NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

special temporary authority to operate auxiliary 1 KW trans¬ mitter at new site. WAGM — Aroostook Broadcasting Corp., Presque Isle, Maine — Granted special temporary authority to operate from 10 to 11 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m., EST, on September S, 6 and 7. WCAX — Burlington Daily News, Inc., Burlington, Vt. — Granted special temporary authority to operate from 8:30 p. m. to 12 midnight, EST, September S. Second Zone WCAE — WCAE, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. — Granted modification of CP to install vertical radiator. Third Zone WJBW — Chas. C. Carlson, New Orleans, La. — Granted CP to move transmitter and studio locally. WSOC — WSOC, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. — Granted modification of CP approving transmitter and studio sites; extending com¬ mencement date to 10 days from this date and completion date to 70 days from this date. WSB — The Atlanta Journal Co., Atlanta, Ga. — Granted authority to determine power by direct measurement. WSB — The Atlanta Journal Co., Atlanta, Ga. — Granted license covering increase in power, installation of new equipment, and move of transmitter; 740 kc., SO KW, unlimited time. WGCM — Great Southern Land Co., Gulfport, Miss. — Granted authority to remain silent from October 1 through December 29, on account of business conditions. Fourth Zone WOS — Missouri State Marketing Bureau, Jefferson City, Mo. — Granted modification of license to change name to Missouri State Highway Patrol. Fifth Zone KFWI — -Radio Entertainments, Ltd., San Francisco — Granted extention of authority to remain silent for 30 additional days from August 31. SET FOR HEARING KFEQ — Scroggin & Co. Bank, St. Joseph, Mo. — Modification of license to change hours of operation from daytime to local sunset to 6 a. m. to 7 p. m., and operate during night hours with 2)4 KW power. NEW — Central Broadcasting Co., Davenport, Iowa — CP, 1310 kc., 100 watts, unlimited time (facilities of WIAS). NEW — The Journal Co. (The Milwaukee Journal), Ellis, Wis. — CP, 900 kc., 1 KW night, 2)4 KW day. (Facilities of WHA and WLBL. To consolidate WHA and WLBL into new station.) NEW — Frank Wilburn, Prescott, Ariz. — CP, 1500 kc., 100 watts, unlimited time (facilities of KPJM). KIEM — Harold H. Hanseth, Eureka, Calif. — Modification of license to increase daytime hours to unlimited, using same power as now licensed, 100 watts (facilities KFWI). ORAL ARGUMENT GRANTED Oral argument, before the Commission en banc, will be held on October 11, 10 a. m., in re Examiner’s Report No. 497, in¬ volving stations WIP, WFI, and WLIT, in Philadelphia. MISCELLANEOUS City of Atlantic City, New Jersey — Granted permission to inter¬ vene in application of WLWL, New York, for modification of license so as to operate full time on 1100 kc. Station WPG now operates on that channel. Atlantic City is the owner of the equipment and property of WPG, which has been leased to WPG Broadcasting Corp., licensee of WPG. WHDL — Tupper Lake Broadcasting Co., Inc., Tupper Lake, N. Y. — Denied special authority to operate until 8 p. m. during September and October. APPLICATIONS DISMISSED The following cases, heretofore set for hearing, were dismissed at request of applicants: WKZO — WKZO, Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich. — Modification of license, 250 watts 1 KW LS, 590 kc., unlimited time. WPTF — WPTF Radio Co., Raleigh, N. C. — Modification of license, 680 kc., 1 KW, unlimited time. WJAR — The Outlet Co., Providence, R. I. — Modification of license, 890 kc., 500 watts, unlimited time. WMT — Waterloo Broadcasting Co., Waterloo, Iowa — Modification of license, 600 kc., 500 watts 1 KW LS, unlimited time. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED First Zone WBAL — Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power Co. of Balti¬ more, Baltimore, Md. — Extension of special temporary ex¬ perimental authorization to synchronize with WJZ (760 kc.) when WTIC operates on 1060 kc., from 9-1-33 to 12-1-33. WQDM — A. J. St. Antoine and E. J. Regan, St. Albans, Vt. — Con¬ struction permit to make changes in equipment. WGCP — May Radio Broadcast Corp., Newark, N. J. — Construc¬ tion permit for new equipment and increase power from 250 watts to 1 KW night, 2)4 KW to local sunset, amended as to equipment and to request increase in hours to one-third time. Second Zone WCAE — WCAE, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. — Modification of construc¬ tion permit granted 6-30-33 to extend date of completion to 5-1-34. WCAU — WCAU Broadcasting Company, Philadelphia, Pa. — Au¬ thority to determine operating power by direct antenna measurement. Third Zone KLCN — Charles Leo Lintzenich, Blytheville, Ark. — Modification of construction permit to extend completion date. KUOA — KUOA, Inc., Fayetteville, Ark. — Modification of construc¬ tion permit to extend commencement and completion date. WBHS — Radio Station WBHS, Inc., Huntsville, Ala. — Construction permit to change frequency from 1200 kc. to 1500 kc., move transmitter and studio from Huntsville, Ala., to a site to be determined in Durham, N. C., and increase hours of opera¬ tion from six-sevenths time to unlimited time, resubmitted and amended to omit request for change in hours. Request facilities WBHS be transferred from Alabama to North Carolina. Fourth Zone None. Fifth Zone KRE — First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif. — Modification of license for change in specified hours of op¬ eration from daily except Sunday: 6:30 a. m. to 9:30 a. m., 12 noon to 3 p. m., 6 p. m. to 9 p. m.; Sunday, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m., 4 p. m. to 6 p. m., 6:45 to 9:45 p. m., PST, to daily, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., 5:30 to 10:30 p. m.; Sunday hours as at present. KGIX — J. M. Heaton, Las Vegas, Nev. — Modification of construc¬ tion permit granted 6-23-33 for changes in equipment. (Re¬ submitted with corrections made.) NEW — Magic Isle Broadcast Co., E. L. Mathewson, Pres., H. O. Eisner, Bus. Mgr., A. C. Freeman, Tech. