Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

WSUI. Iowa City, la. — Granted special authorization i operate special hours this month. NEW, Belcher Abstract & Title Co., Crescent City and ilureka, Cal.— Denied CP 3400 kc. 50 w. [Applications dismissed: NEW, Caldwell Bros., Mt. ■Ileasant, la. — Denied CP 1200 kc. 100 w. share with IjFJB ; WIBA, Madison, Wis. — Denied modification of i|:ense 1280 kc. 1 kw., unlimited time. ! Set for hearing : WTEL, Philadelphia — -Requests modii-ation of license to effect that WCAM be required to 'jiter into a time sharing agreement with WTEL and THAT so that WCAM can not change its operating ihedule without consent of WTEL and WHAT. WMBC, Detroit (Ex. Rep. 242) — Granted renewal of ipense and CP to move studio and transmitter locally, istaining Examiner Ellis A. Yost. IWLWL, New York (Ex. Rep. 288) — Granted renewal license, 1100 kc. 5 kw. shares with WPG, denied ad'tional time. 1 WPG, Atlantic City, N. J. — Granted renewal of license, I 00 kc. 5 kw. shares with WLWL, sustaining Examiner •llis A. Yost. WHDH, Gloucester, Mass. (Ex. Rep. 296) — Denied CP . move transmitter from Gloucester to Saugus, Mass., •versing Examiner Yost. KHQ, Spokane, Wash. (Ex. Rep. 314)— Denied modination of license to increase power from 1 kw. 2 kw. S. to 5 kw., sustaining Examiner Elmer W. Pratt. |WEAO, Columbus, O. (Ex. Rep. 318) — Granted reewal of license to operate on 570 kc. 750 w., sharing ith WKBN, hours of operation as follows : Monday, f to 11 a.m., 1 to 3 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m. ; Tuesday, to 11 a.m., 1 to 3 p.m. ; Wednesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 1 to p.m. and 8 p.m. to 12 midnight; Thursday, 9 to 11 1 to 3 p.m. ; Friday, 9 to 11 a.m., 7 p.m. to 12 ddnight ; Saturday, 1 p.m. to 12 midnight. No Sunday 4urs. WKBN, Youngstown, O. — Granted renewal of license to ijerate on 570 kc. 500 w., sharing with WEAO, hours of jjeration as follows : Monday, 6 to 9 a.m. ; 11 a.m. to 1 jm., 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., 10 p.m. to 12 midnight; Tuesday, to 9 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 p.m. to 12 midnight; 'ednesday, 6 to 9 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 to 8 p.m. ; Thursday, 6 to 9 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 p.m. to 12 iidnight; Friday, 6 to 9 a.m., 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturj»y, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. ; Sunday, 6 a.m. to 12 midnight, •staining Examiner Ralph L. Walker in part. MARCH 8 NEW, Granite State Broadcasting Corp., Portsmouth, . H. — Granted CP to operate on 740 kc. 250 w., D. KSEI, Pocatello, Idaho — Granted CP to make changes equipment and increase D. power from 250 to 500 w. WASH, Grand Rapids, Mich. — Granted modification of pense covering authority to use transmitter and studio WOOD. WEBC, Superior, Wis. — Granted permission to make ;ld intensity measurements in the metropolitan area of jperior, for purpose of determining a new site for ansmitter of WEBC. WSB, Atlanta— Granted extension of 30 days to make 2ld survey for location of new site of transmitter, j W2XDY and W2XDZ, New York— Granted authority | use these two stations in vicinity of Hopewell, N. J., •om March 5 to 11. Set for hearing : KMJ, Fresno, Cal.— CP to move transmitter from 1500 block Van Ness, corner Calavaras, i-esno, to a location to be determined by use of port,)le ; change frequency from 1210 to 580 kc, increase jwer from 100 to 500 w. and change equipment. MARCH 11 [ WEVD, New York — Granted modification of CP extendig completion date to May 1. KGEW, Fort Morgan, Col. — Granted modification of CP ^tending completion date from March 7 to June 8. WAGM, Presque Isle, Me. — Granted license covering -ection of new station, 1420 kc, 100 w., unlimited time. WHN, New York — Granted 60-day extension of special Jthority to make field intensity survey to determine new te. WSAI, Cincinnati, O. — Granted authority to operate beveen hours of 2 and 2:30 a. m., March 12, on licensed ,aytime power of 1 kw. to determine transmission characristics. j KSOO, Sioux Falls, S. D. — Granted authority to operate multaneously with WRVA, March 11, 9 to 10:30 p. m., ST, and March 12, 7:30 to 10:30 p. m., in order to roadcast baseball game. . WQAM, Miami, Fla. — Granted authority to use auxiliary ansmitter pending final action on renewal application. | KVI, Tacoma, Wash. — Granted authority to operate multaneously with WJZ from 8 to 10 p. m., PST, March I) to 13. KGCU, Mandan, N. D. — Granted authority to operate ■om 1 to 6 p. m. ; 7 to 8 p. m. ; 9 to 10 p. m., and . :30 to 12 midnight, CST, March 12. . KLPM, Minot, N. D. — Granted authority to operate om 7 a. m. to 1 p. m. ; 6 to 7 p. m. ; 8 to 9 p. m. ; 10 !