Broadcasting (Oct 1931-Dec 1932)

KLO, Ogden, Utah — Granted CP to move transmitter from Riverdale Road, near Ogden, to 10 Main St. Salt Lake City, and move studio from Ogden to Vermont Bldg., Salt Lake City. The following stations were granted suspension of working of Rule 145 to Sept. 1 : KOY, Phoenix, Ariz. ; WO WO, Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; WGL, Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; WBBC, Brooklyn ; WODA, Paterson, N. J. ; WPHR, Petersburg, Va. ; KRMD. Shreveport, La. ; KXA, Seattle, Wash. : WJAK, Elkhart, Ind. ; WKBN, Youngstown, O. : KRGV, Harlingen, Tex.; WMCA, New York; WLBL, Stevens Point, Wis. ; KGBX, St. Joseph, Mo. ; WIBA, Madison, Wis. ; KICK, Red Oak. Ia. : WGAL, Lancaster, Pa. ; WMBG, Brooklyn ; WHBL, Sheboygan, Wis.; WAAW, Omaha, Neb.; WCRW. Chicago; WDEL, Wilmington, Del. ; WILM, Wilmington, Del. ; WDAS, Philadelphia : WOAI„ San Antonio, Tex. ; WFAA, Dallas, Tex. ; WMIL, Brooklyn : WJSV, Alexandria, Va. ; KWCR, Cedar Rapids, Ia. ; WEHS, Cicero, 111. ; WKBI, Cicero, 111. ; WHFC, Cicero. 111. ; WSBC, Chicago ; KGCU, Mandan, N. D. ; KFI, Los Angeles ; KFVS, Cape Girardeau, Mo. ; KMPC, Beverly Hills, Cal. ; WSUI, Iowa City. Ia. ; WCAJ, Lincoln. Neb.; KFXF, Denver; KVL, Seattle; KSOO, Sioux Falls, S. D. ; WHA, Madison, Wis. ; KPPC, Pasadena, Cal. ; KMTR, Los Angeles ; WBEN, Buffalo, N. Y. ; WJKS, Gary, Ind. ; WIBU, Poynette, Wis. ; WTAR-WPOR. Norfolk. Va. ; WEVD, New York ; WHBQ, Memphis, Tenn. ; KFYR, Bismarck, N. D. ; WEEU, Reading, Pa. ; WORC, Worcester, Mass. ; WQBC. Vicksburg, Miss. ; WPFB, Hattisburg, Miss. ; WRAW, Reading, Pa.; KFOR, Lincoln. Neb.; KFLV, Rockford, 111. ; WGH, Newport News, Va. ; WQDM, St. Albans, Vt. ; KFVD, Los Angeles ; KDLR. Devils Lake, N. D. ; KTAT, Fort Worth, Tex. : WSVS, Buffalo, N. Y. ; KPJM, Prescott. Ariz. ; WFOX, Brooklyn ; WQDX, Thomasville, Ga. ; WIL, St. Louis, Mo. ; WRR, Dallas, Tex. Set for hearing : NEW, Wabash Valley Broadcasting Co., Attien, Ind. — Requests CP on 1210 kc, 100 w., unlimited time (facilities of WHRF) . AUGUST 12 WSM, Nashville, Tenn. — Granted license to cover CP, 650 kc, 50 kw. W1XAK. Westinghouse, Chicopee Falls. Mass. — Granted renewal of license; (experimental) 990 kc, 50 kw. W8XO. The Crosley Radio Corp., Cincinnati — Granted extension of commencement date of CP from Aug. 7 to Sept. 7, for 500 kw., experimental station. KPJM, Prescott, Ariz. — Granted authority to operate station until Sept. 15, pending action on application for assignment of license. KGDY, Huron, S. D. — Granted authority to remain silent for 10 days to reconstruct antenna system. Set for hearing: NEW, John E. McGoff, Ralph M. Sutcliff & Julius Schaffer. Newport. R. I. — Requests CP on 1280 kc, 250 w. ; KNOW. Austin. Tex. — CP to install new transmitter ; KMLB, Monroe, La.— Modification of license to change frequency from 1200 kc to 1310 kc (facilities of KRMD) ; WCGU, Brooklyn — Application for CP to move transmitter to Long Island City because of protest of WWRL, Long Island City. Applications dismissed at the request of applicants : NEW, F. N. Blake Realty Co., Dracut, Mass. — CP for new station ; 680 kc, 250 w., D. only ; NEW, J. E. Richards. Greenville, S. C. — CP for new station; 590 kc, 250 w., 500 w. LS, unlimited. WCSH. Portland. Me. : KOIN, Portland, Ore. ; WDAY. Fargo, N. D. ; WFIW, Hopkinsville, Ky. (Ex. Rep. 376) — All denied modification of licenses to increase power from 1 kw. to 5 kw., sustaining Examiner Pratt. Commissioner Lafount dissented from the majority and filed a minority opinion. NEW, Baton Rouge Broadcasting Co., Inc., Baton Rouge, La. (Ex. Rep. 381) — Denied application for CP for new station to operate on 1450 kc, 500 w. night, 1 kw. LS to share with KTBS. KTBS, Shreveport, La. (Ex. Rep. 381)— Granted renewal of license, 1450 kc, 1 kw., sustaining Chief Examiner Yost. Examiners' Reports . . . NEW, Edmund G. Hilger, Little Rock, Ark, and KRAK, Little Rock — Examiner Hyde (Report 399, Dockets 1521, 1522 and 1641) recommended that application by Hilger for assignment on 890 kc, 250 w., unlimited, be denied and that applications of KRAK for renewal of license and increase in D. power from 250 to 500 w. be granted. NEW, Harold H. Hanseth, Eureka, Cal. — Examiner Pratt (Report 400, Docket 1625 recommended that application for CP on 1210 kc with 100 w., be granted with hours of operation D. as defined in Rule 84. NEW, Cannon System, Ltd., Glendale, Cal., and KGIX. Las Vegas, Nev. — Chief Examiner Yost (Report 401, Dockets 1595 and 1663) recommended that application of Cannon System for CP to operate on 850 kc, 250 w. D., be denied and that KGIX license to operate on 1420 kc. with 100 w., unlimited time, be granted. NEW, Troy Broadcasting Co., Troy, Ala. — Examiner Pratt (Report 402, Docket 1723) recommended that conditional grant heretofore made in this case be affirmed. WJBY, Gadsden, Ala., filed protest but failed to appear at hearing. KICK. Red Oak, Ia. — Chief Examiner Yost (Report 403, Docket 1673) recommended that application for CP to move station to Carter Lake, Ia., be granted. WHP and WBAK, Harrisburg, Pa. — Examiner Pratt (Report 404, Dockets 1612 and 1633) recommended denial of WHP application for WBAK facilities, 500 w., 1 kw. LS, sharing with WCAH at night ; recommended also granting renewal of license of WBAK, 500 w., 1 kw. LS, sharing with WHP and WCAH. A.A.A.A. Publishes Income Chart A CHART presentation of the income data taken from six newspaper reader surveys has been published by the A.A.A.A. The six cities included are: Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Washington. The newspaper reader surveys which form the basis for this new chart study were made in these cities under the auspices of the A.A.A.A. between September, 1929, and February, 1932. There are three charts for each city. The first two charts show a breakdown of each paper's circulation by six income classes. In the first chart this is shown in percentages and in the second chart in amounts of circulation going to each of the six income classes. The third chart shows coverage or the ratio of circulation to families in each of the six income classes. This chart presentation enables advertising buyers to compare and visualize the results of the surveys more readily. A.A.A.A. members and the 29 newspapers which are included in the studies have each received one copy of the report without charge. Copies are available to anyone in advertising who is interested, at $10.00 each. WBT Holds Dedication STATE and local officials attended the dedication ceremonies of the 50,000-watt transmitter at WBT, Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 12. The mayor of the city proclaimed the day WBTCharlotte day, and the North Carolina highway department changed the name of the thoroughfare on which the transmitter is located to WBT Highway. CBS broadcast the ceremonies of its member station. ENLARGED service areas for CBS advertisers have been made possible recently through the increase of power or the addition of new stations in seven key cities. This achievement is described in a handsome brochure just issued by CBS entitled "New Towers for Old." Stations discussed in detail are WHAS, Louisville; CKOK, Detroit-Windsor; WJSV, Washington; WCCO, Minneapolis; WCAU, Philadelphia; WBT, Charlotte, and WABC, New York. WORLD-RADIO, official foreign and technical journal of the British Broadcasting Corporation, devotes two pages of its July 15 issue to "Radio and the U. S. Presidential Election." One article deals purely with technical innovations at the Chicago conventions. Washington Visitors* William S. Paley. CBS, New York Lannie Stewart, KWEA, New Orleans Henry Field, KFNF, Shenandoah, Ia. John F. Pratt and R. M. Pierce, WGAR, Cleveland Alexander L. Sherwood. Benj. Sobv and Howard T. Hardie. KQV. Pittsburgh Harry Howlett. M. A. Howlett and Edward Gove, WHK. Cleveland S. M. Krohn. Jr.. WSMK. Cleveland Paul Oury, WPRO. Providence. R. I. Frank E. Mason, NBC, New York Lloyd Thomas, KDKA, Pittsburgh W. H. G. Finch, Hearst Radio. New York Frank W. Wozencraft, RCA. New York K. B. Warner. American Radio Relay League. Hartford. Conn. William E. Beakes, Tropical Radio. Boston Loyd A. Briggs. RCA Communications, Inc. New York The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin. Detroit E. M. Elkin, KDKA. Pittsburgh W. H. Reuman, WWRL, Long Island, N. Y. *A register of visitors at the offices of the Federal Radio Commission, the National Association of Broadcasters and Broadcasting, August 1-13. Regional Powers of 5 Kw. Refused to Four Stations IDENTICAL applications of four regional stations on the 940 kc. channel for horizontal increases in power from 1 kw. to 5 kw. were denied Aug. 12 by the Radio Commission, Commissioner Lafount dissenting. The stations involved are WCSH, Portland, Me.; KOIN, Portland, Ore.; WDAY, Fargo, N. D., and WFIW, Hopkinsville, Ky. The majority decision sustained Examiner Pratt (Report No. 376) who concluded that, while the applications appeared generally to be technically and economically feasible and would result in improved public service, they would violate the Commission's regulations limiting night power on regional channels to 1 kw. and day power to 2Vz kw. State quotas also would be interfered with, the Commission held. Commissioner Lafount, favored granting the applications, holding that they were consistent with the general trend toward higher powers on clear and regional channels, and would result in improved service to listeners. The Commission denied a request by counsel for oral arguments. A motion for reconsideration will be filed by B. M. Webster, Jr. and Paul M. Segal, counsel for three of the stations. It is understood, also that an appeal to the courts will be noted. WMAL Making Plans PENDING completion of the new 10 kw. station and studio house and transmitter of WJSV, Alexandria, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, WMAL, Washington, which originally was scheduled to leave the CBS network on Sept. 15, will continue to be the Washington outlet of CBS on or about Nov. 1, WMAL will begin operation as an independent station and is now augmenting studio and production staffs and equipment to continue broadcasting events and accounts of local and national interest. Copyright Parleys Reopen {Continued from page 20) able to any and all broadcasters, effective as of Sept. 1st, 1932: Basis of New Licenses * "First — Following the example set by the Government in the adoption of a tax schedule for broadcasting stations, a downwardly readjusted sustaining fee exactly equal for every station of equal power will be established. "Second — As to a station desiring a oneyear license, the total charge by the Society will be made up of the fixed amount of the sustaining fee of the station in its class, plus 5 per cent of the amounts charged by the station to advertisers for the use of its facilities. "Third — As to stations desiring a license for a period of three or more years, the charge will be the fixed sustaining fee in the station's class, plus 3 per cent for the first year — 4 per cent for the second year — -and 5 per cent for the third year and thereafter — of the amounts charged by the station to advertisers for the use of its facilities. "Fourth — In the case of network broadcasts, the percentage of amounts charged for the use of the facilities of the entire network are to be paid by the key station. "Fifth — The sustaining fee is to be paid in equal monthly installments simultaneously with payment of the percentage due the Society in connection with operations during the preceding month." 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