Broadcasting (Jan - Mar 1950)

FCC Actions (Continued from page hU) ;cisions Cont.: r removal of application, as amended, ; i';om the hearing docket. (By Fanney .[.tvin). WINS New York, N. Y.— Granted intinued hearing in matter of appli,|itlon for extension of completion date ' (lom 1-5-50 to 2-6-50. (By Leo Resnick), Pioneer FM Co., Madison, Ind. — ' ranted late appearance in proceeding application for CP for new FM :iass A) station. (By Leo Resnick). iDelta Bcstrs. Inc., Thibodaux, La. »d KCIL Houma, La. — Granted request iat deposition of Joe N. Silverberg, fficer. director, and stockholder of •elta Bcstrs Inc., be taken at 9:00 a.m. ii 1-5-50 before Numa F. Montet, btarv Public. Thibodaux, La. and ..uthorized Robert B. Butler to appear ttj counsel for Charles Wilbur Lamar ; ■. (By James D. Cunningham). linuary 5 Decisions BY COMMISSION EN BANC License Renewal 'I'+WCHS Charleston, W. Va.— Granted Silnewal of license for period ending av 1, 1952. ■\VKYW Louisville, Ky. — Granted re: ;wal of license for period ending Nov. 1952. ' KSTL St. Louis — Granted renewal of :ense for period ending Nov. 1, 1952. Action Withheld CSJ Pueblo, Col.— Withheld action KCSJ petition requesting reconderation of Commission action of oril 20, 1949, in renewing license of |OW Omaha, in view of WOW appeal obw pending before Court of Appeals jjr District of Columbia, which rebested that Commission designate for !aring KCSJ application for renewal license. STA Granted STT Davenport, Iowa. — Granted 6 |ks '''JR BUSINESS 949 Biggest Year — Wismer tITH gi-oss sales of approximately ,301,000 in 1949, WJR Detroit ■ 'fmpleted the biggest business year the station's history, according ■ I General Manager Harry Wismer. ! Pointing out that 1949 was a jinner year in sales, audience and j pblic service, Mr. Wismer said le gross sales figure for 1949 jirpassed the previous station recJ'>d of $3,136,000 set in 1948. Predicting an even greater year for T.'JR in 1950, Mr. Wismer said: ' ,'i\'ith recent sales higher than ever j ■:fore and WJR's audience leader,;jj.ip in the area firmly established, Jljjus a fine public service record, 1 'JR is better able than ever before jljj serve its community and its pi|jents." Iward Dinner Postponed [iRST Radio and Television iward Dinner, originally scheduled be held in New^ York Jan. 13, s been postponed to March 5, |e sponsors announced last week Broadcasting, Jan. 2]. RCA INSTITUTES, INC. One of the leadlne and oldest schools of Radio Technolerr In America, offers Ita trained Radio and Television technicians to the Broadcasting Industry. Address itiguiries to Placement Directar RCA INSTITUTES, INC. A Service of Radio Corporation of America 350 W. 4th St.. New York 14, N. T. 11^ o mo. STA to operate 10 w trans, at 234 Main St., Davenport, on 936 mc to provide program circuit from studio to trans. Hearing Designated WJIG Tullahoma, Tenn. — Designated for hearing March 10 application to change from 740 kc 250 w D to 910 ke 250 w-LS, 100 w-N, unl. WAVL Apollo, Pa. — Designated for hearing March 13 application to increase hours from D to unl., using 100 w N, and make changes in vertical ant. KSGM St. Genevieve, Mo.— Designated for hearing March 14 application to change frequency from 1450 to 980 kc, increase power from 250 w to 500 w-N, 1 kw-LS, install news trans, and DA-DN, and on petition KMBC Kansas City, Mo. made party to proceeding. Order Amended Whittier Bestg. Co. and Whittier Bcstg. Assoc., Whittier, Calif.