Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

and Robert Hecksher, Fort Myers, both Florida, denied petition by Broadcast Bureau to reopen record for further hearing. Action Nov. 1. ■ In proceeding on application of North Atlanta Broadcasting Co. for new AM in Atlanta, received in evidence applicant's revised figure D-4 to exhibit 18 and closed record. Action Oct. 30. By Hearing Examiner Elizabeth C. Smith ■ Scheduled hearing conference for Dec. 9 in proceeding on application of City of New York Municipal Broadcasting System to operate WNYC New York (licensed on 830 kc, 1 kw, operating between local sunrise in New York and LS in Minneapolis) additional hours from 6 a.m. EST to sunrise New York and from sunset Minneapolis to 10 p.m. EST. and related petition of Midwest Radio-Television Inc. (WCCO), Minneapolis. Action Nov. 5. BROADCAST ACTIONS by Broadcast BuTeau Actions of Nov. 5 ■ Granted renewal of licenses for following: WBAB Babylon, N. Y.: KHOF(FM) Los Angeles: KMCS-FM Seattle. KOAD Lemoore, Calif .—Granted mod. of CP to change ant. -trans, and studio location, make changes in ant. system (increase height) and in ground system. WEZN-FM Elizabethtown, Pa.— Granted extension of completion date to May 1, 1964. Actions of Nov. 4 K80BH, K70CT, K75AC, all Farmington, N. M. — Granted licenses for new UHF TV translator K80BH and covering changes for K70CT and K75AC; change geographic coordinates and primary stations to KGGMTV (ch. 13), KOB-TV (ch. 4) and KOA-TV (ch. 7) , all Albuquerque, N. M., respectively. WSATJ-FM Wausau, Wis.— Granted CP to increase ERP to 100 kw. decrease ant. height to 990 feet and install new ant. KBLU-TV Yuma, Ariz.— Granted mod. of CP to change type trans.; condition. WHEB-FM Portsmouth, N. H.— Granted mod. of CP to move ant. 400 feet from AM tower (same description); decrease ERP to 5.9 kw and ant. height to 140 feet; install new trans, and ant.; and make changes in ant. system; condition. ■ Following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: WEMP Milwaukee to Dec. 13; WCPC Houston, Miss., to Jan. 29, 1964: WKRC Cincinnati to Feb. 5. 1964: WMNI Columbus, Ohio, to Dec. 21; WCCO-FM Minneapolis to April 6, 1964KBLE(FM) Seattle to Feb. 1, 1964; WGEEFM Indianapolis to March 13. 1964: WDEEFM Hamden, Conn., to Jan. 1, 1964 KNEV (~FM) Reno to April 19, 1964; KDFC(FM) San Francisco to Jan. 11, 1964. Actions of Nov. 1 KMOO Mineola, Tex.— Granted license and installation of new trans. WOL-FM Washington— Granted license covering installation of new ant. WOL Washington — Granted licenses covering installation of new trans.: increase in daytime power and installation of new trans.; and use of old main aux. trans, as alternate main nighttime and aux. main daytime trans. WBAL-TV Baltimore— Granted CP to redescribe trans, location and change studio location and ant. height to 1000 feet. WMAR-TV Baltimore— Granted CP to change type ant. and ant. height to 1000 feet and make slight change in trans, line; specify ERP as 100 kw vis. and 50 kw aur. *WQED(TV) Pittsburgh— Granted CP to change ERP to 295 kw vis. and 148 kw aur., type trans., and make changes in transmission line and equipment. WJZ-TV Baltimore— Granted CP to change type vis. and aur. ant., and make changes in ant. system. KSET-FM El Paso— Granted CP to change type trans; conditions. WXRT(FM) Chicago— Granted mod. of SCA to add subcarrier frequency of 42 kc. KCAL Redlands, Calif. — Granted mod. of CP to change ant.-trans. location and studio location to trans, site; conditions. WBLF Bellefonte, Pa.— Granted mod. of CP to change type trans. KMNF Albuquerque, N. M. — Granted mod. of CP to change ant.-trans. location, make changes in ant. system and change type trans. KRIK Roswell, N. M.— Granted mod. of CP to change ant.-trans. and studio location; conditions. ■ Following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: KABH Midland, Tex., to Dec. 15; WRSJ Bayamon, P. R., to Jan. 31, 1964; KMNF Albuquerque, N. M., to April 1, 1964; WRSJ-FM Bayamon, P. R., to Jan. 31, 1964. Actions of Oct. 31 WBOY-TV Clarksburg, W. Va.— Rescinded action of Oct. 15 which granted renewal of license for TV station and auxiliaries. ■ Granted renewal of licenses for following: WEBH(FM) Chicago: WKBW-TV Buffalo; WTEN(TV) Vail Mills. N. Y. WCUY(FM) Cleveland Heights, OhioGranted CP to change frequency to 92.3 mc, decrease ERP to 25 kw, increase ant. height to 245 feet, install new ant. and make changes in ant. system. W11AD Keyser and surrounding area. W. Va. — Granted CP to replace expired permit for new VHF TV translator. K09GC Soldotna, Sterling, Kasilof and Kenai, all Alaska— Granted CP to change frequency to channel 9 and make changes in ant. system for VHF TV translator; condition. W11AB, W13AC both Berkeley Springs, W. Va.— Granted CP's to include Great Cacapon, W. Va., in principal community, change type trans, and make changes in ant. system for VHF TV translator stations. K05AL Clayton, Idaho— Granted CP to make changes in ant. system for VHF TV translator. K80AW Dubuque, Iowa — Granted CP to make changes in transmission line for UHF TV translator. K11BJ White Bird, Idaho— Granted CP to change type trans, for VHF TV translator. WGEM-FM Quincy, 111.