Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1954)

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EXCITING NEW EFFECT! The ROTATOR Lens For TV and Film Cameras Now you can make your subjects walk on walls, create that rocking the boat effect, or rotate the scene 360° with this new addition to the Camart Optical FX unit. Present owners need only the Rotator Lens. Price: $150.00 CAMART OPTICAL FX UNIT Create from 2 to 7 identical images in rotation, from a single object. Unit is complete with four surface prism, revolving housing, and base assembly. Price: $119.75 Additional effects prisms available. Special adapters for TV Cameras. Send for descriptive literature. THE CAMERA • MART inc. 1845 Broadway, near 60th Street New York 23, N. Y. • Circle 6-0930 Cable Address CAMERAMART with SOUNDCRAFT PROFESSIONAL RECORDING TAPE micre-peiished " Cleaner highs, clearer lows, more faithful reproduction— yours with Soundcraft Professional Recording Tape. It's the only tape that is Micro-Polished* . . . polished, buffed and repolished to produce a mirror-smooth surface. In addition to lower distortion, Soundcraft Micro-Polished Professional Tape assures uniformity of output, improved high frequency response, better head contact and longer head life. Next time, get the best professional tope. Get Soundcraft . . . it's MicroPolished! REEVES SOUNDCRAFT CORP. Dept. Q-10A 10 East 52nd Street New York 22, N. Y.< ••AT. APPLIED FOi. FOR THE RECORD Station Authorizations, Applications (As Compiled by B • T) October 7 through October 13 Includes data on new stations, changes in existing stations, ownership changes, hearing cases, rules & standards changes and routine roundup. Abbreviations: CP — construction permit. DA — directional antenna. ERP — effective radiated power. STL — studio-transmitter link, synch, amp. — synchronous amplifier, vhf — very high frequency, uhf — ultra high frequency, ant. — antenna, aur. — aural, vis. — visual, kw — kilowatts, w — watts, mc — megacycles. D — day. N — night. LS — local sunset, mod. — modification, trans. — transmitter, unl. — unlimited hours, kc — kilocycles. SSA — special service authorization. STA — special temporary authorization. (FCC file and hearing cocket numbers given in parentheses.) FCC Commercial Station Authorizations As of Sept. 30, 1954* AM FM TV Licensed (all on air) 2,602 535 112 CPs on air 14 24 t316 CPs not on air 121 14 150 Total on air 2,616 559 428 Total authorized 2,737 573 578 Applications in hearing 137 2 167 New station requests 155 3 12 New station bids in hearing 76 0 151 Facilities change requests 128 8 15 Total applications pending 658 83 182 Licenses deleted in Sept. 0 2 0 CPs deleted in Sept. 2 0 8 * Does not include noncommercial educational fm and tv stations, f Authorized to operate commercially. Am and Fm Summary through Oct. 13 Appls. In On Pend Hear Air Licensed CPs ing ing Am 2,629 2,591 141 155 76 Fm 559 538 36 4 0 Television Station Grants and Applications Since April 14, 1952 Grants since July 11, 7952: vhf uhf Total Commercial 255 309 5641 Educational 15 18 33 Total Operating Stations in U. S.: vhf uhf Total Commercial on air 283 119 402 Noncommercial on air 4 3 7 Applications filed since April 14, 7952: New Amend. vhf uhf Total Commercial 928 337 718 528 1,247» Educational 55 28 27 55» Total 983 337 746 555 1,302* 1 One hundred-three CPs (18 vhf, 85 uhf) have been deleted. One applicant did not specify channel. ' Includes 32 already granted. 4 Includes 597 already granted. ACTIONS OF FCC New Tv Stations . . . ACTIONS BY FCC Birmingham, Ala. — Alabama Educational Tv Commission (WEDM [TV] Munford) granted noncommercial educational vhf ch. 10 (192-198 mc); ERP 30.9 kw visual, 18.6 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 530 ft., above ground 187 ft. Estimated construction cost $500, first year operating cost $30,000. Post office address 714 Protective Life Bldg., Birmingham. Studio and transmitter location Red Mountain, Birmingham. Geographic coordinates 33° 29' 20" N. Lat., 86° 47' 59" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Hogan & Hartson, Washington. Consulting engineer A. D. Ring Assoc., Washington. Principals include President Raymond D. Hurlbert and Secretary Thomas D. Russell, secretary-14.4% stockholders WRLD-AMFM Lanett, Ala., owner of WRFS-AM-FM Alexander City, Ala., and 16%% stockholder WCFS Covington, Ga. Applicant will be furnished technical equipment and physical plant by WBRC-TV Birmingham. Granted Oct. 13. APPLICATION Lewiston, Idaho — Lewiston Tv Co., vhf ch. 3 (60-66 mc); ERP 1.49 kw visual, 0.75 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 1107 ft., above ground 149 ft. Estimated construction cost $102,605, first year operating cost $120,000, revenue $150,000. Post office address 1411 Fourth Ave. Bldg., Seattle. Studio location to be determined. Transmitter location 3 miles N.W. of Clarkson, 2.5 miles S.W. of U. S. 195. Geographic coordinates 46° 27' 25" N. Lat., 117° 05' 57" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel D. F. Prince, Washington. Consulting engineer Frank H. Mcintosh, Washington. Applicant is subsidiary of Cascade Bcstg. Co., owner of KIMA-AM-TV Yakima, Wash., 40% owner of KWIE Kennewick, Wash., and applicant for satellite station on ch. 19 at Pasco, Wash. Officers are Pres. Thomas C. Bostic, vice pres. -16.5% owner of KIMA; Vice Pres. J. Barry Watkinson, engineer-0.5% owner of KIMA, and Sec.-Treas. Frank E. Mitchell, vice pres. -0.5% owner KIMA. A. W. Talbot is pres. -73. 5% owner KIMA. Filed Oct. 8. APPLICATION AMENDED Jonesboro, Ark. — Harold E. King & Helen W. King d/b as Regional Bcstg. Co. amends bid for new tv station on ch. 8 to specify studio location as Route #2, Old Paragould Rd., on Hwy. #4, 1 mile E. of Jonesboro, and studio location to KTRM Building, 603 Madison. Filed Oct. 5. Existing Tv Stations . . . ACTIONS BY FCC KAKE-TV Wichita, Kan.— KAKE-TV Inc. granted STA to operate commercially on ch. 10 for the period ending Jan. 29, 1955. Granted Oct. 6; announced Oct. 12. WJTV (TV) Jackson, Miss.— Miss. Pub. Co. granted mod. of CP for ch. 25 to change ERP to 191 kw visual, 102 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 720 ft. Granted Oct. 8; announced Oct. 12. WNBF-TV Binghamton, N. Y. — Clark Associates Inc. granted mod. of CP for ch. 12 to change ERP to 166 kw visual, 83.2 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 1,200 ft. Granted Oct. 8; announced Oct. 12. APPLICATIONS KQXI (TV) San Jose, Calif.— Standard Radio & Tv Co. seeks mod. of CP for ch. 11 to change ERP to 5.6 kw visual, 2.8 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 2,769 ft. Filed Oct. 8. WTVS (TV) Detroit, Mich.— Detroit Educational Tv seeks mod. of CP for noncommercial educational ch. 56 to change ERP to 219.4 kw visual, 119.4 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 537.6 ft. Filed Oct. 8. Page 114 • October 18, 1954 Broadcasting • Telecasting