— Commission on own motion amended order of Jan. 8, 1948, designating applications for hearing, to delete issues 1, 3 and 7 therefrom, and to delete all reference to application of Marc H. Spinelli, Mary Di Priter, Richard R. Primanti and Stanley Primanti d/b as Whittier Bcstg. Co. Hearing Designated WCAM Camden, N. J. — Designated for hearing March 16 application to change trans, location and install new ant. and ground system and made WTEL Philadelphia party to proceeding. SSA Denied KLKC Parsons, Kan. — Denied application for SSA to operate from local sunset to midnight, CST, on 1540 kc with 100 w to broadcast occasional sports events for period of 6 mo.; would cause objectionable N interference to KXEL Waterloo, Iowa. Petition Denied KSEM Moses Lake, Wash. — Denied request for waiver of Sec. 3.71 of rules to operate less than two-thirds of hours authorized to operate between 6 p.m. and midnight, for period of 12 months because such waiver would abrogate rule upon which adequate radio service depends. WPOR Portland, Me.— Denied petition for reconsideration and grant without hearing application to change from 1450 kc 250 w unl. to 1060 kc 5 kw unl, change trans, location, install new trans, and DA-N. On own motion Commission modified order of July 12, 1948, to delete issue 6 therefrom, to modify issue 5, and to include issue 9 therein (to determine whether proposed ant. array at WPOR would have sufficient stability to afford constant protection to co-channel station KYW Philadelphia) and ordered that hearing commence March 20. Application Dismissed WINS New York and WHOM Jersey City, N. J. — On advice of II Progresso Italo-American Pub. Co. Inc., New York, that it chooses to prosecute application for purchase of WINS, Commission dismissed application of WHOM (wholly owned subsidiary of publishing company) to move WHOM's main studio to New York. Extension Granted WIRK West Palm Beach, Fla.— Granted extension of present authority to March 8 to operate with reduced power. Petition Granted WDZ Decatur, 111.— Granted petition insofar as it requests designation of petitioner's application for hearing in consolidation with application of AfroAmerican Bcstg. System Inc., but denied in so far as it seeks to retain Jan. 9 as date of hearing, and designated said application to change facilities of WDZ from 1050 kc 1 kw D to 610 kc 1 kw unl. DA in consolidated hearing with Afro-American application Feb. 13, continuing same from Jan. 9, and made following parties to proceeding: WHKC Columbus; WDAF Kansas City, Mo.; WTMJ Milwaukee, KXOK St. Louis; WMT Cedar Rapids, and WAYS Charlotte, N. C. Request Denied KM2XBD Don Lee Bcstg. System, Hollywood, Calif. — Denied request to replace call letters W6AO for exp. TV station or, in alternative, permit use of commercial call letters KTSL. Restoration of former call is contrary to present international call system and Commission issues TV commercial calls only to commercial stations or exp. stations which hold commercial CP. License Revoked KPAB Laredo, Tex. — On ground that Mark Perkins has caused control of KPAB to be transferred to Allen K. Tish, William Prescott Allen and others ^ecem^et Sox ScotQ STATUS of broadcast station authorizations and applications at FCC as of December 31 follows: AM FM TV Total authorized 2,234 788 111 Total on the air 2,086 733 98 Licensed (All on air) 2,048 478 31 Construction permits 186 302 80 Conditional grants 8 Total applications pending 1,095 241 405 Requests for new stations 321 47 353 Requests to change existing facilities 284 40 12 Deletion of licensed stations in December .... 4 3 Deletion of construction permits 5 9 Deletion of conditional grants 1 without Commission approval and that KPAB is now operated by these persons without a license, Commission ordered license of KPAB revoked effective midnight Jan. 31. If written application is made to Commission on or before Jan 25 for hearing, revocation order will stand suspended until conclusion of hearing. BY THE SECRETARY WMBI Chicago — Granted license covering changes in ant. and mount FM ant. on top of AM tower. Following CPs and licenses for new remote pickup stations were granted KGA-8il KA-5286 Hagerstown, Md. KA-2708 (mobile) DeRuyter, N. Y. KA-3765 (formerly KSKR) St. Louis