No department shall erect a new station in the proximity of an existing government station, unless the same is incapable of rendering to such department the service that it requires, which shall be determined only after careful consideration by the departments concerned or by the permanent interdepartment organization.
Herbert Hoover: “No department shall erect a new station in the proximity of an existing government station, unless the same is incapable…”
On the recordJune 7, 1931
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Executive Order 5638—Assignment of Frequencies to Government Radio Stations
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