Editing Federal Radio Commission (section)

====WNYC assignment====

Under the November 11, 1928, reorganization, [[WNYC (AM)|WNYC]], the municipal station of New York City, was given a half-time, low-power assignment. The station appealed on the grounds that it should have been given a full-time authorization, but lost. Even though the station was government owned, the Federal Radio Commission said that city ownership did not give the station any special standing under the "public interest, convenience, and necessity" standard.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011384305&view=1up&seq=403 "Litigation"] (WNYC), ''Third Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission'' (Covering the period from October 1, 1928, to November 1, 1929), pages 73-74.</ref> However, the case was viewed as representative of the preferences given to commercial interests above those of non-commercial stations.