Broadcasters’ news bulletin (July 1932-Mar 1933)

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SeptemlDer 24, 1932 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED (Continued) THIRD ZONE (Continued) Tlie nearest station on tlie same frequency is WHEE wiiicli is 205 miles away while the engineering tables recommend a separation of 185 miles. The Third Zone is over quota bat the State of Arkansas is under quota. 3-EB-2S94 HEW J. E. Richards Pine Bluff, Arkansas Construction permit for new station to use 1340 kc-250 watts daytime. The nearest station to Pino Bluff on the same frequency is WCOA, Pensacola, Florida, using 500 watts power. It is 390 miles away while the engineering table recommends a sopatation of 260 miles. The Third Zone is over quota but the State of Arkansas is under quota. 3-AL— B-424 E/IAC W. W. McAllister San Antonio, Texas FOURTH ZONE Voluntary assignment of lie. to Walmac Company, Inc. 4-FB-2691 KG-FE Red River Brdcstg. Co. Inc. , Moorhead, Minnesota Construction permit to change transmitter and increase operating po^^er from 50 to 100 watts. KG-FK operates on a frequency of 1500 kilocycles with 50 watts power. The nearest station on the same frequency is KGIZ, 100 watts, at Grant City, Missouri, which is 4-60 miles from KGFK, The tables of the Engineering Division of the Com¬ mission recommend a separation of 185 miles. Both the State of Minnesota and the Fourth Zone are now over quota. 4-ML-B-1033 WIAS Iowa Broadcasting Coii5)any Ottumwa, Iowa Modification of license amend¬ ed to request facilities of KSO, Clarinda, Iowa. 4-ML-3-1034 KFGQ, Boone Biblical College Boone, Iowa 4-HB-2604 K17CR Cedar Rapids Broadcast Co, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Modification of license amend¬ ed to request facilities of KSO, Clarinda, Iowa. amended Construction permit /to request facilities of KSO, Clarinda, la. These three applications should be considered together inasmuch as they all ask for the facilities of KSO, Clarinda, Iowa, using 500 watts poiver and a frequency of 1380 kilocycles. Tlie nearest station on the same frequency is WKBH, using 1000 wakts power. The engineering tables of the Commission recommend a separation of 300 miles. WIAS is only 210 miles from WKBH; KFGQ is 190 miles from ^^TKBH; and lOTCR is 130 miles from In all Cases therefore the actual mileage is less than that reconsnended by the tables of the Commission. None of these changes would change the state or zone quota.