Broadcasting (July - Dec 1937)

. lW. George \V. Taylor Co.. WilliainW. Va. — Examiner Irwin recomc;>ded (I-4ST) that applic. CP 1370 kc ♦u w D be denied. I KGO, San Francisco — Examiner BramipU recommended (I-4SS) that applic. infease T>2 to 50 k\v be granted, 'i WBNS. Columbus — Examiner Irwin rec■trmended (I-4S9) that applic. increase •0 w 1 kw 1 kw 5 kw LS be granted. "T XEW. Warren B. Worcester. San Diego '>;aminer Hill recommended (1-490) that 10. 1400 kc 250 w 1 kw LS unl. be uxl. WL. New Orleans — Examiner Hill p.imended (1-491) that applic. increase • ' 50 kw be granted. :yw. W. F. Maag Jr.. Youngstown — niner Bramhall recommended (1-492) : applic. CP 1420 kc 100 w D be rited. NEW. Abraham Plotkin, Chicago: Phila. '.in Brdcstg. Co.. Philadelphia — ExamiHyde recommended (1-493) that applic. . ham Plotkin CP 1570 kc 1 kw unl. be i<;sed with prejudice : that applic. I. Radio Brdcst. Co. CP 1570 kc 1 kw be denied. NEW, Earle Yates. Las Cruces. N. M. — -xaminer Hill recommended (1-494) that ' pplic. CP 930 kc 500 w D be denied. WKBH. La Crosse. Wis. — Examiner Hill : (eeommended (1-495) that applic. WKBH ' mc. for license renewal be granted : that ipplic. Joseph C. Callaway and Harry paM for transfer of control of corp. from loseph C. Callaway to Harry Dahl be Ranted. I^pplications . . . AUGUST 31 !' WSNJ. Bridgeton. N. J. — License for ^P new station. WOR, Newark — Exp. auth. facsimile station. NEW. Utica. WUTK Inc.. Utica. N. Y. ,1— CP 1420 kc 100 w unl.. amended D to £60 w. NEW. (KROC) Southern Minn. Brdcstg. ;Do., Rochester. Minn.— CP 920 kc 1 kw 5 *w D unl.. amended to change freq. of I KROC from 1310 to 920 kc. new trans.. ijincrease 100 w 250 w D to 500 w 1 kw D cflirectional N. move trans, locally. ! KDLR, Devils Lake, N. D. — License for (|!CP vert, antenna. • NEW. Union-Tribune Brdcstg. Co., San I Diego — CP 1480 kc 5 kw unl. r NEW, R. C. Atwood. Port Angeles. f«V'ash. — CP 1500 kc 100 w unl. 1 NEW. Wyoming Brdcstg. Co., Rock fSprings, Wyo.— CP 1370 kc 100 w 250 w M) unl. y KSFO. San Francisco — License for CP Cnew trans., antenna. r SEPTEMBER 1 r WNBZ, Saranac Lake, N. Y.— License I for CP change equip. • NEW, WAVE Inc.. Louisville — CP 610 fkc 250 w 500 w D unl., amended to 880 (kc 500 w. j NEW. N. B. Egeland, Roland, la.— CP '•11500 kc 100 w 250 w D spec., amended 1100 w. D only. ' KANS. Wichita— Auth. transfer control from Charles C. Theis to Herbert Hollis^ ter (48 shares) and Don Searle (49 shares) . " SEPTEMBER 2 t KOFI. Brownsville. Tex. — License for fc'CP as mod. new equip., move station, etc. i! WHEF. Kosciusko. Miss. — CP change i; antenna, move trans., amended re studio \l site. J SEPTEMBER 3 ,, NEW, NBC, New York & Camden— CP visual station 400 w visual, 100 w aural. j WBCM, Bay City, Mich. — Vol. assign. J license James E. Davidson to Bay Brd 3 cstg. Co. KMPC, Beverly Hills, Cal. — Mod. license : to KMPC, the Station of the Stars Inc. KTFI, Twin Falls, Id. — Extension exp. n auth. 1 kw N. WHK, Cleveland — CP directional an j tenna N, amended re antenna. 3 SEPTEMBER 9 ' WIP, Philadelphia — CP new trans., antenna, increase D to 5 kw. • WJRD, Tuscaloosa, Ala. — License for CP ^ new trans., increase power. WCBD, Chicago — License for CP new ' equip., move trans. WGVA, Indianapolis — Mod. CP vert, antenna, trans., trans, and studio sites. WDZ, Tuscola, 111. — CP new trans., increase 250 w to 1 kw. NEW. Roberts-McNab Co.. Livingston, Mont. — CP 1310 kc 100 w 250 w D unl., amended to 1210 kc. SEPTE.MBER 14 WNEW, New York— Mod. license 2% to 5 kw. : WGBI, Scranton— Mod. lir-ense N 500 w ' to 1 kw. WCPO, Cincinnati — Mod. license N to 250 w. NEW, Panama City Brdcstg. Co., Fla. — ' CP amended 1420 to 1500 kc. NEW, Jack W. Hawkins. Barney H. Hubbs, Odessa, Tex.— CP 1310 kc 100 w D. TELEVISION — Is uppermost in the discussion of Dr. Peter C. Goldmark (right), chief television engineer of CBS, and Gilbert Seldes, CBS television program director. Dr. Goldmark has just returned from a European tour of television laboratories. He sees importance in the development of the light sensitivity of television cameras. A VAST difference exists between the production of motion picture film for the theater and for television, Harry B. Lubcke, television director of Don Lee Broadcasting System, Los Angeles, said at the Aug. 30 meeting of the American Society of Cinematographers, Hollywood. Using various types of film to illustrate his talk, he cited seven rules for television photography which do not apply to motion picture filming, and stated that beautiful and artistic photography produced for the theater often is detrimental to television presentation. The basis of the new television technique, as developed during six years of experimenting by the Don Lee Broadcasting System, during which some 8,000,000 feet of motion picture film was transmitted, was revealed by Lubcke as follows: 1. Do not violate usual rules of photography. Observe old fundamentals of proper illumination, composition, contrast, and exposure, in the absence of new instructions to the contrary. 2. Seek "checkerboard contrast." 3. Carry detail in the halftones, painting objects of principal interest in contrasting strokes, but restricting these strokes to central portion of the intensity curve. Fine detail in very dark or light portions of a scene is usually lost. 4. This and the remaining rules apply to the laboratory as well as the photographer. Keep the overall Gamma Range small. The scene UNIVERSAL CRYSTAL MICROPHONE Ideal for p. a. systems, special events, call systems, amateur phones, etc. Rugged. Chrome finish. Output level 65 d. b. 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Browne will be heard until Sept. 30, speaking from KNX, Los Angeles. should vary greatly in tone throughout its area, but extremes in variation should be small. This is because the television process tends to increase the overall contrast. Whites become whiter and black blacker, and detail in the extremes is reduced. 5. Furnish medium or light density prints. 6. Maintain motion, either of players, objects, or by "panning" with black frame lines. 7. Employ lap dissolves or quick fades, in changing from scene to scene. Long fadeouts give the impression that something has gone wrong. A SURVEY of letters received from abroad by W2XE, CBS international station in New York, shows that foreign listeners prefer programs of music, both popular and classical, descriptions of major sports events, and talks by news commentators. English listeners prefer American dance bands and singers of popular numbers, while the audience in Latin America and South Africa are most in favor of classical music. Elmer D. Hays ELMER D. HAYS, 45, since last March assistant general counsel of the FCC Telephone Division, his wife, and 18-year-old son and the son's classmate at Dartmouth, were killed Sept. 2 when their automobile met in a head-on collision with a bus north of Baltimore. They were enroute to Hanover, N. H., where the two boys were to have entered their sophomore year at Dartmouth. All but Mr. Hays were killed immediately, and Mr. Hays died en route to the hospital. He entered the FCC employ as a senior attorney in July, 1936, after serving with the ICC and the Department of Agriculture. Are You Ready To Step Into A Better Radio Job ? You can say "YES"— if your technical training has kept pace with the rapid changes In Radio. Modern developments which eliminate some jobs, also create new ones. It's our job to keep men ahead of their jobs. Write for details about our home-study training in Practical Radio Engineering. STATION EXECUTIVES AND EMPLOYEES Are Invited to Send for "THE ORE! 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