NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

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many important developments in the use of directional antennae. The agreement of the countries to make use of developments in the field of directional antennae construction focuses attention upon the work of J. C. McNary, NAB consulting engineer, who has spent several years in conducting original experiments in this field. It was the feeling of the U. S. Delegates that Mexico will begin immediately to enforce the provisions of the agreement. NAB BOARD TO DRAFT NRA CODE A special meeting of the Board of Directors of the NAB will be held at the Washington Hotel, Washington, D. C., on Thursday, August 24, for the purpose of whipping into shape for formal submission to the NRA the code of fair competition for the broad¬ casting industry. A two-day meeting of the NAB code committee was held in New York on Monday and Tuesday of this week during which data collected by the NAB from all stations were analyzed and suggested provisions drafted. These committee discussions took into consideration the wage and employment conditions at both networks and stations of all classes located in all parts of the country. A vast amount of statistical data was presented to the committee and a report compiled for study by the Board. Conferences were held this week between Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy NRA administrator, and the NAB Managing Director covering all phases of the problems involved in the drafting of the code and it is hoped that the Board will be able to draft, on the basis of work already done, a code acceptable to all branches of the broadcast industry and the NRA. Just as soon as the draft to be proposed to the NRA is completed it will be made available to all stations. Under the rules of the NRA a public hearing will be held at which all parties in interest may appear and be heard. When the proposed code is submitted, a request will be made to have substituted for the President’s Reemployment Agreement the labor and wage provisions of the broadcasters’ code. This will be expedited in order that all broadcast stations not already having subscribed to the PRA will be able to sign and secure the Blue Eagle. The proposed code, after promulgated by the Board, will be set for public hearing at a date not yet determined. Despite the enormous amount of work involved in collecting and analyzing data received from stations, work of preparing sug¬ gestions for the NAB Board has gone forward rapidly. In this preliminary work consideration has been given to variations in operating conditions in small and large cities and these conditions were taken into consideration. Consideration also was given to the fact that broadcasting, operating under Government license, is sub¬ ject to long hours of operation seven days a week. CONFER ON CONVENTION PLANS Edwin M. Spence, WPG, Atlantic City, N. J., chairman of the NAB Convention Committee, conferred with the Managing Director last Sunday on plans for the annual membership meeting of the NAB which will be held at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., October 9, 10, 11 and 12. NEW MEMBERS IN NAB The call letter kilocycle list which was mailed to all members, correct as of August 1, 1933, had members of the NAB designated in bold face type. Since August 1, nineteen new members have made application for membership in the Association as follows: WJMS, Ironwood, Michigan WNBR, Memphis, Tenn. KFJZ, Fort Worth, Texas WLTH, Brooklyn, N. Y. WLVA, Lynchburg, Va. WQAM, Miami, Florida WLIT, Philadelphia, Pa. KFKA, Greeley, Colorado KBTM, Paragould, Arkansas WCRW, Chicago, Illinois ADDITIONS KSO, Des Moines, Iowa KFWB, Los Angeles, California KFRC, San Francisco, Calif. KGB, San Diego, Calif. KDB, Santa Barbara, Calif. RCA Victor Co., Camden, N. J. KFYO, Lubbock, Texas WMBQ, Brooklyn, N. Y. WOQ, Kansas City, Mo. HONOR ROLL In the NAB reports last week was published the Honor Roll of Broadcast Stations, which consisted of a list of 4S0 stations that had pledged themselves to cooperate with the NRA. There were 27 pledges received too late for publication last week, but received in time to be placed on the final Roll of Honor. This makes a total of 487 broadcast stations out of 582 licensed operating stations in the United States that have offered their facilities to cooperate in the recovery program. The supplementary list of twenty-seven stations follows: FIRST ZONE New York WBNX, New York WMSG, New York Vermont WQDM, St. Albans SECOND ZONE Michigan WBEO, Marquette West Virginia WHIS, Bluefield WOBU, Charleston THIRD ZONE Oklahoma KASA, Elk City FOURTH ZONE Kansas KGNO, Dodge City Missouri WHB, Kansas City KSD, St Louis FIFTH ZONE Arizona KTAR, Phoenix California KERN, Bakersfield KELW, Burbank KMJ, Fresno KTM, Los Angeles KLX, Oakland KFBK, Sacramento KGGC, San Francisco Colorado KFKA, Greeley Hawaii KGMB, Honolulu KGU, Honolulu Idaho KTFI, Twin Falls Montana KGCX, Wolf Point Oregon KFJR, Portland Utah KSL, Salt Lake City Washington KMO, Tacoma KIT, Yakima RECOMMENDS DENIAL FULL TIME Broadcasting station WHDH, Boston, applied for full time on its frequency of 830 kilocycles, using 1,000 watts power. The station now operates on part time. Report No. 502 (Hill, e). Recommends that application be denied. The Examiner found that both Boston and eastern Massachusetts receive adequate broadcast service at night and that “a sufficient showing of need for the service has not been made by the ap¬ plicant.” It was further found by the Examiner that the granting of the application would result in interference between stations WHDH and KOA ; it would substantially reduce the area served by Station KOA (also operating on 830 kilocycles) and “would deprive a large number of rural listeners of service from what is now their most dependable station.” SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATIONS The following companies have filed registration statements with the Federal Trade Commission under the Securities Act during the current week: Bancshares, Ltd., Jersey City, N. J. (2-134-1). Eastern Bond & Share Corpr., Philadelphia, Pa. (2-135-1). Inter-Allied Mining Corp., New York City (2-139-1). National Service Companies, Boston, Mass. (2-133-1). Redding Creek Placers, Ltd., San Francisco, Cal. (2-137-1). Southern States Breweries, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. (2-136-1). Transcontinental Precious Metals, Co., Flint, Mich. (2-138-1). Aurora Brewing Company, Aurora, Ill. (2-140-1). Carnegie Metals Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. (2-142-1). Montana Highlands Gold Mining Co., Butte, Mont. (2-143-1). Wamad Associates, Boston, Mass. (2-141-1). LAFOUNT URGES NRA COOPERATION “It is the patriotic, if not the bounden and legal duty of all licensees of radio broadcasting stations to deny their facilities to advertisers who are disposed to defy, ignore, or modify the codes established by the NRA,” Commissioner Harold A. Lafount de¬ clared on August 14. “Under the Radio Act the Commission has no right of censorship,” he said. “However, the Commission has the right to take into con¬ sideration the kind of progVams broadcast when licensees apply for renewals. • Page 118*