Broadcasting (Jan - June 1940)

ACTIONS OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION DECEMBER 14 TO DECEMBER 29, INCLUSIVE Decisions . . . DECEMBER 14 KROC, Rochester, Minn. — Denied change to 920 kc 500 w 1 kw D unl. Hampden Hampshire Corp., Holyoke, Mass. — Set aside decision of 12-23-38 insofar as it denies applic. 1240 kc 600 w 1 kw ; dismissed petition rehearing and granted petition insofar as it requests acceptance of amendment to 1370 kc 250 w unl. MISCELLANEOUS— NEW, Stephenson, Edge & Korsmeyer, Jacksonville, 111., granted amendment applic. to 1150 kc 250 w D ; NEW, Chilton Radio Corp., Dallas, granted consolidation applic. with that of V. O. Stamps, Dallas, asking same facilities ; Dixie Bcstg. Corp., La_ Grange, Ga., passed nisi petition enlarge issues, consolidate with applic. Valley Bcstg. Co., West Point, Ga. ; WAAB, Boston granted extension time to file findings re applic. Mayflower Bcstg. Corp., Boston. (By Administrative Board) MISCELLANEOUS — WMGA. Moultrie, Ga., granted license 1370 kc 260 w unl. ; KYUM, Yuma, Ariz., granted mod. CP re trans., studio, radiator; KFBI, Wichita, Kan., granted mod. CP trans., studio sites, radiator; WDLP, Panama City, Fla., granted mod. CP studio, trans., antenna; W2XQR, Long Island City, N. Y., granted license high-freq. ; KBKR, Baker, Ore., granted license new station ; KARM, Fresno, Cal., granted license increase power ; WHIZ, Zanesville, O., granted license move locally, new antenna ; KELD, El Dorado, Ark., granted license increase power ; WXYZ, Detroit, granted license increase D power ; WGBR, Goldsboro, N. C, granted license increase power ; WMOB, Mobile, granted license new station ; WFTL, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., granted license new station ; WTOC, Savannah, granted license increase power ; KGCA;, Decorah, la., granted extension temp. auth. remain silent to 1-18-40. DECEMBER 15 (By Administrative Board) KCRJ, Jerone, Ariz., granted license move trans., etc. DECEMBER 18 MISCELLANEOUS— KTOH, Lihue, T. H., granted mod. CP new station re trans site; WHLD, Niagara Falls, N. Y., granted mod. CP re trans., antenna. DECEMBER 19 WMBC, Detroit — Granted authority transfer control to John L. Booth for $125,000. WHK, Cleveland — Granted extension temp. auth. facsimile. WTIC, Hartford — Granted mod. spec, auth. for directional N. WFTM, Fort Meyers, Fla— Granted mod. CP re studio, trans., radiator, increase N to 250 w. KUTA, Salt Lake City; WISE, Asheville, N. C. — Granted mod. licenses to 260 w unl. KLAH, Carlsbad, N. M. ; WTSP, St. Petersburg, Fla. — Granted mod. licenses N to 250 w. NEW, Roy James Murray, La Crosse, Wis^— Denied as in default applic. 31640 TEMPORARY RENEWALS — KWJB, Globe, Ariz. ; KXO, El Centro, Cal. ; KGKY, Scottsbluff, Neb.; WFOR, Hattiesburg, Miss. ; WMFJ, Daytona Beach, Fla. ; KCRJ, Jerome, Ariz. ; WMFR, High Point, N. C. ; KRKO, Everett, Wash. ; WCNW. Brooklyn ; WRDO, Augusta ; WWRL, Woodside, L. I. ; KGBI, Ketchikan, Alaska ; KFQD, Anchorage, Alaska ; WLLH, Lowell, Mass. ; KSUB, Cedar City, Utah. MISCELLANEOUS — WSBT, South Bend, Ind., granted amendment applic. re antenna, 930 kc 500 w unl. ; WMAQ, Chicago, granted regular renewal (had been set for hearing because of WHA petition, dismissed) ; RCA, New York, dismissed informal applic. to maintain apparatus for program transmissions. DECEMBER 20 WEEI, Boston — Granted CP increase N to 5 kw, directional. MISCELLANEOUS— WMBG, Richmond, Va., granted mod. CP new trans.; WSPD, Sarasota, Fla., granted license new station ; KINY, Juneau, Alaska, granted license increase to 1 kw 1430 kc unl. DECEMBER 21 KOH, Reno; KERN, Bakersfield— KOH granted CP move trans., new equip., change to 630 kc. 1 kw unl. directional N; KERN granted CP change to 1380 kc 1 kw, change trans., new equip. DECEMBER 22 NEW, Midland Nat. Life Ins. Co., Watertown, S. D. — Granted CP 1210 kc 250 w unl. WJBO, Baton Rouge, La.