Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

NEW, Fresno Broadcasting Co., Fresno, Cal. (Ex. |;p. 290) — Denied as in default CP to operate on 1350 4, 500 w., unlimited time, sustaining Examiner Hyde. iNEW, Merle F. Jewell and Merinda C. Jewell, Hood ver. Ore. (Ex. Rep. 291) — Denied by default CP to Jerate on 1310 kc, 50 w., share with KMED, sustain, j Examiner Hyde. [KMED, Medford, Ore. (Ex. Rep. 291)— Granted reJwal of license, 1310 kc, 100 w., unlimited time, susIning Examiner Hyde. WOQ, Kansas City, Mo. — Denied motion to reconsider i mmission's recent decision deleting station WOQ and anting full time to KFH ; also denied request for oral jument thereon. KWKH, Shreveport, La. — Denied petition for rehearing matter of application for CP and modification of Hlse decided by the Commission Dec. 4, 1931. JANUARY 12 jWMAL, Washington, D. C. — Granted consent for voltary assignment of license to M. A. Leese Radio Corp. rtV'FIW, Hopkinsville, Ky. — Granted license covering relilding of station destroyed by fire, 940 kc, 1 kw., unlited time. WGBS, New York City — Granted modification of CP • changes in equipment to conform to G.O.'s 111, 115, :d 116; also granted license 1180 kc, 500 w., limited W"2XR, Long Island City, N. Y. — Granted modification license to change frequency 1600-1700 kc, television. KOL, Seattle, Wash. — Granted authority to erect and erate two broadcast pickup transmitters for SKI tourment Jan. 10-17. >XSOO, Sioux Falls, S. D. — Granted special authorizain to continue operating daily until 6:30 p. m., CST, Id on Sunday nights beginning at 930 p. m., CST, th reduction of power to 1 kw., subject to cancellatn at any time upon withdrawal of consent of station EVA, Richmond ; said authority to be for period belr.ing Feb. 1 and ending August 1, 1932. iV'JJD, Mooseheart, 111. — Granted special authority ■to Feb. 1 to Aug. 1, 1932, to operate until 8:30 p. m. * evening, CST, provided power of station is reced beginning 7:00 p. m. from 20 kw. to a reduction 50 per cent or 10 kw., within one hour thereafter, or S :00 p. m. ; on condition that no future requests for ?rating after 8 :00 p. m., CST, will be made. Set for hearing : NEW, Charlotte, N. C. — Wade H. Dellinger requests for visual broadcasting. ?JEW, Kansas City, Mo. — The First Natl. Television rp. requests CP for visual broadcasting. •JEW, Pittsburgh, Pa. — John Brownlee Spriggs reests CP 800 kc, 5 kw., D. WNBO, Silver Haven, Pa. — Requests CP to install new nsmitter. VIBA, Madison, Wis. — Requests modification of liise to increase night power from 500 w. to 1 kw. Miscellaneous: KGMP, Elk City. Okla— Applications olving assignment of license and petition of D. R. illace to intervene in the case granted, and case Tended to docket to hear further evidence. KGFW, Kearney, Neb. — Application for renewal of l?nse withdrawn from hearing docket; applicant for s station's facilities defaulted, and station is now ■ >rating 12 hours daily. Ixaminer's Reports . . . "JEW, The Community Broadcasting Co., Toledo, O., 1 Clayton B. Johnson, Sandusky, O. — Examiner Hyde ommended (Report 313; Dockets 1336 and 1363), that h applications for CP on 1500 kc, 100 w., unlimited _ denied as not within the public interest. IHQ, Spokane, Wash.— Examiner Pratt recommended eport 314; Docket 1317), that application for increase power from 1 kw., 2 kw. LS, to 5 kw. be denied as would be in violation of G .O. 40 and 102. JEW, Pittsburgh — Chief Examiner Yost recommended eport 315; Docket 1426), that application of Radio •ion Company for television CP to use 2850 to 2950 with 50 w. be denied on the ground that applicant is not sufficiently experienced in field. ^'HDL, Tupper Lake, N. Y. — Examiner Hyde recomnded (Report 317, Docket 1397) that order of revo :ion be revoked as charges against station were not ported by substantial evidence. IGW, Portland, Ore. — Examiner Pratt recommended eport 316, Docket 1186) that application of Oregonian ulishing Company for increase in power from 1 kw. 5 kw. be denied as it would be in