■ 11:30 p. m., CST, March 12. Set for hearing : KDYL, Salt Lake City — Temporary cense granted and application for renewal set for hearJg because facilities of station have been applied for; *JAS, Pittsburgh — Requests modification of license to riange frequency from 1290 kc to 1020 kc, increase swer from 1 kw. to 2V2 kw. LS, to 5 kw. (Facilities of iYW, Chicago) ; KTAB, (now KABC) The Associated roadcasters, Inc., San Francisco, Cal. — Application for •newal of license set for hearing because of certain rograms broadcast over this station and for failure to inounce phonograph records. , Applications dismissed: WNBO, Silver Haven, Pa. — l-uthority to install automatic frequency control; KSO, ! larinda, la. — CP to move to Des Moines, i Action of examiners' reports : NEW, D. R. Wallace, Tulsa, Okla. (Ex. Rep. No. 331) -CP for new station to operate on 1210 kc, 100 w., i )urs not used by KGMP, withdrawn with prejudice, tstaining Examiner Ellis A. Yost. I WMCA, Knickerbocker Broadcasting Co., New York |i Ex. Rep. No. 323) — Granted CP to move transmitter om Hoboken, N. J., to Flushing, L. I., sustaining xaminer R. H. Hyde. Examiners' Reports . . . NEW, Shreveport Broadcasting Co., Shreveport, La. — Chief Examiner Yost recommended (Report 339; Docket 1485) that application for visual broadcasting CP be denied as in default because of failure to put in appearance. NEW, Pillar of Fire, Cincinnati — Examiner Pratt recommended (Report 340 ; Docket 1452) that application for 100 w. CP on 1420 kc be denied because service is not needed in Cincinnati area. NEW, Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Manhattan, Kans. — Examiner Pratt recommended (Report 841; Docket 1462) that application for visual broadcasting CP be denied on ground that grant would not serve public interest. WJBC, La Salle, 111., and WRJN, Racine, Wis.— Examiner Hyde recommended (Report 342 ; Dockets 1441, 1436 and 1440) that application of WJBC for change in frequency to 1500 kc. be denied, that application of WRJN for increase in D. power to 250 w. be denied and that request of WJBC for renewal on present assignment be granted. We Quite Agree (From a letter to the editor of Time, March 14) "Your article in the issue of Feb. 29 explaining your departure from radio advertisinc is unwarrantly bigoted and mean in its tribute to radio. Your blatant self-praise reminds me of a little boy thumbing his nose at a street car conductor after having reached his destination by hanging onto the rear end and raising hell. In plain words, your article is disgustingly ungrateful, and 'loaded propaganda' for more Time advertising. After having taken advantage of radio's hard-earned facilities, you top off your pound of flesh with sour grapes. . . . "What Time needs is a radio department to comment intelligently on new developments in radio, whether in re artists, sponsors or technology. Turning a deaf ear to radio wont stop its grim progress. Why not give credit where credit is due? . . . "Arthur J. Saltman "Boston, Mass." Editor's note — Time's remarks about radio, which it frankly agreed has fulfilled its purpose for the newsmagazine, struck us as being "sour grapes." It is idle even for the brilliant editors of Time to believe they have a monopoly on ideas ; that, as they put it, a governmental or public subsidy ought to be available to continue the March of Time program. That program idea, deservedly successful, will undoubtedly be continued soon by somebody else as a sponsored or sustaining feature. Washington Visitors* M. H. Aylesworth, NBC, New York. D. E. Kendrick and Robert Link, WFIW, Hopkinsville, Ky. Ormond O. Black, WAPI, Birmingham. John F. Royal and Roy Witmer, NBC, New York. Bond Geddes, Radio Manufacturers Ass'n, New York. Grantland Rice, New York. J. F. Hopkins, WJBK, Detroit. E. T. Peterkin, Radio Supervisor's Office, Detroit. Benj. Adler, RCA-Victor, Dallas. A. L. Ashby, C. W. Horn and P. J. Hennessey, Jr., NBC, New York. W. L. Foss, WCSH, Portland, Me. I. R. Baker, RCA-Victor, Camden, N. J. E. A. Beane and A. H. Ladner, Jr., WJJD, Mooseheart, 111. Walter C. Evans, Westinghouse, Pittsburgh. Levering Tyson, education-radio. New York. Frank W. Wozencraft, RCA-Victor, New York. W. G. H. Finch, WCAE, Pittsburgh. Harry Shaw, WMT, Waterloo, la. Henry A. Bellows, WCCO, Minneapolis. E. S. Sprague, NBC, New York. H. H. Carmen, WGBB, Freeport, N. Y. David Parmer, WRBL, Columbus, Ga. Franklin Ford, WHAP, New York. Charles Gaines, World Broadcasting System, New York. Walter Neff, WOR, Newark. Frank C. Page, Haraden Pratt and C. Y. Tuel, I. T. & T., New York. E. N. Nockels, WCFL, Chicage. * A register of visitors at the offices of the Federal Radio Commission, the National Association of Broadcasters and Broadcasting, March 1-12. "Helps All Advertising" THE SENATE urged on by Mr. Couzens of Michigan has instructed the Federal Radio Commission to look into government ownership of broadcasting facilities, to what extent radio is used for advertising and, "What plans might be adopted to reduce, to limit, to contrive and perhaps to eliminate the use of radio facilities for commercial advertising purposes." Radio is a serious — we almost said a dangerous— competitor of the advertising in this magazine. For that reason, perhaps, we should encourage the Senator in his campaign to eliminate radio advertising. But we don't and for two reasons. First, a new form of advertising helps all advertising, makes advertisers out of non-advertisers. As radio advertising is out to the test the advertiser learns what the magazine and the newspaper can do for him that the radio cannot and all forms of advertising are helped. That's the pocketbook argument. Second, we object to any increased government control of, or interference with, functions of business. If the public feels that its getting more advertising than it wants, then there will be a great silent boycott of radio that will ultimately make itself felt. And in addition to that we shudder to think what would leap out when the radio knob is turned if the Government controlled it and ap-< portioned the time among the various departments and independent establishments. Dill Copyright Bill (Continued from page 10) brought by such combination of copyright owners, or by any individual owner, for infringement of the copyright in any work which the said combination controls, the infringing party shall be liable — (a) To an injunction only with respect to works proved to have been infringed. Fixing Damages (b) To pay to the owner of the right infringed in lieu of actual damages and profits, damages in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and, in assessing such damage, the court may, in its discretion, allow the amounts stated as payment in full for all infringements by the infringing party of all works controlled by such combination up to the date of suit. Provided, That whenever any such combination of copyright owners shall discriminate or propose to discriminate against any person within a class of users operating under practically the same economic condition, or shall demand an unreasonable charge for license of the rights to any work which it permits to be used for public performance, then the Federal Trade Commission on request of the person desiring a license, or demanding equal treatment, shall designate a representative, who, together with the representative of the licensor and the representative of the person asking for a license or for equal treatment, shall constitute a committee of arbitration. Such committee is hereby authorized to revise or otherwise prescribe the fees or royalties which the said combination of copyright owners may collect from the aggrieved person in return for the grant or license, said fees and conditions to be such as to prevent discrimination. If such combination of copyright owners shall refuse to appoint a representative for arbitration on the request of any party aggrieved as aforesaid, the aggrieved party may petition the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for an order directing that such arbitration proceed as hereinbefore provided. Ten days' notice in writing of such application shall be made upon the defaulting party and a certified copy of such notice shall be served upon the Federal Trade Commission, which, for purposes of accepting service thereof, shall be deemed its agent. Any petition to the court hereunder shall be made and heard in the manner provided by law for the making and hearing of motions, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. A "VALUABLE textbook for use of the senior student, the junior engineer or the more experienced amateur has been prepared by Hugh A. Brown, assistant professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, under the title of "Radio Frequency Electrical Measurements" (McGraw-Hill Book Co., $4). About 70 measuring circuits are described. Viarch 15, 1932 • BROADCASTING Page 27