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July 16, 19?2
POLICE RADIO PROVES EiTECTIVE'lBSS
Bassd on reports made Ly operators of municipal radio police systems in fifty cities throughout the country, the Commission announced this week that the result of this survey indicates the importance of radio transmission in modern police methods. In the fifty cities reporting, it is shown 32,585,000 people are served over an area of 28,190 miles. This comprises more than three quarters of the ponulation of the United States. In addition there are about twenty cities not included in the Com¬ mission survey and several state police systems on which data has not been compiled.
The use of police radio has be® directly responsible fo'f’ the average monthly recovery of stolen property in excess of three quarter of a million dollars. During the month of April, the period covered by the report, 155,656 emergency calls were made.
CHAIIUE TRANSMITTER LOCATION C-R.-il;TED
Tne application of Station WHDH to change transmitter location from its present location at Gloucester to Saugus, Massachusetts, was granted by the Coimrrssion t'l's week. This decision was rendered after rehearing of the case before Chief Eyaminor Yost. The original hearing was held in November 1931. The Examdner recommended the application be granted (Report No. 374). This decision was reversed by tho Comriission. Subseqi’ently , the Commission granted a regearing and the action this week sustains the re stilts of the second hearing.
In the conclusions, the Commission said; "j».lthough it does not appear that there is any substantial need in the Boston area for the additional service which would be rendered therein as a result of the proposed move of the WHDH transmitter to Saugus, the evidence now contained in this record clearly shows that such remor¬ al would be expected to greatly Improve the sex-vice afforded WHDH to fishing fleets at sea, the primary purpose for which this station was originally licensed.'*'
Commissioners Starhuck and Brown did not participate in the decision.
SOUTH DAKOTA APPLICATION DE^TIED
'Eie apulication of the Black Hills Broadcasters, Inc., Sturgis, South Dakota for authority to erect a new hroadcast station on 1200 kc with power of 100 watts,, sharing time with Station WCAT, Rapid City, South Da?.'ota, was denied this week by the Commission. ‘This decision sustained the findings of Examiner Hyde in Report No. 378.
It appears one of the ar/plicarts Carl E. Geiens on two occasions operated a broadcast statioi; wi thouk authority of tho Commissiou and in violation of the P.adio Act. Hxis fact was given as the first ground for denyrmg the application. Tlie Commission found further the applicant's eoaipment was not such that it would be capable of operating within the frequency limitations now required. In co:amenting upon the soui-ce of re 'enuo for the proposed station, ":he Commission said: "The advertising revenue wuich the appliranxts expect to supporo the station from a finan¬ cial standpoint would be ronsl der-ably less than is contem . la.tod, "