violations of G. O. and 102. VEAO, Columbus, and WKBN. Youngstown, O. — "jammer Walker recommended (Report 318, Dockets 2 and 1339) that licenses be renewed with hours cred on 570 kc. as follows: WEAO, 9 to 11 a. m., "30 to 2:30 p. m. and 5 to 7 p. m. daily; WKBN, the laining hours. Advertisers Heed (From Printer's Ink, Dec 31) [E FEDERAL Radio Commission's recomndation last week, that every station owner re serious consideration to the Code of Ethadopted by the National Association of oadcasters is a compliment to the industry. expresses confidence in broadcasters' willmess to correct from within the industry any aknesses or unethical practices. ATe commend a study of this code to adverers. With their cooperation, the interests advertiser, broadcaster and public will be >tected. Without it, governmental interfer:e, now threatened, may become an actual Synchronization Status Considered at Hearing NBC Experiments With WTICWBAL Up for Extension HEARINGS to appraise the status of synchronization experiments being conducted by NBC with WTIC, Hartford, and WBAL, Baltimore, as a means of giving the two stations full-time operation, were begun before the Federal Radio Commission sitting en banc on Jan. 13. The Commission intends to decide whether the results justify continuance of the synchronized operation during regular program hours, and whether the type of apparatus used should be modified to conform with ideas developed by the commission's engineering division. Because the Commission refused to grant the recent application of CBS for a synchronized booster in Washington to operate on WABC's clear channel for economic as well as technical reasons, much interest attaches to the new hearings. WTIC has been synchronizing on alternate days on WEAF's frequency, while WBAL on those days has operated full time on 1060 kc, which it ordinarily shares with WTIC. On the other days, the reverse is true, with WBAL synchronizing with WJZ. The experiments have been conducted during regular program hours since last March, thus giving the Baltimore and Hartford stations full time on the air — half devoted to broadcasts on their shared frequency and half to synchronized network broadcasts. Opening Arguments OPENING arguments, John W. Guider, of counsel for WTIC, along with Louis G. Caldwell, said the parties involved intend to review progress made in the synchronization experiments to date, the difficulties encountered, and the engineering steps being taken to surmount them. Witnesses subsequently brought out that many of the kinks are being ironed out, and that a new type of "volume antenna," now in the laboratory stage, may prove the solution of the "mush" area problem. At least another year, it was indicated, is desired to cope with these problems. Witnesses for NBC and the synchronized stations testified that $32,000 has been invested recently in new apparatus which has not yet been installed and that more than $75,000 has Washington Visitors* Fred Weber, NBC, Chicago. Glenn I. Tucker, RCA, New York. Frank W. Wozencraft, RCA-Victor, New York. E. LeRoy Pelletier, and Theo. F. Zemla, Pontiac, Mich., new station applicants. Loyd A. Briggs, RCA, New York City. Harry Shaw, WMT, Waterloo, la. Sosthenes Behn and Frank Page, I. T. & T.. New York. Frank S. Hemingway, WMPC, Lapeer, Mich. M. A. Howlett, WHK, Cleveland. Leo Kennett. WSBT. South Bend. Ind. J. G. Cummings, WOAI, San Antonio. H. K. Carpenter, WPTF, Raleigh. John J. Storey, WTAG, Worcester, Mass. Paul W. Morency, WTIC, Hartford. Arthur B. Church, KMBC, Kansas City. E. H. Twambley, NBC, New York. A. B. Chamberlain, CBS, New York. Charles Evans Hughes, Jr., Mackay, N. Y. Daniel A. Read, WTIC, Hartford. Conn. C. W. Horn, A. L. Ashby and P. J. Hennessey, Jr., NBC, New York. Edgar Felix, New York City. Clarence Cummins, WRAK, Williamsport, Pa. Donald Flamm, WMCA, New York. Wvnan J. Williams, engineer, Albany, N. Y. J. Clayton Randall, WTIC, Hartford, Conn. F. R. Huber. G. W. Cooke and W. E. Baxter, WBAL, Baltimore. * A register of visitors