Broadcasting (Apr - June 1950)

Actions of the FCC APRIL 18 to APRIL 26 CP-construction permit DA-directional antenna ERP-effective radiated power STL-studio-transmitter link synch, amp.-synchronous amplifier ant.-antenna cond. -conditional D-day LS-local sunset N-night mod.-modification aur.-aural trans.-transmitter vis.-visual unl.-unlimited hours STA-special temporary authorization CG-conditional grant Grants authorizing new stations, changes in facilities, and transfers appear at the end of this department, accompanied by a roundup of new station and transfer applications. April 19 Applications . . . ACCEPTED FOR FILING License for CP WQ/VN Scranton, Pa. — License for CP to increase power, change hours operation etc. Modification of CP Mod. CP new FM station for extension of completion date: KFAC-FM Los Angeles; WLOK-FM Lima, Ohio. TENDERED FOR FILING AM— 1330 kc KVOL Lafayette, La.— Mod. CP AM station to change from 1330 kc 1 kw unl. DA-N to 1330 kc 5 kw-D 1 kw-N DA. April 20 Applications . . . ACCEPTED FOR FILING Modification of CP Mod. CP new FM station for extension of completion date: KRPO San Jose; WJBK-FM Detroit. TENDERED FOR FILING STA— 1550 kc KENT Shreveport, La. — Request for STA to operate on 1550 kc 1 kw DA-N until XENT-XEML Nuevo Laredo situation is cleared up. APPLICATION DISMISSED Winston O. Ward, Waco, Tex. — DISMISSED April 11 application for new AM station on 1010 kc, 1 kw. April 21 Decisions . . . BY COMMISSION EN BANC License Renewal WCLE Clearwater, Fla. — Granted renewal of license for regular period. KNOG Nogales, Ariz. — Granted renewal of license for period ending Feb. 1, 1953. WCVI Connellsville, Pa. — Granted renewal of license for period ending Feb. 1, 1953. License Extension Following stations granted extension of licenses on temporary basis for period ending Sept. 1: WMRO Aurora. 111.; WAAT Newark, N. J.; WDAY Fargo, N. D.; WFMD Frederick, Md.; WGL Fort Wayne, Ind.; WGOV Valdosta, Ga.; WPAT Paterson, N. J.; WSBT South Bend, Ind.; WSPA Spartanburg, S. C; WJAR & aux. Providence, R. I.; KAKC Tulsa; KELP El Paso; KROW Okland, Calif.; KVOB Alexandria, La.; WCEN Mt Pleasant, Mich.; WCNX Middletown, Conn.; KXOC Chico, Calif.; WHAK Rogers City, Mich.; WPRP & aux. Ponce, P. R.; WCOC Meridian, Miss.; WORA Mayaguez, P. R.; WPEN Philadelphia; WBCK Battle Creek, Mich.; KRAM Las Vegas, Nev.; KOLO Reno, Nev.; WARC Rochester, N. Y. Renewals Granted Following stations were granted renewal of licenses for period ending May 1, 1953: KDSH Boise. Idaho; KFSG Los Angeles; KFXJ Grand Junction, Col.; KGHI Little Rock; KJR & aux. Seattle; KRKD Los Angeles; KRRV Sherman, Tex.; KSAL Salina. Kan.; KSDN Aberdeen, S. D.; KSEI Pocatello, Idaho; KTMS Santa Barbara; KVAN Portland, Ore.; KXLY Spokane; WARE Ware. Mass.; WBAA W. Lafayette. Ind.; WBBB Burlington, N. C; WCAE & aux. Pittsburgh,; WCMB Lemoyne, Pa.; WCOP & aux. Custom-Built Equipment U. S. RECORDING CO. 1121 Vermont Ave., Wash. 5, D. C. Sterling 3626 CLARENCE R. JACOBS Studio Consultants Planning Design Acoustics Box 69 Princeton, Illinois Tel. No. 4200 Boston; WCSH & aux. Portland, Me.; WDAE & aux. Tampa, Fla.; WDBJ & aux. Roanoke; WEAV Plattsburg; WEOL Elyria, Ohio; WFDF & aux. Flint, Mich.; WFLA Tampa; WIBX & aux. Utica; WJBO Baton Rouge, La.; WJMX Florence, S. C; WJRD Tuscaloosa. Ala.; WONE Dayton, Ohio; WRCS Ahoskie N. C; WTCH Shawano, Wis.; WTRY & aux. Troy, N, Y.; KALL Salt Lake City; KCKY Coolidge, -Ariz.; KECK Odessa. Tex.; KGKL San Angelo. Tex.; KHBC Hilo, T. H.; KOVO Provo, Utah; KPAC & aux. Port Arthur, Tex.; KRIO McAllen, Tex.; WAVE Louisville; WBOC Salisbury. Md.; WBRC Birmingham, Ala.; WGBI & aux. Scranton; WJHL Johnson City, Tenn.; WKCT Bowling Green, Ky.; WRFC Athens, Ga.; WRRF Washington, N. C; WSNW Seneca, S. C; WEBR Buffalo; KXL Oakland, Calif.; KWSC