NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1941)

William H. Amesbury, Minneapolis, Minn. — Granted motion for continuance of hearing and for Waiver of Rule 1.2S4, now scheduled for January 17 for a period of 30 days, on ap¬ plication for new station to operate on 630 kc., 1 KW, un¬ limited time; DA night and day. K\’AN — \'ancouver Radio Corp., X'ancouver, Wash. — Granted special temporary authority to operate simultaneously with KLX from 7;45 to 9;4S p. m., PST, January 11 and 24, in order to broadcast basketball games of the local High School Conference only; and from 7 to 9 p. m., PST, January 22, in order to broadcast .Annual .''kward to the Senior and Junior First Citizens of the city of Vancouver. WMRO — Martin R. O’Brien, Aurora, Ill. — Granted special temirorary authority to operate from local sunset (January 4:45 p. m., CST) to 11 p. m., CST, on January 17, 18, 21, 24 and .U, in order to broadcast basketball games only. K.4XZ — United .Air Lines Transport Corp., c/'o Aeronautical Radio Inc., Washington, D. C. — Granted special temporary au¬ thority to operate already licensed aircraft radio transmitter aboard plane owned by United Air Lines Transport Corp., call letters, KHAZT, as a relay broadcast station, on fre¬ quency 3790 kc., to relay from plane to station KGO broadcast program in connection with dedication of new airlines consolidated terminal in New York City from 4 to 8 p. m., PST, on January 8, to the NBC Blue Network. W2XWV — -Allen B. DuMont Labs., Inc., New York City. — Granted extension of special temporary authority to operate a SOwatt television transmitter on 60()00-86(MI() kc. at SlS Madison Ave., N. Y., for the period January 9 to February 7, in order to conduct field tests. KO.A — National Broadcasting Co., Inc., Denver, Colo. — Granted special temporary authority to rebroadcast an interview of a U. S. .Army pilot by an NBC announcer from 1:30 to 2 p. m., MST, on January 11, 1941 as a part of the “March of Dimes” special feature program transmitted from the airplane to be over an Army transmitter to be received by a special NBC receiving station located on top of a building at 1625 California St., Denver, Colo. Harold R. Deal, Tide Water .Asso. Oil Co., San Francisco, Calif. — ■Affirmed action taken by Commissioner Case on January 6, denying application of KWWJ Broadcast Co., Inc., Portland, Ore., for special temporary authority to operate night hours on 1040 kc., for basketball games on certain dates in January. WPER — Tropical Broadcasting Co., DeLand, Fla. — Granted modi¬ fication of construction permit which authorized a new broadcast station, for approval of antenna, install new transmitter and approval of transmitter and studio sites; 1310 kc., 250 watts, unlimited time. W.API — -Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of Alabama and -Alabama College (Board of Control of Station W.API), Birmingham, .Ala. — Continued hearing now scheduled for January 10, 1941, until January 29, 1941, in re application for renewal of license of Station W.API (Docket No. 5821). KRMC — Roberts MacNab Co. (a partnership consisting of Arthur L. Roberts, R. B. MacNab and .A. J. Breitbach), Jamestown, N. Dak. — Granted petition of Jamestown Broadcasting Company for reconsideration and grant without hearing the application for assignment of license of Station KRMC from Roberts MacNab Co. to Jamestown Broadcasting Co. (B4-.AL-276). WMMN — Monongahela Valley Broarlcasting Co., F'airmont, W. Va. — Upon consideration of petition for rehearing filed by Purdue University (WB.AA), W. Lafayette, Inc., the Com¬ mission modified its grant of October 22, 1940, of the application of Monongahela Valley Broadcasting Co. (WMMN) for construction permit to make changes in directional antenna for nighttime use and to increase power output from 1 KW night, 5 KW day, to 5 KW unlimited time on frequency 89(1 kc., so as to make such grant conditional upon the applicant obtaining from the Com¬ mission specific aporoval of a directive antenna which will enable Station WMMN to serve the F'airmont, W. Va., area, and at the same time will not cause a single limitation to Station WB.A.A greater than 4.7 mv, m. Earle C. -Anthony. Inc.. Hughes Productions Division of Hughes Tool Co.. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. — Grantetl (1) motion to dismiss petitions for rehearing filed December 6, 1940, by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., directed against the action of the Commission <if November 15, 1940, granting the a|.iplication of Earle C, .Anthony, Inc., for construction permit for television station in Los Angeles 54 — January 17, 1941 to operate on television channel No. 6, and making final its conditional grant of June 18, 1940, of application of Hughes Productions Div. of Hughes Tool Co. for construction permit for television broadcast station in Los Angeles to operate on television channel No. 2 instead of channel No. 3 as requested, and (2) to withdraw request filed December 6, 1940, by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., for hearing on its own application for construction permit for television broadcast station in Los Angeles to operate on television channel No. 3 instead of channel No. 8 as granted by the Commission November 15, 1940, The Commission has announced the following action: WMBD — WMBD Broadcasting Co., Peoria, Ill.; WEKI — Portable mobile; WPEO — Portable mobile; WEXH — Portable mo¬ bile; W.AIN — Portable mobile. — Granted petition to recon¬ sider and grant without hearing the application for assign¬ ment of license of Broadcast Station WMBD and four asso¬ ciated relay stations from WMBD Broadcasting Co. to Peoria Broadcasting Company; dismissed motion to strike the second issue upon which said application was scheduled to be heard; set aside Commission action in designating said application for hearing; and granting the application as requested. APPLICATIONS FILED AT FCC 550 Kilocycles WSV.A — Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting Corporation, Harrison¬ burg, Va. — Modification of construction permit (B2-P-2S78) as modified, requesting extension of required date of com¬ pletion from January 28, 1941 to July 28, 1941. KOY — Salt River Valley Broadcasting Co., Phoenix, -Ariz. — Con¬ struction permit to install a new transmitter and increase power from 1 KW to 1 KW, 5 KW, local sunset. 590 Kilocycles WKZO — WKZO, Incorporated, Kalamazoo, Mich. — Construction permit to increase power from 1 KW to 1 KW, 5 KW, local sunset and install new transmitter (using directional antenna night). -Amended: To change' type of requested transmitter, make changes in directional antenna for night use and change requested power from 1 KW, 5 KW, local sunset, to 5 KW day and night. 610 Kilocycles KFAR — Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co., Fairbanks, Alaska.— • -Authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment. 620 Kilocycles WROL — Stuart Broadcasting Corp., Knoxville, Tenn, — License to cover construction permit (B3-P-2435) for a new trans¬ mitter, and directional antenna for night use, increase in power, change in frequency and move, WROL — Stuart Broadcasting Corp., Knoxville, Tenn. — .Authority to determine operating power by direct measurement of antenna power. 880 Kilocycles WJHL — WJHL, Incorporated, Johnson City, Tenn, — License to cover construction permit (B3-P-2656) as modified, for equipment changes, installation of D. A. for night use, increase in power, change in frequency and move of trans¬ mitter. WJHL — WJHL, Incorporated, Johnson City, Tenn, — Authority to determine operating power by direct measurement. 1200 Kilocycles WENY — Elmira Star Gazette, Inc., Elmira, N. Y. — Construction permit to install new transmitter, directional antenna for dav and night use, change in frequenev from 1200 to 590 kc., increase power from 250 watts to IKW. 1210 Kilocycles KGY — KG A'", Inc., Olympia, Wash. — Construction permit to in¬ stall new vertical antenna and change hours of operation