to an instrument of authoriza-
tion granted without a hearing, the Commission shall take such 
action within ninety days of the filing of such petition." 
Effective dates. 
(d)(1) Subsectious (a) and (b) of this section shall take effect 
ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
47 use 309. 
(2) Section 309 of the Communications Act of 1934 (as amended by 
subsection (a) of this section) shall apply to any application to which 
47 use 308. 
section 308 of such Act applies (A) w^hich is filed on or after the effec-
tive date of subsection (a) of this section, (B) which is filed before 
such effective date, but is substantially amended on or after such effec-
tive date, or (C) which is filed before such effective date and is not 
substantially amended on or after such effective date, but with respect 
to which the Commission by rule provides reasonable opportunity to 
file petitions to deny in accordance with section 309 of such Act (as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section). 
(3) Section 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect im-
mediately before the effective date of subsection (a) of this section, 
shall, on and after such effective date, apply only to applications to 
which section 308 of such Act apply which are filed before such effec-
tive date and not substantially amended on or after such effective date 
and with respect to which the Commission does not permit petitions to 
deny to be filed as provided in clause (C) of paragraph (2) of this sub-
section. 
(4) The amendment made by paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of 
this section shall only apply to petitions for rehearing filed on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
LOCAL NOTICE AND LOCAL HEARINGS; PAY-OFFS 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 311 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 311) is amended to read as follows: 
"SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN APPLICATIONS IN THE 
BROADCASTING SERVICE 
"SEC. 311. (a) When there is filed with the Commission any ap-
>inte, p. 889. 
pUcatiou to which section 309(b)(1) applies, for an instrument of 
authorization for a station in the broadcasting service, the applicant— 
" (1) shall give notice of such filing in the principal area which 
is served or is to be served by the station; and 
Location of hear^ 
ings. 
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"(2) if the application is formally designated for hearing in 
accordance with section 309, shall give notice of such hearing in 
such area at least ten days before commencement of such hearing. 
The Commission shall by rule prescribe the form and content of the 
notices to be given in compliance with this subsection, and the man-
ner and frequency with which such notices shall be given. 
"(b) Hearings referred to in subsection (a) may be held at such 
places as the Commission shall determine to be appropriate, and in 
making such determination in any case the Commission shall consider 
whether the public interest, convenience, or necessity will be served by 
conducting the hearing at a place in, or in the vicinity of, the principal 
area to be served by the station involved. 
"(c) (1) If there are pending before the Commission two or more twte^^^'pircantsV 
applications for a permit for construction of a broadcasting station, 
only one of which can be granted, it shall be unlawful, without ap-
proval of the Commission, for the applicants or any of them to effectu-
ate an agreement whereby one or more of such applicants withdraws 
his or their application or applications. 
"(2) The request for Commission approval in any such case shall 
be made in writing jointly by all the parties to the agreement. 
Such 
request shall contain or be accompanied by full information with 
respect to the agreement, set forth in such detail, form, and manner 
as the Commission shall by rule require. 
"(3) The Commission shall approve the agreement only if it de-
termines that the agreement is consistent with the public interest, 
convenience, or necessity. 
If the agreement does not contemplate a 
merger, but contemplates the making of any direct or indirect pay-
ment to any party thereto in consideration of his withdrawal of his 
application, the Commission may determine the agreement to be con-
sistent with the public interest, convenience, or necessity only if the 
amount or value of such payment, as determined by the Commission, 
is not in excess of the aggregate amount determined by the Commis-
sion to have been legitimately and prudently expended and to be ex-
pended by such applicant in connection with preparing, filing, and ad-
vocating the granting of his application. 
"(4) For the purposes of this subsection an application shall be 
deemed to be 'pending' before the Commission from the time such ap-
plication is filed with the Commission until an order of the Commis-
sion granting or denying it is no longer subject to rehearing by the 
Commission or to review by any court." 
(h) Section 313 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 313) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the word "LAWS" in the heading of such sec-
tion the following: "; REFUSAL OF LICENSES AND PERMITS IN CERTAIN 
CASES" ; and 
(2) by inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 313." and adding at the end of 
such section the following subsection: 
"(b) The Commission is hereby directed to refuse a station license 
and/or the permit hereinafter required for the construction of a 
station to any person (or to any person directly or indirectly con-
trolled by such person) whose license has been revoked by a court 
under this section." 
REVOCATION AND CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS 
SEC. 6. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 312 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 312) are amended to read as follows: 
Refussil of li-
censes and permits 
in certain cases. 
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[74 STAT, 
a ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS 
"SEC. 312. (a) The Commission may revoke any station license or 
construction permit— 
"(1) for false statements knowingly made either in the appli-
cation or in any statement of fact which may be required pur-
47 use 308. 
suant to section 308; 
" (2) because of conditions coming to the attention of the Com-
mission which would warrant it in refusing to grant a license or 
permit on an original application; 
"(3) for willful or repeated failure to operate substantially as 
set forth in the license; 
" (4) for willful or repeated violation of, or willful or repeated 
failure to observe any provision of this Act or any rule or regula-
tion of the Commission authorized by this Act or by a treaty 
ratified by the United States; 
"(5) for violation of or failure to observe any final cease and 
desist order issued by the Commission under this section; or 
"(6) for violation of section 1304, 1343, or 1464 of title 18 of 
the United States Code. 