Pullman, Wash.; WHA Madison, Wis.; KUSD Vermillion, S. D.; WLBL Stevens Point, Wis.; WJAX & aux. Jacksonville, Fla.; KAAA Red Wing, Minn.; KFEL Denver; KFRD Rosenberg. Tex.; KFSA Ft. Smith, Ark.: KFVS Cape Girardeau. Mo.; KIMP Mt. Pleasant. Tex.; KITE San Antonio: KLER Rochester, Minn.; KMBC & aux. Kansas City, Mo.; KNEB Scottsbluff, Neb.; KOIN Portland, Ore.; KPOF Denver; KPRC Houston; KROF Abbeville. La.; KTKN Ketchikan, Alaska; KTLW Texas City, Tex.; KWAD Wadena, Minn.; KWAT Watertown, S. D.; KWBC Fort Worth; KXJK Forrest City, Ark.; WAAF Chicago; WABI Bangor. Me.: WAPO & aux. Chattanooga; WBEN & aux. Buffalo; WBRM Marion. N. C; WCNR Bloomsburg. Pa.; WELI & aux. New Haven; WGGH Marion, 111.; WICA Ashtabula. Ohio; WKLF Clanton. Ala.; WKNA Charleston. W. Va.; WKRT Cortland. N. Y.; WKY & aux. Oklahoma City; WLOF Orlando. Fla.: WMTR Morristown, N. J.; WNOW York, Pa.; WPBC Minneapolis; WPFB Middletown, Ohio; WREN Topeka; WRNL & aux. Richmond. Va.; WRUN Utica; WSAZ Huntington, W. Va.: WSBA York, Pa.; WSIX Nashville; WSLI Jackson, Miss.; WSUI Iowa City: WTAD Quincy. 111.; WTAW College Station, Tex.; WTCO Campbellsville, Ky.; WTMA & aux. Charleston. S. C: WTTM Trenton; WTYC Rock Hill. S. C; WWNH Rochester. N. H.; WWST Wooster, Ohio; WWWR Russellville. Ala.; WWYO Pineville, W. Va. Application Dismissed KSTV Stephenville, Tex. — On request, dismissed application for consent to COMMERCIAL RADIO Monitoring Company PRECISION FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS Engineer On Duty All Night Every Night PHONE JACKSON 5302 P. O. Box 7037 Kansas City, Mo. * VACANCY YOUR FIRM'S NAME in this "vacancy" will be seen by 15,500 readersstation owners and managers, chief engineers and technicians— applicants for AM. FM, Television and facsimile facilities. assignment of license from Doyle E. Collup to Stephenville Bcstg. Corp. Hearing Designated No. Ala. Bcstg. Co., Guntersville, Ala, and Attalla Bcstg. Co., Attalla, Ala. — Designated for consolidated hearing application of North Ala. Bcstg. Co. for new station on 940 kc 250 w d with that of Attalla Bcstg. Co. for new station on 930 kc l~ltw D only; hearing to be held in Washington on Aug. 7. Further ordered that, if as result of consolidated proceeding, it appears that, were it not for issues pending in hearings regarding Clear Channels, and in hearing regarding Daytime Skywave Transmissions and Commission's policy pertaining thereto as announced in Public Notices of Aug. 9, 1946 and May 9, 1947, public interest would be best served by grant of application of North Ala. Bcstg. Co., then said application shall be returned to pending file until after conclusion of said hearings regarding Clear Channels and Daytime Skywave Transmissions at which time it will be considered in connection with any other pending applications with which it may then be in conflict. Midwest Bcstg. Corp., Montevideo, Minn. — Designated for hearing in Washington on Aug. 2. application for new station on 1450 kc 250 w unl.: and granted petition of KFAM, St. Cloud, Minn., to make it party to proceeding. WRFC Athens, Ga. — Designated for hearing in Washington on Aug. 9. application to change facilities of WRFC by increasing hours from D only to unl., using 500 w, DA-N; and upon petition of KMA Shenandoah. Iowa, made it and WDBJ Roanoke, Va., parties to proceeding. CP Granted WTVB Coldwater, Mich.