NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1942)

ARIZONA Estimated Radio Homes, 1940 Number of Occupied Dwelling Units as reported by U. S. Bureau of the Census in advance release,. Series H-7. Percent radio-equipped calculated from Series II-7 Bulletin following the Census Bureau practice. Number of radio units, or radio homes, estimated by applying percent ownership to those units not answering radio ciuestion and adding such to those reporting radio. County % Radio % Radio % Radio % Radio Units Radio F^nits Units Radio Units Units Radio Units Units Radio Units Apache . . .5,240 27 5 1,433 1,971 59. 2 1,167 3,269 8.1 266 Cochise . . 9,190 77.5 7,126 3,991 82 . .5 3,294 3,902 76. 0 2,966 1,297 66.8 866 Coconino . . 4,677 52.7 2,4.59 2,061 74.9 1,.543 926 67. 2 623 1 ,690 17.3 293 Gilti . . 6,616 73 2 4,844 3,094 83.1 2,571 2,897 70. 1 2,031 625 38.8 242 Graham . . 2,894 64 9 1,878 1,822 70. 6 1,287 1 ,072 55 . 2 591 Greenlee . . 2,185 73 4 1,602 659 71.9 474 1,215 77. 7 944 311 59.3 184 Maricopa . . 50,455 73.8 37,208 23,273 82.6 19,226 17,779 69 3 12,316 9,403 60.3 5,666 Mohave . . 2,6.54 64.6 1 ,713 2,301 67. 4 1,551 353 46.0 162 Navajo . . 5,911 44.2 2,629 1,272 84.1 1,070 1,999 64 7 1,293 2,640 10 1 266 Pima . . 19,0,50 79.3 15,092 9,964 86.0 8,568 8,01.5 75. 2 6,025 1,071 46.6 499 Pinal . . 6,979 54.7 3,815 4,906 62. .5 3,066 2,073 36.1 749 Santa Cruz . . 2,377 66.6 1 ,582 1,277 72 0 919 801 61 9 496 299 .55.8 167 Yavapai . . 7,822 72.4 5 , 666 1,917 81.2 1,,5,56 4,932 70. 0 3,452 973 67.6 658 Yuma . . 5,083 65.9 3,347 1,416 78.2 1,107 2,347 60 9 1,429 1,320 61.4 811 State Total. . . . . 131,133 69.0 90,394 48,924 82.4 40,328 55,813 69. 3 38,646 26,396 43.3 11,420 Cities of 25,000 or More Population % Radio City County Units Radio JTnits Phoenix . Maricopa 19,287 ,84 2 16,249 Tucson . Pima 9,964 86.0 8; ,568 DELAWARE All Units Urban Units Rural-Nonfarm Units Rural-Farm LTnits County % Radio % Radio % Radio % Radio Units Radio Units Units Radio Units Units Radio Units Units Radio Units Kent . . 9,672 75.2 7,278 2,278 83.9 1,910 4 , 1,80 77 .3 3,230 3,214 66 . 5 2,138 New Castle . . 45,948 92.8 42,6,56 32,332 93.3 30,158 11,416 93 1 10,624 2,200 85.2 1,874 Sussex . . 14,921 76.7 11,446 2,460 87.3 2,147 6,234 80 .8 5,036 6,227 68.5 4,263 State Total . . . . . 70,541 87.0 61,380 37,070 92.3 34,215 21,830 86 .5 18,890 11,641 71.1 8,275 City Wilmington . Cities of 25,000 or More Population County New Castle Units 29,293 % liadio 93.2 Radio Units 27,308 NAB Research Department May 20, 1942 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FLY DISCUSSES APPLICATIONS FCC Chairman, James Lawrence Fly, at a press conference on Monday discussed pending broadcast applications for construction permits. Fie stated that many applicants for permits either directly or indirectly were continuing to press for action by the Commission for construction and use of materials. Mr. Fly called attention to the fact that of course it was a natural tendency on the part of each applicant to stress his own case as being particularly “meritorious” because, for e.xample, the materials for most of them were available and also because various procedural steps had already been taken. “Needless to say,” the Chairman stated, “the Commission would like very much to recognize these very cases and make the grants and get the stations going. But we are faced with the require¬ ments of the WPB and with actual rules that have been adopted to meet the war time situation. We simply cannot operate under the rules by starting a line of deviations. Those rules are deemed essential for war purposes. Be that as it may, so long as those are the rules in both the Commission and the industry, there is no alternative but to live up to them. We expect to make no exceptions except those that are clearly indicated on the face of the rule itself. I would strongly advise applicants faced with this war time problem not to waste their time and energies, and money of themselves or the Government in endeavoring to pursue the applications which run counter to the rules. The best we can hope to do in the broadcasting fiehl is to consolidate our position and to endeavor to keep the present broadcasting struc 290 — May 29, 1942