Broadcasters’ news bulletin (Jan-June 1932)

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June 4, 1932 APPLICATIONS EECEIVED During the current week the following applications were received at the Com mission. EEC FILE CALL NAME OF APPLICANT NATURE OF APPLICATION SECOND ZONE 2-I4LB-1010 IVEHE Erie Dispatch-Herald Broad¬ casting Corp. , Erie, Pa. Mod. Lie. change name to Erie Broadcasting Corporation. 2-PB-2603 \vwsw Walker & Downing Radio Corp. Pittsburgh, Pa. C. P. install new transmitter; increase day power from 100 to 250 watts. The applicant is now licensed to operate unlimited time with 100 watts both day and night on 1500 kc. Tne closest stations to Pittsburgh on this assignment are: WNBF, Binghamton, N. Y. , approximately 240 miles distant; and WPEN, Philadelphia, Pa. approximately 250 miles distant. The granting of the application would increase the quota 0.1 unit. The St-cond Zone is under quota; Pennsylvania is cnder quota. 2-PB-2602 WOOD Ivunsky-Trendle Brdcstg. Corp. Gr'=>nd Rapids , Michigan C. P, move transmitter from Furwood to Grand Rapids. 2-PB-2601 WHAS The Courier Journal Co, , & Tile Louisville Times Co. Louisville , Kentucky C. P. erect auxil. transmitter at 300 W. Liberty Street, to operate with 1 IGV. THIRD ZONE 3. .alb-434 mm The Brownsville Herald Pub¬ lishing Co., Brownsville, Texas Vol. assgn. lie. to Fr-ank P. Jackson. 3-MLB-1012 WBIG No. Carolina Broadcasting Co. Inc. Greensboro, N. C. Mod. Lie. increase power from 500 to 1000 watts LS. The applicant is now licensed to operate unlimited time on 1440 kc with day and night power of 500 watts. The closest stations to Greensboro on this frequency are WCBA and WSAIJ, both sharing time at Allentown, Pa. , with power of 250 watts. The distance is approximately 400 miles. The granting of the application would in¬ crease the quota 0.2 unit. The Third Zone is over quota; South Carolina is under quota . 3-l\CLB-1011 WSPA The Voice of South Carolina Mod. Lie. change frequency to Spartanburg, South Carolina 880 kc with power of 250 watts and unlimited time. The applicant is now licensed to operate unlimited time with power of 100 watts 250 watts LS on 1420 kc. Tlie closest stations to Sp-'^rtanburg on the reauested fre-quenej' are WCOC , Meridian, Miss., operating unlimited time with 500 watts, approxi¬ mately 430 miles distant; and WGBI J^nd WQA^, both sharing time at Scranton, P=. , with power of 250 watts. The latter distance is approximately 540 miles. The mileage tables of the Commission Engineering Division recommend a seuaration of 7 70 miles in tha case of a 250 watt and a 500 watt station operating simultaneously on the same channel. The Tliird Zone is over quota; South Carolina is under quota. Tijx granting of this application would increase the quota 0.1 unit.