— Granted CP to change from DA to non-directional ant. employing east tower for non-DA operation and make changes in ground system. Hearing Designated WGRD Grand Rapids, Mich. — Designated for hearing on Aug. 4 in Washington, application to change hours from D to unl., change power from 1 kw day to 5 kw day and night and install DA-N; made WELL Battle Creek, Mich., and WRMN Elgin, 111., parties to proceeding. Mod. License Granted KFAC Los Angeles; — Granted mod. license to change from employing DADN to non-DA-D and DA-N, provided applicant agrees to satisfy legitimate complaints of blanket interference occuring within 250 mv/m contour. Application Granted Zenith Radio Corp., Chicago — Granted in part application for new trans, for experimental TV station KS2XBS, with effective radiated power of 1 kw vis and 500 w aur. and change in location of trans, to 135 South La Salle Street, Chicago, to be used in conducting Phonevision tests. April 24 Decisions . . . BY COMMISSION EN BANC Mod. License Granted WABB Mobile, Ala.— Granted mod. license to change from DA-DN to DA-N only. Hearing Designated KPET Lamesa, Tex. — Designated for hearing application to change hours of operation from D only to unl.; hearing to be held in Washington on Aug. 11. Application Granted WBBR Staten Island, N. Y. — Granted application to specify main studio location of WBBR as 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.. and to use Staten Island as aux. studio. Hearing Designated Scranton Radio Corp. and David M. Baltimore, Scranton, Pa. — Designated for consolidated hearing in Washington Aug. 14, application of Scranton Radio Corp, with that of David M. Baltimore, each requesting new station on 1400 kc 250 w, unl. time, (contingent on WARM relinquishing 1400 kc); made WEST Easton, Pa. party to proceeding. KSD St. Louis, Mo.— Designated for hearing on Aug. 16 in Washington, application to allow use of KSD's old main trans, for aux. purposes with 5 kw D, 1 kw N and made WKRC Cincinnati party to proceeding. KTMS Santa Barbara, Calif.— Designated for hearing on Aug. 18 in Washington, application for CP to change trans, site and ant. system. KGDE Fergus Falls, Minn.— Designated for hearing on Aug. 21 in Washington, application to change frequency from 1230 to 1250 kc. increase power from 250 w to 1 kw and use DA-N. Extension Granted KGFN Grass Valley, Calif .—Granted final extension of authority to remain silent to April 30 for financial reorganization. Extension Denied KWBB Wichita, Kan.— Denied application for extension of completion date (for mod CP to operate on 1410 kc 1 kw unl. DA), to Oct. 10, advised applicant that, if hearing is desired, request therefor should be made within 20 days. Extension Granted WOKO Albany, N. Y. — Granted extension of SSA on 1460 kc 1 kw to local sunset, 500 w-N, to Oct. 10; also granted application for extension of SSA to use Western Electric type 106-B trans, for aux. purposes with power of 500 w, until Oct. 24. April 24 Applications . . . ACCEPTED FOR FILING AM— 680 kc WINR Binghamton, N. Y. — CP AM station to change from 1490 kc 250 w unl. to 680 kc 1 kw-D 500 w-N DA-DN. AM— 860 kc WOAY Oak Hill, W. Va. — CP AM station to change from 860 kc 1 kw unl. to 860 kc 10 kw unl. AMENDED to request 5 kw unl. License for CP WGSV Guntersville, Ala. — License for CP new AM station. WHVR Hanover, Pa. — License for CP AM station to change hours of operation install DA-N. License Renewal WWSW Pittsburgh, Pa.— Request for license renewal AM station. Modification of License WHOM Jersey City, N. J. — Mod. license AM station to change main studio location from Jersey Journal Bldg., Journal Sq., Jersey City to 136 W. 52d St., New York. Modification of CP WNOE New Orleans— Mod. CP AM station to change frequency, power etc. for extension of completion date. WBNL Boonville, Ind.— Mod. CP AM station to show studio, trans, and ant. locations as Indiana Highway #61. Mod. CP new FM station for extension of completion date; KPFA Berk (Continued on page 78) Engineered by the World's Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Professional Magnetic Recorders. Magnecord, Inc., 360 N. Michigan, Chicago, III. SERVICE DIRECTORY Page 76 • May 1, 1950 BROADCASTING • Telecasting