NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

Colonial Distilleries Products, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. (2-284) Committee for the Protection of Holders of Bonds Known as Detroit Olympia Building Six and One-Half Per Cent First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Bonds, Detroit, Mich. (2-271) Distillers Products Corporation, Weehawken, N. J. (2-273) Foust Distilling Company, Glen Rock, Pa. (2-270) Golden West Mining Company, Libby, Mont. (2-276) Huron Copper Company, Tacoma, Wash. (2-288) Knoxville Gas Company, Knoxville, Tenn. (2-280) Messenger Corporation, Auburn, Ind. (2-272) Transcontinental Oil & Gas Corporation, Hornell, N. Y. (2-283) Mt. Ophir Mining Company, Lancaster, Calif. (2-282) National Address Plate Company, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (2-278) New York Tobacco & Commodities Exchange, New York City. (2-279) Old Gilmore Distillery, Inc., New York City. (2-287) Olymphia, Inc., Detroit, Mich. (2-274) Peerless Motor Car Corporation, New York City. (2-285) Shamrock Gold Mining Company, Downieville, Calif. (2-277) LAFOUNT AMENDS RESOLUTION Commissioner Lafount withdrew his resolution of October 3, 1933, requiring detailed reports to the Federal Radio Commission of all transfer of stock, and in lieu thereof submitted the following resolution which was referred to the Legal Division for study and report: “WHEREAS Section 12 of the Radio Act of 1927 as amended provides that the station license required by the Act, the frequen¬ cies or wave length or lengths authorized to be used by a licensee and the rights therein granted shall not be transferred, assigned or in any manner either voluntarily or involuntarily disposed of to any person, firm, company, or corporation without the consent in writing of the licensing authority, and WHEREAS Section 10 of the Radio Act of 1927 provides that all applications for instruments of authorization shall set forth such facts as the licensing authority by regulation may prescribe as to the citizenship, character, financial, technical and other quali¬ fications of the applicant to operate the station, the ownership and location of the proposed station, etc., and WHEREAS Section 21 of the Radio Act of 1927 provides that the rights acquired by any licensee shall not be assigned or other¬ wise transferred to any person, firm, company, or corporation with¬ out the approval of the licensing authority, and WHEREAS it has come to the attention of the Commission that several licensees of stations which are owned by corporations have changed their identity through a change of stock ownership of such corporations to such an extent as to constitute a complete change in the parties actually operating the station, and WHEREAS such changes in the actual operation of the stations were accomplished without notification to the Commission and no existing rule or regulation required the Commission to be notified thereof, and WHEREAS the Commission has no means of determining when such changes occur or whether they will serve public interest, con¬ venience and necessity, and the result of such lack of rule or regu¬ lation with reference thereto has been the considerable trafficking in station licenses without the control of the Commission, and WHEREAS under the sections of the Radio Act of 1927 here¬ inabove set forth, the Commission has the power of making regula¬ tions to secure information as to any or all changes in stock owner¬ ship which may result in the change in the actual operation of the station for the purpose of carrying out its duty of determining whether such changes constitute an assignment of license and will serve public interest, convenience and/or necessity NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Federal Radio Commission revise its form of application for renewal of license and/or construction permit to include the following ques¬ tions: Give list of stockholders of record owning 10% or more of the stock of the licensee corporation as of renewal date showing the number of shares held by each, the city and state in which each resides, and the citizenship of each. List of officers as of renewal date, city and state where each resides, and citizenship of each. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Commission amend its Rules and Regulations so as to require licensee corporations to report to the Commission the transfer of 10% or more of its stock to any purchaser during any license period, together with the name of each such stockholder and the citizenship and residence of each such purchaser.” LAFOUNT FOR INCREASED DAY POWER Commissioner Lafount submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the Legal and Engineering Divisions for study and report: “WHEREAS Section 9 of the Radio Act of 1927 declares: ‘That the people of all the zones established by Section 2 of the Act are entitled to equality of radio broadcasting service, both of trans¬ mission and of reception,’ and WHEREAS radio broadcasting stations separated by kilocycles and miles consistent with the recommendations of the Engineering Division are less effective during daylight hours, and WHEREAS the public is entitled to satisfactory reception of both day and night programs, and WHEREAS many important programs, including weather and crop reports, are broadcast during the day, I MOVE THAT an increase of day power not in excess of fifty per cent of the authorized night power be granted any regional station making a satisfactory showing of the necessity therefor, and that such increased day power be not charged to quota pro¬ viding the mileage and kilocycle separation is consistent with the current recommendations of the Engineering Division. If the mileage and kilocycle separation is not as here provided, then any increased day power shall be charged to quota.” Discussing the resolution, Commissioner Lafount said: “There exists a necessity for additional day service in rural areas. The object here sought is to more nearly equalize the reception of radio signals.” MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS APPROVED The Board of Directors of the NAB held two meetings during the Convention at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. At each of these meetings the Managing Director presented for the action of the Board a number of applications for membership. All of the applications were approved and the list of 26 stations now being welcomed into the NAB follows: KCMC, Texarkana, Ark. KERN, Bakersfield, Calif. KFJR, Portland, Ore. KFPY, Spokane, Wash. KGCX, Wolf Point, Mont. KGEZ, Kalispell, Mont. KID, Idaho Falls, Idaho KLUF, Galveston, Tex. KSOO, Sioux Falls, S. D. KWG, Stockton, Calif. WBNX, New York, N. Y. WBOW, Terre Haute, Ind. WCAH, Columbus, Ohio WDOD, Chattanooga, Tenn. WESG, Elmira, N. Y. WGH, Newport News, Va. WHBF, Rock Island, Ill. WKBF, Indianapolis, Ind. WOPI, Bristol, Tenn. WRAM, Wilmington, N. C. WREN, Lawrence, Kans. WSFA, Montgomery, Ala. WSOC, Gastonia, N. C. WSUN, St. Petersburg, Fla. WTRC, Elkhart, Ind. WWRL, Woodside, N. Y. CONVENTION ATTENDANCE LIST A total of 229 members and guests attended the eleventh annual convention at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., last week. The registration list follows: Adler, Ben, RCA-Victor Company, Atlanta, Ga. ; Aitkenhead, John, WADC, Akron, Ohio; Anthony, Earl C., KFI-KECA, Los Angeles, Calif.; Arnoux, Campbell, KTHS, Hot Springs, Ark. Baker, I. R., RCA-Victor Company, Camden, N. J.; Baldwin, J. W., National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D. C.; Barroll, Hope, WFBR, Baltimore, Md.; Barth, H. C., WSYR, Syracuse, N. Y.; Bellows, Henry A., WJSV, Washington, D. C.; Bemis, W. H., Baker, Hostetler, Sidlo & Patterson, Cleveland, Ohio ; Benson, J., American Association of Advertising Agencies, New York, N. Y.; Benson, L. A., WIL, St. Louis, Mo.; Bill, E. L., WMBD, Peoria, Ill.; Bisbee, F. C., Electrical Research Products, Inc., New York, N. Y.; Bishop, F. L., KLZ, Denver, Colo.; Blair, J. P., Greig, Blair & Co., Chicago, Ill.; Bliss, S. H., WCLO, Janesville, Wis.; Bodec, Ben, Variety, New York, N. Y.; Boniel, R. D., Edward Petry & Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill.; Bowen, S. H., WIBX, New York, N. Y.; Brandon, W. M„ WOC-WHO, Daven¬ port, Iowa; Breen, Marie E., Station Representative, New York, N. Y.; Brennen, H. J., WJAS, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Brennen, K. H., WJAS, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bridges, W. C., WEBC, Duluth, Minn.; Buckwalter, I. Z., WGAL, Lancaster, Pa.; Burke, Rev. Wallace, WWL, New Orleans, La.; Burton, C. W., WEEI, Boston, Mass. Campbell, M. B., WFAA, Dallas, Tex.; Cargill, E. K., WMAZ, Macon, Ga.; Carpenter, H. K., WPTF, Raleigh, N. C.; Carter, M., Allied Broadcasting Corp., Hollywood, Calif.; Caulfield, S. W., WBNX, New York, N. Y. ; Chambers, J. A., WLW-WSAI, Cin¬ cinnati, Ohio; Chilton, A. L., KRLD, Dallas, Tex.; Church, Arthur B„ KMBC, Kansas City, Mo.; Clancy, J. F., WTIC, Hartford, Conn.; Codel, Martin, Broadcasting Magazine, Washington, D. C.; > Page 1 93 •