NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1942)

“THIS IS WAR” PROMOTION James M. LeGate, General Manager, WHIG. Dayton, puts extra promotion behind This Is War, Each week the program is pro¬ moted with special announcements over WHIG and in two-column adds in the Dayton Daily New's. Simon Goldman, Manager, WJTX, Jamestown, has received complete cooperation of the Jamestown public school system in the promotion of radio programs relating to the war effort. Every grade school, junior and senior high school in the city displays the This Is War placard furnished by GEE. Clinton V. Bush, superintendent of public schools, has also made it possible to distribute a list and time schedule of the war effort programs and the suggestion is made that the students urge their parents to listen along with them. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FLY SPEAKS IN BOSTON Chairman James Lawrence Ely of the ECC made the following remarks at the inauguration of Westinghouse EM Station W67B in Boston on March 29: It gives me real satisfaction to add a word of greeting at this time to the many others which you are undoubtedly receiving today, as you introduce your new Erequency Modulation station, W67B, to the public of Boston. Gperation of W67B represents an additional service which is now available to the people of the Boston area. Frequency Modulation is an engineering development which represents an important advance in the science of broadcasting. As this new' broadcasting technique develops, listeners all over the country w'ill become more fully aw'are of the refinements which it offers them. Its full tonal range makes possible lifelike rendi¬ tion of sound, and its freedom from static and common sources of interference adds to the pleasure the listener experiences in receiving frequency modulation broadcasts in his home. Today, EM, as this type of broadcasting is commonly known, has an unusually timely mission in that each new station present¬ ing a new program service to the people of this country, enlarges the reservoir on which our nation at war may draw' for informa¬ tion and entertainment. Radio broadcasting is threading its way through its first W'ar. No signposts, no precedents, nor helpful experiences from other wars are standing as guides to the future — hence — radio’s area of service in this World War is unexplored. Its course is fraught with many difficulties, trials and dangers and, therefore, the steadiest hand and the coolest eye must be at the helm as the course is charted and pursuerl. The importance of broadcasting in this w'ar is tremendous. Broadcasters are custodians of what is potentially the most power¬ ful weapon in the world. From every side comes definite proof that radio is accepting the challenge presented by the present situa¬ tion in a most satisfactory manner. As w'e traverse this period of our greatest national peril, it is paramount that radio broadcasters act w'ith speed and courage to win its objective, which is to operate in the public interest, convenience and nece.ssity. Onh by clearly defining its responsibilities and then bending every effort to live up to them, can radio help the nation achieve the final certain victory. I congratulate the ow'ners of this new Westinghouse EM station. W67B, and 1 express the confident belief that it will faithfully fullfil its great opportunity for service during these war days and progressively during the years after the final victory has been w'on. FCC SURVEY The FCC, in cooperation with the OCD, is making a compre¬ hensive protection survey of selected non-government commercial communication facilities essential to National Defense from damage by sabotage or as a result of subversive activities. This is one 192 — April 3, 1942 phase of the general study being conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense in regard to the protection of all strategic places vitally essential to National Defense. As one step in this program, the Commission has effected plans to proceed with an immediate pro¬ tection survey of certain broadcast stations w’ith the object of ob¬ taining facts as to the protection now afforded. E. M. Webster, Assistant Chief Engineer of the Commission, has been directed to assume charge of this work on behalf of the Commission. He will consult with the appropriate representatives of your company, from time to time w'hen necessary, for the pur¬ pose of making detailed arrangements in regard to the survey. Commission Radio Inspectors, acting under appropriate in¬ structions from the Commission have been designated to proceed with the inspection of certain broadcast station facilities. The cooperation of your company is solicited in conducting this survey. It is requested that you designate a person in your organization to assist the Commission's representative in collecting the information desired. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION DOCKET EIEARINGS The following broadcast hearings are scheduled to be heard before the Commission during the week beginning Monday, April 6. They are subject to change. Monday, April 6 NEW— S. Brad Hunt, Alton, III— C. P., 1030 kc., 1 KW, daytime. Eurther Hearing WAPI — Voice of Alabama, Inc., Birmingham, Ala. — C. P,, 1070 kc., SO KW, unlimited, DA-night. Tuesday, April 7 Further Hearing NEW — Newark Broadcasting Corporation, Newark, N. J. — C. P., 020 kr., 5 KW, unlimited, DA-night and day. Wednesday, April 8 Further Consolidated Hearing NEW — Hcnnessy Broadcasting Company, Butte, Mont. — C. P., MOO kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Barclay Craighead, Butte, Mont. — C. P., 1400 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. Thursday, April 9 Further Consolidated Hearing NEW — Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc., Utica, N. Y. — C. P., 1450 kc.. 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Utica Broadcasting Company, Inc., Utica, N. Y. — C. P., 1150 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Midstate Radio Corporation, Utica, N. Y. — C. P., 1470 kc., 1 KW, D.U-day and night, unlimited. Friday, April 10 KWFT — Wichita Broadcasting Co., Wichita Falls, Texas. — Modifi¬ cation of license, 020 kc., 5 KW, unlimited, DA-night and day. Further Consolidated Hearing NEW — .^ir-Waves, Inc., Baton Rouge, La. — C. P., 1400 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Louisiana Communications, Inc., Baton Rouge, La. — C. P., 1400 kc., 250 watts, unlimited.