Broadcasters’ news bulletin (Jan-June 1932)

May ?, 1932 DEITY mA iPPLlCAriOU Tho application of Station XllA., Shenandoah, Iowa, for authority to change fre¬ quency from 930 kc to 710 kc and change hours of operation from sharing with Station KGEZ, York, ITehralrsa, to Daytime, was denied hy the Commission this week, sustain¬ ing the recommendation of Examiner Pratt (Report ITo* 310) • The applicant statien operated "by the May Seed & ITorsery Company, sought authority to change to the re¬ quested day assignment on the ground that the station could "better serve the listen¬ ing public with a greater percentage of day hours than are now available to the station under its present time division v;ith the Nebraska station. At the hearing the granting of the application was opposed by Station NGN-TTLIB, Chicago, Illinois. In connection with the possibility of interference the Commission said: "Observa¬ tions and field intensity measurements of the signals delivered by Stations IQ'IA and NQ^T-ILID in the Shenandoah region reveal that Station WGN-WLIB, operating with 25 Kilowatts, on 720 kilocycles, with unlimited time at Chicago, Illinois, delivers a signal having a strength of 100 microvolts per meter or better throu^out a largo portion of the State of Iowa. In the Shenandoah region NG-N-NLIB’ s signal reaches a strength of approximately 100 microvolts per meter. The proposed operation of KMA on 710 kilocycles v/ould probably result in cross talk interference with the service of Y/GN-Y/LIB within an area bounded by a sixty m.ile radius of Shenandoah, However, at all points in this area, the signals delivered by WGN-^.7LIB is less than 500 microvolts per meter, Althou^ a signal of less than 500 microvolts, and even as low as 100 microvolts may, at infrequent intervals when static is low, give fair reception, it is of intermittent character, since static will interfere and fading will be experienced. The geographical separation between WGN-WLIB and Shenandoali is nearly twice the separation necessary under average conditions to avoid objection¬ able interference between the services of a 25 kilowatt station operating simulta¬ neously on a frequency 10 kilocycles removed from a 750 watt station during the day time. It does not appear that the proposed operation of IQ.Li would cause interference with the service of WGN-'^IB vTithin the good service areas of either station". The Commission concluded in deny^n^ the application that the proposed daytime operation of the Iowa station would/result in a greater se2rvice than is nov/ render¬ ed by the station on its present assignment and with its present power, and it was further held that the granting of the application would increase the quota of an already over quota State and Zone. The Commission also denied the application of Theodore E, Zemla, Leroy Pelletier and Harold T. Coughlan, of Pontiac, Michigan, for authority to erect a new broad¬ cast station on 800 kc with power of 500 watts and daytime operation. This action sustained the recommendation of Examiner ^yde (Report No. 348). The Commission found that there is no need for additional service as proposed by these applicants in the Pontiac area, and V7hile the proposed station would provide an outlet for broadcast originating locally, satisfactory showing was not made at the hearing indicating the proposed service would differ materially from that now available to listeners. LICMSED OPERATORS INCREASE A greater interest in radio, from the standpoint of operators is indicated in information made public this week by Director ¥. D, Terrell of the Commerce Depart¬ ment's Radio Division, Reports from the nine radio districts of the United States show that 4,387 persons took examinations for all classes of radio operator licenses in the first tliree months of 1932 compared with 3,772 in the same period of la.st year.