— Granted CP increase to 1 kw unl. WAPO, Chattanooga — Granted CP change to 1120 kc 500 w-1 kw unl., directional N. WBAX, WQDM, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.— Subpoenas issued for appearance re license renewal. MISCELLANEOUS— NEW, Joe W. Engel, Chattanooga, granted order take depositions ; KWK, St. Louis, granted petition accept amendment to applic. CP change to 630 kc, increase to 5 kw ; NEW, Chiton Radio Corp., Dallas, granted amendment applic. to 1370 kc 100 w unl. ; NEW, Valley Bcstg. Co., West Point, Ga., granted auth. take depositions ; Lookout Mountain Co. of Ga., granted petition intervene applic. Joe W. Engel, Chattanooga, and granted amendment applic. CP new station to 250 w. DECEMBER 27 TEMPORARY RENEWALS— K G F I , Brownsville, Tex. ; KRE, Berkeley, Cal. ; KTEM, Temple. Tex. ; WKAT, Miami Beach, Fla. ; WMSD, Muscle Shoals City, Ala. : WPRP, Ponce, P. R. ; WSVS, Buffalo ; WTMC, Ocala, Fla. ; WTOL, Toledo ; WGIL, Galesburg, 111. DECEMBER 28 MISCELLANEOUS— W6XDU, Los Angeles, granted portable television license ; W2XAi3, New York, granted license television station, increase to IV2 kw ; KBTM, Jonesboro, Ark., granted license increase to 100-250 w ; WSMB, New Orleans, granted license replace antenna. DECEMBER 29 MISCELLANEOUS — H. B. Hutchison authorized at further hearing 1-3-40 on applic. Burlington (la.) Bcstg Co. new station, and Clinton (la.) Bcstg. Corp., new station ; WESX, Salem, Mass., granted license new station ; KVOS, Bellingham, Wash., granted license increase power. Proposed Decisions . . . DECEMBER 20 WRTD, Richmond, Va. — Granted CP change to 590 kc 1 kw unl., directional N. Applications . . . DECEMBER IS WESX, Salem, Mass. — License new station. WMCA, New York — CP new trans, increase power, amended 1-5 kw. WTHT, Hartford — Mod. CP increase power, move trans., to request approval antenna, change in trans., power to 250 w N & D, trans, site. WTEL, Philadelphia — Mod. license to 1500 kc unl. 100 w. WAVE, Louisville — CP increase to 5 kw, new trans., antenna, amended re trans., antenna site. KWFT, Wichita Falls, Tex. — CP new trans., directional, increase to 5 kw, amended to 1-5 kw. KXOX, Sweetwater, Tex. — Mod. license to 250 w unl. WISN, Milwaukee — CP new trans., antenna, increase to 5 kw, amended to 1-5 WGN, Chicago — CP high-freq. 1 kw. W6XDU, Los Angeles — License new television station. KVAN, Vancouver, Wash. — Mod. license to 600 w. DECEMBER 20 WELL, Battle Creek — CP new trans., antenna, increase to 260 w. NEW, Atlanta Bcstg. Co., Atlanta — CP high-freq. 1 kw F-M. NEW, Columbus Bcstg. Co., Columbus, Ga.— CP high-freq. 1 kw. F-M. KTMS, Santa Barbara, Cal. — CP change trans., increase to 1 kw directional. KVOS, Bellingham, Wash. — License change trans., increase power. DECEMBER 21 WHK, Cleveland — CP increase N to 5 kw, directional. WGTM, Wilson, N. C. — License for CP increase power. KFGQ, Boone, la. — Mod. license for added hours. DECEMBER 22 KOTN, Pine Bluff, Ark. — CP increase to 250 w. NEW, Palm Radio Co., Ft. Myers, Fla.— CP 1210 kc 250 w unl., amended to ask WFTM facilities. NEW, Stephenson. Edge & Korsmeyer, Jacksonville, 111.— CP 1370 kc 250 w unl. amended to 1150 kc, daytime. KWAL, Wallace, Id. — License new station. KYCA, Prescott, Ariz. — Mod. CP change to 250 w unl., 1500 kc. DECEMBER 27 WAPI, Birmingham — CP new trans., directional N & D, change to 1050 kc 60 kw unl., move trans., amended to directional N only. NEW, Birney Imes, Columbus, Miss. — CP 1370 kc 250 w unl. KHBG, Okmulgee, Okla. — License increase power, change hours. WIBW, Topeka — CP increase to 5 kw N & D, directional N. WPAD, Paducah. Ky. — License new trans. KUIN, Grants Pass, Ore.— License new station. KWLK, Longview, Wash. — Mod. license to 1370 kc 250 w unl. DECEMBER 29 NEW, Delmarva Bcstg. Co., Salisbury, Md. — CP 1500 kc 250 w unl., amended to 1200 kc WSAL facilities contingent WSAL revocation. WOKO, New Scotland, N. Y.