---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 506"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
number: "506"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 96–507, § 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/506"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication"
  - "Subchapter V — Penal Provisions; Forfeitures"
---

# [§506. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–507, § 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 506, as added Apr. 16, 1946, ch. 138, 60 Stat. 89, prohibited certain coercive practices affecting broadcasting and provided penalties for violations.