at the offices of the Federal Radio Commission, the National Association of Broadcasters and Broadcasting, January 1-13. been spent thus far. Engineering witnesses testified that the technical advances thus far made warrant further study and test, and should not be consigned to early morning hours, when practical operating conditions are not available. Rep. John Q. Tilson, (Rep.) of New Haven, Conn., testified he had received petitions from many of his constituents complaining of "mush" resulting from WTIC's synchronization. One petition said that the reception of the NBC stations since the synchronization began has been "so distorted and garbled as to render radio sets useless." Daniel A. Read, secretary of Travelers Insurance Co., operating WTIC, recounted the history of the station and the reasons for the determination to engage in the synchronized operation. He said that the apparatus installed for the synchronization was paid for "without discount" by WTIC. His testimony was supplemented by that of Paul W. Morency, general manager of WTIC; Wynan J. Williams of Albany, engineering consultant and professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and by J. Clayton Randall, chief engineer of WTIC. Reduced Power Used MR. WILLIAMS testified that WTIC has been forced to step down its power during the synchronization periods and that the power has 5 kw. day, and varied between 5 kw. and IV2 kw. at night, although the station now is using 5 kw. both day and night when synchronized. WTIC uses its licensed 50 kw. at all other times. He said the mush areas are not so much in evidence during the early morning tests but have developed because of a combination of factors. Other traffic on the "leads" of the telephone circuits used in synchronizing, he declared, has thrown the frequencies out of phase. The eleven-year sun-spot cycle, now at its peak, has caused serious fading of an abnormal character, he declared, under questioning by Mr. Caldwell. Equipment proposed to be installed next month which would change the synchronizing signal from 5,000 to 4,000 cycles, thus assuring greater stability, is promising, he said. Appearing for the two NBC stations were A. L. Ashby, vice-president and general attorney, P. J. Hennessey, Jr., counsel, and Charles W. Horn, general engineer. For WBAL, William E. Baxter, Baltimore, appeared as counsel, with Frederick R. Huber, manager, and Gerald W. Cooke, chief engineer, as witnesses. Appearing for the Commission were George Porter, assistant general counsel, and Andrew W. Ring, broadcast engineer. The latter was to testify later on Commission observations and recommendations. Considerate Radio Announcer (From the Christian Science Monitor) WHEN RADIO Station WOR puts its news flashes on the air at 10:45 each evening, the announcer prefaces the bulletins with a courteous reminder to his listeners that the time has arrived to turn down the volume of their receiving sets in order that they may not disturb their neighbors. Probably an incalculable amount of good is being done by these announcements in the way of increasing good will among dwellers in thickly settled areas. For it is likely that comparatively few persons would intentionally disturb the peace. They value too highly themselves the quiet that is so much to be desired when their own bedtimes approach. People who annoy their neighbors by running the radio too loud are, we like to think, generally thoughtless rather than malicious. Many persons enjoy keeping up a cheerful noise of one sort or another, and the radio is a mechanical provider of din for the insensitive. However, a hint now and then in the form of a good-humored telephone call, a mild note, or even a well-considered personal request, will sometimes work wonders in helping the careless to be more considerate. Many a loudspeaker must have been modulated in response to Station WOR's gentle reminder. Other stations might well pass along the same hint when 11 o'clock approaches. nuary 15, 1932 • BROADCASTING Page 27