— Granted mod. of SCA to make changes in equipment and programing. WWBR Windber, Pa.— Granted mod. of CP to change ant.-trans. location to near Windber. WEBH(FM) Chicago— Granted renewal of SCA. Action of Oct. 30 WKOX Framingham, Mass.— Granted CP to install alternate main trans, at main trans, site. Actions of Oct. 28 W81AD, W83AE, Cleveland— Granted licenses for UHF TV translator stations; condition for W81AD. Midnight Sun Broadcasters Inc., Wildwood Military Base, Alaska — Granted CP for new VHF TV translator on channel 4 to translate programs rf KENI-TV (ch. 2) Anchorage. Action of Oct. 22 Tioga Television Association, Poole Plant, Calif.— Granted CP for new VHF TV translator on channel 6 to translate programs of KCRA-TV (ch. 3) Sacramento. Calif. Fines ■ By memorandum opinion and order, commission ordered John, Eli and Harry Daniels, d/b as Heart of Black Hills Station, to forfeit $1,000 to government for willful and repeated violations of Communications Act and commission rules by operating KRSD Rapid City, S. D., with unauthorized equipment, operating by remote control with defective remote control equipment and for failure to give proper notification to district engineer in charge. Action Oct. 30. ■ In affirming action of Sept. 5, 1962, in holding four Minneapolis TV stations liable to forfeit $500 each for "willfully or repeated" failure to identify sponsor of local program, commission interpreted, with citations, word "willfully." Its covering memorandum opinions and orders held that word "willfully," as employed in Sect. 503 (b) of Communications Act with respect to penalties, "does not require showing that licensee knew he was acting wrongfully; it requires only that commission establish that licensee knew that he was doing the acts in question — in short, that acts were not accidental (such as brushing against power knob or switch) ." It also stated that "repeatedly" means simply more than once. Forfeitures are imposed on Midwest RadioTelevision Inc., licensee of WCCO-TV: Hubbard Broadcasting Inc., licensee of KSTPTV; Time-Life Broadcast Inc., licensee of WTCN-TV, and United Television Inc., licensee of KMSP-TV. Commissioners Hyde and Ford dissented. Action Oct. 30. Rulemakings AMENDED ■ Commission proposed amending Sect. 3.682(a) (15) of rules governing TV stations to permit VHF stations to operate with aur. power output of from 10% to 70% of peak radiated power of vis. trans., same as was done for UHF trans, on March 27. 1963. Number of TV receiver manufacturers had urged standards be same in order to facilitate set design. At same time, commission, by order, delegated to Chief of Broadcast Bureau authority to act on requests by TV stations for authority to operate experimentally with aur.-to-vis. power ratio other than specified in rules. Action Oct. 30. PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING FILED ■ Regional Broadcasting Co., Halfway, Md. — Requests institution of rulemaking proceeding looking towards allocation of channel 244 to Berkeley Springs, W. Va., by deleting it from Frostburg, Md., and substituting therefor channel 257 at Frostburg. Received Oct. 23. ■ West Virginia University. Grandview, W. Va. — Requests amendment of rules to allocate and reserve for noncommercial educational TV use channel 9 Grandview. Received Oct. 25. ■ Rock River Television Corp., Rockford, 111. — Requests amendment of rules to make following changes in TV allocations table: Rockford: add channel 23; Freeport: delete channel 23 and add 51. Received Oct. 28. ■ Honorable Alvin E. O'Konski. Washington — Requests institution or rulemaking proceeding looking towards following changes in table of TV allocations: Ironwood, Mich.: delete channel 12+; Merrill, Wis.: add 12+. Received Oct. 30. PROPOSED TELEVISION ASSIGNMENT TABLE OF NAEB The following proposed table of UHF assignments was designed by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters using an electronic computer. It contains a total of 2,600 assignments, including some 900 reserved for educational television. Channels not enclosed in parentheses are in operation, or construction permits for operation on them have been issued. Channels in parentheses are the new assignments 102 (FOR THE RECORD) made by the computer. In both cases an asterisk (*) denotes channels reserved for educational television. The NAEB is seeking to have the FCC issue the table as an alternative to its own proposed plan of UHF assignments, which was issued two weeks ago. FCC engineers are now comparing the two tables. The NAEB proposal does not change any VHF assignments (Also see story this issue). ALABAMA Alexander City, (62) Andalusia, (33, 66, *14) Anniston, (*34) Auburn, (65, *44) Birmingham, 42, 6, 13, *10 (83, *58, *64) Cullman, (70) Decatur, 23 Demopolis, (43, *18) Dothan. (72, *17) Dozier. *2 (76) Enterprise, (36, 82) Eufaula, (78) Fayette, (77, *61) Florence, 15 (*27) Gadsden. (21, 66) Guntersville, (*50) Huntsville. 19, 25, 31 (*48) Jasper, (67, *14) Mobile, 5, 10, *42 (48, 58, 80, *19) Montgomery, 20, 32, 12, *26 Munford, (*40) Mount Cheaha State Park, *7 Opelika, (*54) Ozark, (56) Scottsboro, (82, *53) Selma, 8 (24) BROADCASTING, November 11, 1963