Broadcasting (Jan-June 1933)

WNAX, Yankton, S. D. — Granted a modified CP to install new transmitter and to increase D power from 1 kw. to 2Vi kw. (facilities of KGFX and KGDA) ; commencing date July 5 and required date of completion Oct. 5. KGDA, Mitchell, S. D. — Motion dismissed to reconsider and revoke decision of Commission of Feb. 10, whereby facilities of this station were given to WNAX. WIBO and WPCC, Chicago — dismissed petition and supplemental petition asking for reconsideration and reopening of Commission's decision Oct. 6, 1931, whereby the facilities of these stations were granted to WKJS, Gary, Ind., on the ground that the Commission is without authority to take such action. WAPI, Birmingham, Ala. (Ex. Rep. 473) — CP granted to WAPI on Nov. 7, 1931, authorizing an increase in power from 5 kw. to 25 kw. modified so as to permit commencement of construction by June 17, and completion of construction by Dec. 17, sustaining Chief Examiner Yost. WCOC, Meridian, Miss. — Granted special temporary authority to reduce hours of operation from unlimited to specified. KGKL, San Angelo, Tex. — Granted special temporary authority to reduce hours of operation from unlimited to specified until July 1. KGDA, MitcheU, S. D.— Authorized to remain silent pending entry of further order and pending consideration of petition for reconsideration. JUNE 13 KGIZ, Grant City, Mo. — Granted renewal of license and dismissed application from hearing docket; 1500 kc, 100 w., unlimited time. KUJ, Walla WaUa, Wash.— Granted renewal of license, 1370 kc, 100 w., 6 a.m. to LS ; also special authority permitting unlimited time experimentally during next license period. KGCA, Decorah, la. — Granted authority to remain silent from July 15 to July 23 in order to permit personnel to take a vacation. WHAZ, Troy, N. Y.— Granted authority to remain silent on Monday nighta from Aug. 7 to Sept. 4 inclusive. WGNY, Chester Township, N. Y.— Granted authority to operate from 6 to 9 a.m., EDST, for one week in addition to regular broadcasting schedule to make field intensity survey. WKFI, GreenviUe, Miss. — Granted authority to remain silent 90 days to rebuild transmitter. WAZL, Hazleton, Pa. — Granted special temporary authority to operate a maximum of four hours D only, simultaneously with WILM from July 1 to January 1. Set for hearing : KROW, Oakland, Cal. — CP to increase hours of operation from sharing with KFWI to unlimited, install present equipment of KFWI and facilities of KFWI requested ; also request modification of license to change hours from sharing with KFWI to unlimited; WLWL, New York — Modification of license to increase hours of operation from specified hours to unlimited time ; WPRO, Providence, R. I. — Special experimental authority to change frequency from 1210 to 630 kc, increase power from 100 to 250 w. experimentally and install new equipment. Examiner's Report . . . WJBY, Gadsden, Ala. — Chief Examiner Yost recommended (Report 485; Dockets 1664 and 1697) that application for renewal of license and for CP to change equipment and move station locally be granted. The renewal is temporary, pending Commission action on other applications from Alabama. "Radio Sales Meetings" JOHN H. KNAPP, the vice president and director in charge of National Sales of the Norge (refrigerator) Corp., Detroit, began a series of "radio sales meetings" over KMOX, St. Louis, June 9, at 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Following the method used in similar national radio sales meetings, Mr. Knapp will, from a KMOX studio, address the authorized Norge dealers and their salesmen in the Metropolitan St. Louis area and in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois, all of whom will be gathered in designated spots to "attend". Covering Conference COVERING the "World Economic Conference at London, which opened June 12 with the worldwide broadcast by King George, are William Hard for the NBC audience and H. V. Kaltenbom for CBS. They are being heard, along with notables of the conference whom they bring before the microphone, in periodical Transatlantic relays to their respective networks. Assisting Mr. Hard at London are Frederick Bate, NBC London representative, and Dr. Max Jordan, NBC Central European manager, TRIBUTE is paid the late Judge Stephen B. Davis, who as solicitor of the Department of Commerce was largely responsible for the enactment of the Radio Law of 1927, in an article in the April Air Law Review, journal of the American Academy of Air Law and the American Section of the International Committee on Radio. The author is Bethuel M. Webster, Jr., former general counsel of the Radio Commission. n Smart surroundinss WASHINGTON The pleasure of your visit to Wash ington will be enhanced by smart surroundings in Hay-Adams House. This hotel, located near the Federal Radio Commission and business district, offers the best in accommodations. Write or wire NATHAN SlNROD,MANAGER, for further Information. Hav-Adams House Opposite the White House Full Time for WHOM FULL TIME operation on the 1450 kc. channel was awarded WHOM, Jersey City, by the Radio Commission June 2 through acquisition of the one-fourth time heretofore held by WBMS, Hackensack, N. J. The station previously acquired the time on the channel held by two other New Jersey stations. Sponsoring of Pacific Grid Games to Continue SPOKANE, Wash.— The broadcasting of Pacific Coast Conference football games will be continued during the 1933 season, with each conference institution assuming complete control of the sponsorship and distribution of the broadcasts. This was decided at the meeting here June 9-10, at which radio was represented by Lloyd C. Yoder, NBC press relations; Harrison Holliway, KFRC; Ernest Smith, Hearst sports announcer, and Harold Deal, advertising manager. Standard Oil Co., San Francisco. Sponsorship of the games by commercial concerns will be allowed through arrangements with the host schools. Overlapping broadcasts are to be eliminated as a protection for local games, except by agreement among the colleges and universities affected in any particular instance. KWKH is Sold Subject To Commission Action SALE of KWKH, Shreveport, La., by W. K. Henderson to the International Radio Corp. for |50,000 was announced June 5. The deal is subject to Radio Commission approval as a voluntary assignment of license, but litigation involving the station before the Commission makes approval uncertain. Deletion of KWKH and award of full time on the 850 kc. clear channel to WWL, New Orleans, with which it shares facilities was recommended to the Commission by Examiner E. W. Pratt several weeks ago. Oral arguments on that report were scheduled before the Commission June 14, at which time the projected voluntary assignment also was to be presented. Henderson's retirement from radio is involved in the transaction. He has been one of radio's stormy petrels and has appeared before the microphone for many years. The International Corp., of which Sam D. Hunter, New Orleans oil man and capitalist, is the chief stockholder, was one of the applicants for KWKH's time at the hearing before the Commission, but later withdrew. OPERATOR WANTED Small network station middlewest seeks broadcast transmitter operator. Salary must be reasonable. Box 101, Broadcasting. TO ENCOURAGE creative musical talent in Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Commission is conducting a composers contest. 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