KA-5283 Rockford, 111.; KA-2764 Lewiston, Me.; KA-4383 Winnebago County, lU.; KA-40U6 Little Rock, Ark.; KA5277 KA-5276 Hanover, Pa.; KA-3883 (mobile) Casper, Wyo.; KA-5251 Area Alliance, Ohio; KQA-829 KA-5229 KA5z30 Akron, Ohio; KA-5236 KA-5z35 KA-5234 all Los Angeles. Following were granted licenses for new remote pickup stations: KA-4971 KEA-791 KA4970 all area of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Following were granted CPs new remote pickup stations: KA-5273 KA5274 Charlotte Amalie, V. I.; KA-3500 (mobile) Mitchell, S. D.; KA-2658 Philadelphia; KA-5285 KEA-875 Elmira, N. Y.; KEA-874 KA-5284 area of Corning, N. Y.; KKB-824 Albuquerque, N. M.; KA-2656 Philadelphia; KA-5275 (mobile) Macomb, 111.; KA-4388 Cumberland, Md.; KA-5279 KA-5278 Rock Hill, S. C; KA-4225 KA-4224 KKB-335 KKB-332 KKB-334 KA-5265 Dallas, Tex.; KA-3643 Topeka, Kans.; KA5237 LaGrange, Ga.; KA-2945 Princeton, W. Va.; KA-5266 Watertown, S. D.; KA-3496 Atchison, Kans.; KA-4138 Warren, Pa.; KA-5249 area Clinton, N. C; KA-5248 KA-5247 area Louisville, Ky.; KA-5246 Mayaguez, P. R.; KA5245 Independence, Mo.; KA-5240 Delta County, Escanaba, Mich.; KA-5239 Portsmouth, Ohio; KAA-922 KA-5238 KA-5237 Denver, Colo.; KA-5244 San Luis Obispo, Cal.; KA-5241 Lewiston, Ida.; KA-5J31 KA-5233 KA-5232 Scranton, Pa.; KA-5242 Omaha, Neb.; KA5243 Binghamton, N. Y.; KA-5250 Indio, Calif. KWSO Wasco, Calif.— Granted mod. CP for approval of ant., trans, and studio location. WFPA Fort Payne, Ala.— Granted mod. CP for approval of ant. and trans, location and specify studio location and change type of trans. Following were granted mod. CPs for extension of completion dates as shown WDAR-FM Savannah, Ga., to 6-23-50 WLIN-FM Merrill, Wis., to 5-18-50 WACE-FM Chicopee, Mass., to 7-1-50; WFMB Mayodan, N. C, to 4-13-50; WAVZ-FM New Haven, Conn., to 6-3050; WXHR Cambridge, Mass., to 7-6-50; WJAC-TV Johnstown, Pa., to 7-30-50; WAFM-TV Birmingham, Ala., to 7-1-50; WLAV-TV Grand Rapids, Mich., to 7-15-50; WBNS-TV Columbus, Ohio, to 7-1-50; WCOH-FM Newnan, Ga., to 315-50; WOIC Washington, D. C, to 7-30-50; WPAW Pawtucket, R. I., to 3-1-50. KPIX The Associated Bcstrs. Inc., San Francisco — Granted request for assignment of license and all tangible assets to KPIX Inc. Following were granted mod. licenses to change name from Bamberger Bcstg. Service Inc. to General Teleradio Inc.. New York: WOR WOR-FM KA-4924 KA-4925 KEA-782 KA-4612 KA-4R11 KA-4610 KA-4614 KA-4613 KA4615 KA-4616 WOR-TV KA-4504-5-6 all New York; WOIC KA-4508-9 Washington D. C. Corley Radio & Sound Service, Area Trinidad, Col.— Granted CP and license for new remote pickup KA-4014. Rural Radio Network Inc., Area of Bristol Center, New YorkGranted CP and license for new remote pickup KA-3220 KIEL Beeville, Tex.— Granted CP install new trans. WMRY New Orleans — Granted mod. CP change type trans. WJAT Near Swainsboro, Ga. — Granted mod. CP for approval of ant., trans, and studio locations and change type trans. WILE Cambridge, Ohio — Granted acquisition of control of Land O'Lakes Bcstg. Corp., licensee, through sale of 51 sh common stock by Howard A. Donahoe to H. D. McClelland. KGW Portland, Ore.Granted license install new trans, to be operated on 620 kc 1 kw for aux. only. KWBW Hutchinson, Kan. — Granted license install new vertical ant. and change trans, location, change tower and mount FM ant. on side of AM tower. KXRA Alexandria, Minn. — Granted license for new standard station 1490 kc 250 w unl. WNAT Natchez, Miss.— Granted license for new standard station 1450 kc 250 w unl. WKVA Lewistown, Pa. — Granted license for new standard station and specify studio location. 920 kc 1 kw D. WHAS Louisville, Ky.— Granted CP for change of KIB-367 frequencies to 152.87. 153.11 and 153.35 mc change trans, location, type trans; to be used with (Continued on page 68) ADCASTING • Telecasting January 9, 1950 Page 67