Broadcasting (Jan - June 1939)

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PRESTO RECORDING CORPORATION 147 W. 19th St. NewYorkN.Y. World's largest manufacturers of instantaneous sound recording equipment and discs. Canadian Stations To Seek Changes Caused by Treaty Will Ask CBC to Allow for Havana Classifications By JAMES MONTAGNES CANADIAN broadcasters plan to ask the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. to alter its policy and allow Canadian broadcasters to take full advantage of the classifications of the Havana Treaty, at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters at Toronto, Jan. 23-25. To this end an 11-page memorandum has been sent to all CAB members, to the board of governors of the CBC and to Minister of Transport C. D. Howe at Ottawa, in which the technical committee of the CAB, under the chairmanship of G. C. Chandler, CJOR, Vancouver, outlines the development of frequency and power assignments since the early days of broadcasting. In dealing with the effects on Canadian broadcasters of the Havana Treaty, which has been ratified by Canada, the report cites what may happen to 1,000-watt stations under Havana Treaty regulations, and concludes its example with the statement "that under the terms of the Treaty with no change occurring in a Canadian 1,000-watt station, its night-time range can be curtailed by anywhere from 5/6 to 1/3 of the area it now covers. This would mean virtual disaster to a great number of Canadian stations. Need of Class A Rating "The operator of a station of 1,000 watts power in Canada is immediately faced with the problem of finding a solution. The only manner in which (such a station) can retain its status quo (primary night-time service area) is by obtaining full rights and privileges under a class A rating. This would seem that it would be necessary for (a 1,000-watt station) in order to duplicate its current service area to install 5,000 watt equipment and operate with 5,000 watts power both night and day. There is one serious hazard to (such a station) receiving a 5,000-watt license which is essential if it is to retain its status quo, and that is the announced policy of the Board of Governors of the CBS that it will restrict the powers of existing private broadcasters to a maximum of 1,000 watts. "If this rule remains and the (1,000-watt station) continues to operate on the same shared channel, or a new shared channel which may be assigned under the Treaty to stations now operating on that LOCAL SPONSORS! 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It will mean that literally thousands of people in the present night-time service areas of these stations will be deprived of night-time radio service except from high-powered stations or from American stations. It seems that there is no text in the agreement which specifically limits Canadian private stations to 1,000 watts night-time power. "It is suggested," the report concludes "that the policy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. be so framed as to permit all stations in Canada to take advantage of the full power permissible under the terms of the Havana Treaty for the benefit of Canadian listeners." In detailing the progress of the methods used in the United States in past years for the assignment of frequencies and powers, the report gives a comprehensive history of North American broadcasting. It gives examples of the applications of present FCC rulings and of Havana Treaty rulings. For a full text of the Havana Treaty the report refers to "page 314 of the 1938 issue of the Broadcasting Yearbook". PRESS-RADIO FEATURES.INC. 3 60 ^. '^^^ O-^s^, (S/u^a New Canadian Stations CJHC are the call letters issued for the newly authorized Halifax Chronicle station which will operate with 1,000 watts on 1290 kc. At North Battleford, Sask., C. R. Mcintosh, publisher of the North Battlefield News, will shortly start on his 100-watt station CHNB. The Nelson (B. C.) Daily News has been authorized to build a new 100-watt station. Page 48 • January 1, 1939 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising