A member of the Federal Communications Commission–the Government agency regulating the broadcasting industry, including all of radio and television–accused the commission itself here last night of intruding unconstitutionally into the field of religion.
Addressing a convention of the National Association of Religious Broadcasters, FCC member Lee Loevinger disagreed with the commission’s long-standing rule that religious programming is a required feature in public service programming. The FCC, he said, “has gone far beyond the limits that have been marked by the Supreme Court as permissible Government action in the field of religion.”
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