"(b) Where any person (1) has failed to operate substantially as 
set forth in a license, (2) has violated or failed to observe any of the 
62 Stat. 763. 
provisious of this Act, or section 1304,1343, or 1464 of title 18 of the 
United States Code, or (3) has violated or failed to observe any rule 
or regulation of the Commission authorized by this Act or by a treaty 
ratified by the United States, the Commission may order such person 
to cease and desist from such action." 
FORFEITURE PROVISIONS RELATING TO BROADCAST LICENSEES 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 503 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 503) is amended (1) by striking out the center heading and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Forfeitures"; (2) by inserting " ( a ) " after 
"SEC. 503."; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-
section : 
"(b) (1) Any licensee or permittee of a broadcast station who— 
"(A) willfully or repeatedly fails to operate such station sub-
stantially as set forth in his license or permit, 
"(B) willfully or repeatedly fails to observe any of the pro-
visions of this Act or of any rule or regulation of the Commission 
prescribed under authority of this Act or under authority of any 
treaty ratified by the United States, 
"(C) fails to observe any final cease and desist order issued by 
the Commission, 
^^PoBt. pp. 896, 
«(D) violates section 317(c) or section 509(a) (4) of this Act, 
or 
"(E) violates section 1304, 1343, or 1464 of title 18 of the 
United States Code, 
shall forfeit to the United States a sum not to exceed $1,000. 
Each 
day during which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate 
offense. 
Such forfeiture shall be in addition to any other penalty pro-
vided by this Act. 
J^otice o
f appar- 
«(2) No forfeiture liability uuder paragraph (1) of this subsection 
"
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(jry^^ shall attach unless a written notice of apparent liability shall have 
been issued by the Commission and such notice has been received by 
the licensee or permittee or the Commission shall have sent such notice 
by registered or certified mail to the last known address of the licensee 
or permittee. 
A licensee or permittee so notified shall be granted an 
ent liability. 
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opportunity to show in writing, within such reasonable period as the 
Commission shall by regulations prescribe, why he should not be held 
liable. A notice issued under this paragraph shall not be valid unless 
it sets forth the date, facts, and nature of the act or omission with which 
the licensee or permittee is charged and specifically identifies the par-
ticular provision or provisions of the law, rule, or regulation or the 
license, permit, or cease and desist order involved. 
"(3) No forfeiture liability under paragraph (1) of this subsection bi^ty'!^^'*"'^ ^^*' 
(b) shall attach for any violation occurring more than one year prior 
Limitjition. 
to the date of issuance of the notice of apparent liability and m no 
event shall the forfeiture imposed for the acts or omissions set forth in 
any notice of apparent liability exceed $10,000." 
(b) Section 504(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
504) is amended by inserting after '"''Provided^'' in the first sentence 
thereof the following: "That any suit for the recovery of a forfeiture ^^^H^^ °^ ^°" 
imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be a trial de 
novo: Provided 
further,'\ 
(c) Section 504(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "section 
507" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 503(b) and 507". 
(d) Section 504 of such Act is further amended by adding a new 
subsection to read as follows: 
"(c) In any case where the Commission issues a notice of apparent 
liability looking toward the imposition of a forfeiture under this Act, 
that fact shall not be used, in any other proceeding before the Commis-
sion, to the prejudice of the person to whom such notice was issued, 
unless (i) the forfeiture has been paid, or (ii) a court of competent 
jurisdiction has ordered payment of such forfeiture, and such order 
has become final." 
TROVISIONS REQUIRING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN 
PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT TO MATTER BROADCAST 
SEC. 8. (a) Section 317 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 317) is amended to read as follows: 
" A N N O U N C E M E N T WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN MATTER BROADCAST 
"SEC. 317. (a)(1) All matter broadcast by any radio station for 
which any money, service or other valuable consideration is directly or 
indirectly paid, or promised to or charged or accepted by, the station 
so broadcasting, from any person, shall, at the time the same is so 
broadcast, be announced as paid for or furnished, as the case may be, 
by such person: Provided, That 'service or other valuable considera-
tion' shall not include any service or property furnished without 
charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, a 
broadcast unless it is so furnished in consideration for an identification 
in a broadcast of any person, product, service, trademark, or brand 
name beyond an identification which is reasonably related to the use 
of such service or property on the broadcast. 
"(2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Commission from 
requiring that an appropriate announcement shall be made at the time 
of the broadcast in the case of any political program or any program 
involving the discussion of any controversial issue for which any 
films, records, transcriptions, talent, scripts, or other material or serv-
ice of anj^ kind have been furnished, without charge or at a nominal 
charge, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to the broadcast of 
such program. 
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[74 S T A T . 
Infra. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
47 
seq. 
u s e 
501 et 
Supra, 
"Servi 
valuabl e 
ation»'. 
ce or other 
consider-
"(b) In any case where a report has been made to a radio station, 
as required by section 508 of this Act, of circumstances which would 
have required an announcement under this section had the considera-
tion been received by such radio station, an appropriate announcement 
shall be made by such radio station. 
