Introduction - Federal Communications Commission

, Pub. L. 264, 37 Stat. 302, 305, § 3 (provision of Radio Act of 1912 stating that “All stations are required to give absolute priority to signals and radiograms related to ships in distress; to cease all sending on hearing a distress signal; and, except when engaged in answering or aiding the ship in distress, to refrain from sending until all signals and radiograms relating thereto are ... ................
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