Broadcasters’ news bulletin (Jan-June 1932)

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Mpy 28, 1932 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED (continued) THIRD ZONE (continued) The applicant is now licensed to operate unlimited time with power of 250 Wetts on 1120 kc. The closest stations to Orlando on the frequency requested are Stations WOBU, Charleston, West Virginia, and WSAZ , Huntington, West Virginia, "both stations sharing time with power of 250 watts at night. The approximate distance from Orlan¬ do to Hiintington and Charleston is 710 miles. Tlie recommended separation under the Commission Engineering Division mileage tables for simultaneous operation in similar circumstances is 560 miles. The granting of the application would not involve the quota. FOURTH ZONE 4-PB-2596 NEW G-, C. Redfield, C. P. new station with 1 ITvT on Rapid City, South Dakota 570 kc to share time with Sta¬ tion WNAX. The frequency requested is now assigned to Station WNAX, Yankton, South Dakota. The distance from the proposed location to Yankton is approximately 320 miles. The granting of the application would not involve the quota. 4-PB-2546 ZSO Iowa Broadcast irg Company C. P. amended request move Clarinda, Iowa studio to Des Moines, Iowa, in¬ stead of Creston; transmitter location to he determined and change from 1360 kc ; 500 watts sharing with WKBH at night to 1370 kc; 100 watts, 250 watts LS unlimited time. The applicant is at present licensed to share with Station ^TKBH, La Crosse, Wis consin. Wthe granting of this application would move the station approximately 85 miles north. The quota charge to the station is now 0.45 unit. The granting of the application would make the quota charge 0.3 unit. 4-PB-2599 KGNO Dodge City Broadcasting Co. C. P. change frequency to 1340 Dodge City, Kansas kc; increase power to 250 watts with unlimited time. The applicant station is now licensed to operate unlimited time on 1210 Ic with power of 100 watts. On the requested frequency the closest station to Dodge City is Station WCOA, Pensacola, Florida, operating unlimited time with power of 500 watt and approximately 900 miles distant. The next closest station is Station WSPD, Toledo, Ohio, operating unlimited time with 1 KW and approximately 930 miles distant The mileage tables of the Commission Engineering Division recommend under similar circumstances a separation of 770 miles in the instance of a 250 watt and a 500 watt station operating simultaneously on the same channel; °nd in the case of a 250 watt and 1 KW, a separation of 1050 miles is recommended. The Fourth Zone is over quote; Kansas is due 5,55 unit and is assigned 4.81 units. The granting of the application would increase the quota.