— CP highfreq. F-M 250 w unl. WGAR, Pontiac, Mich. — License new station. NEW, Brown Co. Bcstg. Co., Brownwood, Tex.— CP 1350 kc 500 w unl. KSAM, Huntsville, Tex. — Vol. assign license to Sam Houston Bcstg. Corp. of Huntsville, Tex. KVSO. Ardmore, Okla. — Mod. license to 250 w N & D. KDAL, Duluth — Mod. license to 250 w N & D. NEW, Lookout Mountain Co., Lookout Mountain, Ga. — CP 1370 kc 100-250 w unl., amended to 250 w N & D, trans, site Chattanooga. NEW, Chilton Radio Corp., Dallas— CP 1370 kc 250 w unl., asks KFJZ facilities, amended to 100 w, trans. KVIC, Victoria, Tex. — License new station. KDAL, Duluth — Lciense increase power. KWK, St. Louis — CP change to 630 kc etc., amended to 5 kw N. & D. KSOO. Sioux Falls, S. D. — CP change to 710 kc unl., directional N, move trans. "JURISDICTION over television is and always has been ours" and Equity is prepared to exercise its rights, Paul Dullzell, executive secretary of Actors Equity Assn., told Equity members at the quarterly meeting in New York Dec. 22. Experimental Rule Again Is Deferred Commercial Ban Delayed Due To Lack of Treaty Action FURTHER postponement of its new rule which would ban commercial operation during special experimental hours assigned broadcast stations was ordered Dec. 19 by the FCC until May 1. More than a dozen stations, primarily in the high-power regional or time-sharing clear-channel categories, which have held such assignments for fulltime operation for several years, are given automatic extensions under the action. Failure thus far of Mexico to ratify the Havana Treaty, which would make possible realignment of stations in the United States, is primarily responsible for the FCC's action. Meanwhile, the FCC also proposes to reexamine the operating status of the stations to determine future policy, in event the Havana Treaty continues dormant and thereby blocks the reallocation in this country as planned. The majority of the stations now holding special experimental authorizations for additional time would be accorded fulltime assignments under the projected allocation plan. Again Postponed The rule (3.32, Paragraph 3) prescribed that where a special experimental authorization permits additional hours of operation "no licensee shall transmit any commercial or sponsored program or make any commercial announcements during such time of operation. In case of other additional facilities, no additional charge shall be made by reason of transmission with such facilities." This rule originally was promulgated to become effective Aug. 1, along with the general revised rules governing standard broadcast stations. It was first postponed to Jan. 1 and now has been extended another five months. Under the rules currently in force, stations may realize a pecuniary return from such special experimental operation. THE NEW plant of KGMB, Honolulu, is under construction and will cost an estimated $125,000, according to Manager J. Howard Worrall. Completion is scheduled for March, when the station shifts to its new frequency of 590 kc, with 1,000 watts night and 5,000 day. A new 5,000-watt RCA transmitter will be installed, with a 330-foot Bethlehem Steel Co. tower. Auxiliary Used UNTIL President Roosevelt's Christmas broadcast Dec. 24, NBC never had occasion, during a Presidential microphone appearance, to use emergency equipment while on the air. However, while the invocation was being delivered at the National Christmas Tree ceremonies, just before the President was to speak, an amplifier tube in the main set of equipment burned out. NBC engineers at the WRC-WMAL studios immediately switched to auxiliary equipment, losing only three seconds of the program. Since the first Presidential broadcast NBC announcers and engineers always have carried duplicate equipment. Page 72 • January J, 1940 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising