Broadcasters’ news bulletin (Jan-June 1932)

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Feliru^ry 20, 1932 EECOimros DELETION The findings in Renort No. 335 issued this week contains the conclusions of Examiner Walker recommending the renewal application of Station WA3I, Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation, Bangor, Maine, he denied. i\n application for involuntary assignment to the First Universalist Society was also recommended for denial in the same report. The application of this station for renewal was originally heard in Septemher, 1931, and it was recommended subsequently in Report No. 261 that the station he relicensed for one third time in place of its former assignment of un¬ limited hours. Following this recommendation, the Commission remanded the case to the hearing docket for the taking of further testimony. This station was form.erly licensed in the name of the First Universalist Society of Bangor, It was later leased to the Fine Tree Broadcasting Corporation which operated the station until Octohor, 1931, Some difficulty arose as to possession of the transmitter and equipm.ent when the Universalist Society refused representatives of the Fine Tree Corporation admittance to the transmitter and control room of the station. The report states the Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation has encountered serious finan¬ cial difficulties and it now appears to he insolvent. In view of this condition, the Examiner concluded the Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation is now insolvent and neither owns, nor controls a station for ^^hich a renewal of license could he issued. In denying the request of the Universalist Society for an involuntary assignment of the station license, the Examiner found Bangor is now receiving good reception from a number of stations and it does not appear that the proposed service of Station Wi\3I under the control of the Universalist Society would add materially to broadcast service in that area. LOS ANGELES INTERFERENCE REGULATION The municipality of Los Angeles has passed an ordinance for the purpose of re¬ ducing interference to broadcast reception. The ordinance states in port, it shall he unlawful to operate "any device, appliance, equipment or apparatus which creates or causes high-frequency oscillations which interfere with the reception of broad¬ cast signals". Further provision is m^de that where a listener has reported in¬ terference to reception, It must he shown that the receiver is operating properly and the regulations provido? "Any or all radio receivers coming within the pro¬ visions of this ordinance shall he thoroughly and effectively shielded. No receiver shall he considered "thoroughly and effectively shielded' which shall deliver a 50 milliwatt output at any frequency within its tuning range when placed in a field intensity of ten thousand millivolts per meter without an antenna or ground and with volume control at the point of greatest sensitivity". The violation of this ordinance is punishable by a fine of $500 or imprisonment \f not more than six months. CHARGES RADIO MiRIILE MONOPOLY Charging there is a monopoly in radio communication in the Great Lakes area, the Midwest T^ireless Company this week filed exceptions with the Commission against the recommendations contained in Examiner Pratt's recent report, finding the R^diomarine Corporation of A-merica should he granted additional facilities. The Midwest Uireless Company had applied for construction permits.