NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

have your assurance, therefore, that the arrangement has the ap¬ proval of your Commission. The contents of this letter have been appoved by the licensee of the station. Very truly yours, (s) Alfred E. Smith, Chairman of the Board.” “Hon. Alfred E. Smith, Chairman of the Board, Federal Broadcasting Corp., 1697 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir: The Commission is in receipt of your letter of December 6 advis¬ ing that the Federal Broadcasting Corporation and Knickerbocker Broadcasting Company, licensee of radio station WMCA, construe the agreement between them as consistent with the views expressed in my letter to you under date of November 3, last. So construed, the Commission has no objection to the agreement. Very truly yours, E. O. Sykes, Chairman.” COMMISSION STUDYING HIGH FREQUENCIES The Federal Radio Commission is giving study to a proposal to open up the bands between 1500 and 1600 kilocycles for experi¬ mental broadcasting. It is understood that the proposal suggests that there be allocated in these bands several channels for experi¬ mentation with high quality transmission. No action has as yet been taken on the proposal. SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATION The following companies filed registration statements with the Federal Trade Commission under the Securities Act during the current week: Alaska Gold Mountain Mines, Ltd., Los Angeles, Calif. (2-476) R. D. Arveson, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (2-471) Blaise-Iberville Garage, Inc., New Orleans, La. (2-474) Bulkley Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio. (2-479) Edwin L. Lobdell and others, Chicago, Ill. (2-477) Consolidated Motors Corporation, Lima, Ohio. (2-473) R. M. Hollingshead Corporation, Camden, N. J. (2-478) PBA Investors Corporation, Newark, N. J. (2-470) Pleasant Valley Wine Company, Rheims, N. Y. (2-475 ) Supervised Shares, Inc., Jersey City, N. J. (2-472) Bulkley Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio. (2-480) Kentucky Products Company, Hobbs, Ky. (2-481) Long Island Lighting Company, New York City. (2-482) United Distillers of Canada, Ltd., Vancouver, B. C. (2-483) Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc., New York City. (2-484) Saint Francis Hospital Properties Company, San Francisco, Calif. (2-485) Saint Francis Hospital Properties Company, San Francisco, Calif. (2-486) Mission Dry Corporation, New York City. (2-487) Lancaster-Davis, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. (2-488) Protective Committee, Textile Crafts Building, New York City. (2-489) Protective Committee Park Chambers, Inc., New York City. (2-490) H. Porter Distilling Company, Inc., Agawam, Mass. (2-491) Marbuan Gold Mines, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. (2-492) Muscle Shoals Realty Associates, Caldwell, N. J. (2-493) F. A. Poth’s Sons, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. (2-494) Capitol Freehold Land Trust, Chicago, Ill. (2-495) Mammoth Mines Corporation, Seattle, Wash. (2-496) Old Lewis Hunter Distillery Company, Lexington, Ky. (2-497) Willett Oil Company, Atascadero, Calif. (2-498) Bondholders Protective Committee for Security Realty Co., St. Louis. (2-499) COMMISSION UPHELD IN WGN CASE The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia this week upheld the Federal Radio Commission in the case brought against it by Station WGN, Chicago. WGN protested against the decision of the Commission granting Stations WBBM and KFAB permission to syuchronize during cer¬ tain night hours. It was not claimed by WGN that any inter¬ ference would result from the operation. The station objected on the ground that granting of the permission might result in loss of facilities in the zone and state. In its decision the Court calls atten¬ tion to the fact that the decision of the Commission is only for experimental purposes, and that “further action of the Commission must be had before the modification becomes final.” “Moreover,” says the Court, “inasmuch as synchronization is not yet recognized by the Commission as a regular broadcasting service, no addition is made to the quota of either city, state, or zone involved, because of the present order.” WGN also brought up several other points against the Commission’s decision, all of which were overruled by the Court. RADIO COMMISSION APPROPRIATIONS The Bureau of the Budget may recommend to Congress an ap¬ propriation of $666,886 for the Federal Radio Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1934. The Commission is now operat¬ ing under a budget of $640,000. Most of the increase provides for a 5 per cent increase in salaries which is to be allowed govern¬ ment employees effective July 1 next. WMBR WILL MOVE TO JACKSONVILLE The Radio Commission has upheld Report No. 526 of Examiner Ralph L. Walker in which it was recommended that the license of Station WMBR be assigned from F. J. Reynolds to F. J. Rey¬ nolds, Inc., and that the station be moved from Tampa to Jackson¬ ville, Fla. The Commission found that the removal of the station from Tampa to Jacksonville will bring “about a more equitable dis¬ tribution of radio facilities” and that “no interference may reason¬ ably be expected from the proposed change in the location of Station WMBR.” WATERBURY, CONN., STATION FAVORED Harold Thomas applied to the Radio Commission for a construc¬ tion permit for a new broadcasting station to be located at Waterbury, Conn., to operate on a frequency of 1190 kilocycles, daytime, with 100 watts power. Report No. 529 (Ralph L. Walker, e.) this week recommended that the application be granted. The Examiner states that “it appears that the applicant is finan¬ cially able and technically qualified to construct and operate the proposed station ; that the operating assignment specified can be used without objectionable interference to existing stations; that the community to be served is now dependent upon distant stations • Page 257 •