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    "ocrText": "3\ntrue that UHF will take more time to develop than VHF but\nthe Commission is confident, based upon an extensive hearing\nconcerning the capabilities of UHF channels, that they can\nrender a useful television service over substantial areas.\nCertainly the UHF will not be useful unless it is used.\nPeople will not buy UHF receivers or UHF converters for\npresent sets unless program service is made available over\nthese frequencies. With five television channels in Kansas\nCity there should be no great danger of monopoly in television\nbroadcasting.\nYour correspondent also complains of the Commission's\nproposal to reserve a certain number of channels for educational\ntelevision stations. Again, this proposed decision was reached\nby the Commission after a hearing in which the evidence showed\nthat there is a public néed for the programs produced by non-\ncommercial educational television stations; that the public\ninterest is not confined to commercial or sponsored programs\nbut may also be advanced by programs of non-commercial\neducational stations. I should like to add that no final\nreservation of individual assignments has yet been made. This\nmatter is also the subject of the June 11 hearing.\nI have gone into some detail so that you might under-\nstand the grounds upon which the Commission based its proposal.\nIt represents our very best judgment and I assure you emphatically\nthat it has not been brought about by the Kansas City Star or\nany other outside source. We have ordered a hearing on the\nproposal and have invited all interested persons to submit\ncounter-proposals and participate in the hearing. Your corres-\npondent as an experienced broadcaster must know that if he has\nany worthwhile ideas he can submit his material in regular form\nalong with all other interested persons and he will be given a\nfair and impartial hearing. He or others must, however, submit\nany comments or proposals for changes to the Commission before\nMay 7, 1951 if such changes for Kansas City are to be considered.\n=\nthayne\nWayne Sincerely Coy yours Cay\nChairman"
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