"(c) The licensee of each radio station shall exercise reasonable 
diligence to obtain from its employees, and from other persons with 
whom it deals directly in connection with any program or program 
matter for broadcast, information to enable such licensee to make the 
announcement required by this section. 
"(d) The Commission may waive the requirement of an announce-
ment as provided in this section in any case or class of cases with 
respect to which it determines that the public interest, convenience, 
or necessity does not require the broadcasting of such announcement. 
"(e) The Commission shall prescribe appropriate rules and regula-
tions to carry out the provisions of this section." 
(b) Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C, sub-
chapter V) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
section: 
"DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS 
"SEC. 508. (a) Subject to subsection (d), any employee of a radio 
station who accepts or agrees to accept from any person (other than 
such station), or any person (other than such station) who pays or 
agrees to pay such employee, any money, service or other valuable 
consideration for the broadcast of any matter over such station shall, 
in advance of such broadcast, disclose the fact of such acceptance or 
agreement to such station. 
"(b) Subject to subsection (d), any person who, in connection with 
the production or preparation of any program or program matter 
which is intended for broadcasting over any radio station, accepts or 
agrees to accept, or pays or agrees to pay, any money, service or other 
valuable consideration for the inclusion of any matter as a part of 
such program or program matter, shall, in advance of such broadcast, 
disclose the fact of such acceptance or payment or agreement to the 
payee's employer, or to the person for whom such program or program 
matter is bein^ produced, or to the licensee of such station over which 
such program is oroadcast. 
"(c) Subject to subsection (d), any person who supplies to any 
other person any program or program matter which is intended for 
broadcasting over any radio station shall, in advance of such broad-
east, disclose to such other person any information of which he has 
knowledge, or which has been disclosed to him, as to any money, serv-
ice or other valuable consideration which any person has paid or ac-
cepted, or has agreed to pay or accept, for the inclusion of any matter 
as a part of such program or program matter. 
"(d) The provisions of this section requiring the disclosure of in-
formation shall not apply in any case where, because of a waiver made 
by the Commission under section 317(d), an announcement is not re-
quired to be made under section 317. 
"(e) The inclusion in the program of the announcement required 
by section 317 shall constitute the disclosure required by this section. 
"(f) The term 'service or other valuable consideration' as used in 
this section shall not include any service or property furnished with-
out charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, a 
broadcast, or for use on a program which is intended for broadcasting 
over any radio station, unless it is so furnished in consideration for 
an identification in such broadcast or in such program of any person, 
product, service, trademark, or brand name beyond an identification 
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which is reasonably related to the use of such service or property in 
such broadcast or such program. 
"(g) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, 
Penalty-
for each such violation, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned 
not more than one year, or both." 
DECEPTTVE CONTESTS 
SEC. 9. Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C, 
subchapter V), as amended by section 7(b) of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following section: 
"PROHIBITED PRACTICES I N CASE OF CONTESTS OF INTELLECTUAL KNOWL-
EDGE, INTELLECTUAL SKILL, O
R CHANCE 
"SEC. 509. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to 
deceive the listening or viewing public— 
"(1) To supply to any contestant in a purportedly bona fide 
contest of intellectual knowledge or intellectual skill any special 
and secret assistance whereby the outcome of such contest will be 
in whole or in part prearranged or predetermined. 
"(2) By means of persuasion, bribery, intimidation, or other-
wise, to induce or cause any contestant in a purportedly bona fide 
contest of intellectual knowledge or intellectual skill to refrain 
in any manner from using or displaying his knowledge or skill 
in such contest, whereby the outcome thereof will be in whole or 
in part prearranged or predetermined. 
"(3) To engage in any artifice or scheme for the purpose of 
prearranging or predetermining in whole or in part the outcome 
of a purportedly bona fide contest of intellectual knowledge, intel-
lectual skill, or chance. 
"(4) To produce or participate in the production for broad-
casting of, to broadcast or participate in the broadcasting of, to 
offer to a licensee for broadcasting, or to sponsor, any radio pro-
gram, knowing or having reasonable ground for believing that, in 
connection with a purportedly bona fide contest of intellectual 
knowledge, intellectual skill, or chance constituting any part of 
such program, any person has done or is going to do any act or 
thing referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. 
"(5) To conspire with any other person or persons to do any 
act or thing prohibited by paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this 
subsection, if one or more of such persons do any act to effect the 
object of such conspiracy. 
" (b) For the purposes of this section— 
"(1) The term 'contest' means any contest broadcast by a radio 
"Contest»». 
station in connection with which any money or any other thing 
of value is offered as a prize or prizes to be paid or presented by 
the program sponsor or by any other person or persons, as an-
nounced in the course of the broadcast. 
"(2) The term 'the listening or viewing public' means those 
"Listening^^or 
members of the public who, with the aid of radio receiving sets, " ^"'^"^ public*. 
listen to or view programs broadcast by radio stations. 
"(c) Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be fined not more than 
Penalty. 
$10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." 
Aooroved September 13, 1960. 
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