NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATIONS KFPY RECOMMENDED FOR FREQUENCY CHANGE The following companies filed registration statements with the Federal Trade Commission under the Securities Act during the current week : Accumulative Royalties Corp., Tulsa, Okla. (2-221) Central Idaho Mining & Milling Company, Seattle, Wash. (2225) Cram’s, Inc., Portland, Ore. (2-224) Eagle Bird Mine, Inc., New York City. (2-227) Faith Oil Corporation, Wichita Falls, Kans. (2-226) Gulf Coast Water Company, Bay City, Texas. (2-229) Kelly Gold and Silver Mines, Inc., Wilmington, Del. (2-228) Mines & Metals Corporation, Tucson, Ariz. (2-220) Morgan Industries, Inc., Dover, Del. (2-223) New University Realty Company, Inc., New Orleans, La. (2222) RECOMMENDS KGIR FREQUENCY CHANGE Station KGIR, Butte, Mont., applied to the Radio Commission to change its frequency from 1360 to 1340 kilocycles. In Report No. 509 recommendation is made that the application be granted (Ralph L. Walker, e.). The station did not ask for any time or power change. It operates unlimited time. The Examiner found that interference now exists within the one millivolt contour of Station KGIR. “In the event KFPY vacates the 1340 kilocycle assignment,” the Examiner says, “this inter¬ ference can be eliminated by the assignment of KGIR to that frequency, to the benefit of the public and without detriment to any other station.” DANBURY, CONN., CASE DEFAULTED Donald E. Bean and Wendell S. Clark, operating as the Con¬ necticut Broadcasting Company, applied to the Radio Commis¬ sion for a construction permit for a new station to be erected at Danbury, Conn. They requested a frequency of 1310 kilocycles, daytime operation. In Report No. 509 (George H. Hill, e.) it is recommended that the application be denied. When the case was called for hearing no one appeared on behalf of the applicants and no evidence was submitted in support of the application. APPEAL FILED IN KWKH CASE An appeal was filed this week with the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia by the Ark-La-Tex Radio Corporation of Shreveport, La., also asking for a stay order in connection with a decision of the Radio Commission of September 15 in which it allowed the assignment of the license of Station KWKH, Shreve¬ port, to the International Radio Corporation. The appeal states that the appellants had on file with the Radio Commission at the time the decision was handed down, without hearing, an application for the use of the facilities of KWKH. APPLICANTS FAIL TO APPEAR Station WLCI, Ithaca, N. Y., asked for a license renewal on its frequency of 1210 kilocycles. In Report No. 510 it is recommended that the application be denied (George H. Hill, e.). When the case was called for hearing no appearance was made on behalf of the application. TWO NEW BRIEFS FILED During the current week the Radio Commission has filed two new briefs in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. One is in Docket No. 5846, the appeal of Station WREC against the Commission, with the Waterloo Broadcasting Company as intervener, and the other in Docket Nos. 5896 and 5917 of Station WJJD against the Commission. Stations KFPY, Spokane, Wash., and KSEI, Pocatello, Idaho, both applied to the Radio Commission to change their frequencies to 890 kilocycles. Recommendation is made in Report No. 507 (Ralph L. Walker, e.) that the application of KFPY be granted but that of KSEI be denied. KSEI now operates on a frequency of 900 kilocycles while KFPY operates on 1340 kilocycles. Both stations operate unlimited time. The Examiner found in this case that “objectionable interference will not result from the operation of either KSEI or KFPY on 890 kilocycles. Upon consideration of the facts shown, and the areas and population served and proposed to be served by each, it ap¬ pears that as between KSEI and KFPY, public interest will be better served by the operation of the latter station on 890 kilo¬ cycles.” QUOTA UNITS — SEPT, 23, 1933 FIRST ZONE Total ± Quota due State Due Assign. ± Units ±% N. Y. . . . 35.07 37.95 + 2.88 + 8 Mass. . . . 11.84 10.56 — 1.28 — 11 N. J. . . 11.26 11.73 + 0.47 + 4 Md. ... . 4.55 4.20 — 0.35 — 8 Conn. . . 4.48 4.00 — 0.48 — 11 P. R. . 4.30 0.50 — 3.80 — 88 Me. ... . 2.22 2.21 — 0.01 — 0 R. I. . . . 1.91 1.40 — 0.51 — 27 D. C. . . . 1.35 1.30 — 0.05 — 4 N. H. . . . 1.29 0.83 — 0.46 — 36 Vt . . 1.00 0.62 — 0.38 — 38 Del. ... . 0.67 0.62 — 0.05 — 7 V. I. . . . . 0.06 — 0.06 —100 Total . . . 80.00 75.92 — 4.08 — 5 SECOND ZONE Pa . . 27.63 20.12 — 7.51 — 27 Ohio . . 19.07 19.29 + 0.22 + 1 Mich . . 13.89 10.63 — 3.26 — 23 Ky . . 7.50 8.50 + 1.00 + 13 Va . . 6.95 9.50 + 2.55 + 37 W. Va . . 4.96 5.61 + 0.65 + 13 Total . . 80.00 73.65 — 6.35 — 8 THIRD ZONE Texas . . 16.22 23.12 + 6.90 + 43 N. Car . . 8.82 9.7S + 0.93 + 11 Ga . . 8.10 8.15 + 0.05 + 1 Ala . 7.37 6.42 — 0.95 — 13 Tenn . . 7.29 12.80 -f 5.51 + 76 Okla . . 6.67 8.44 ■ + 1.77 + 27 La . . 5.85 8.39 + 2.54 + 43 Miss . . 5.60 3.58 — 2.02 — 36 Ark . . 5.16 5.30 + 0.14 + 3 S. Car . . 4.83 2.00 — 2.83 — 59 Fla . . 4.09 8.45 + 4.36 +107 Total . . 80.00 96.40 +16.40 + 20 Page 183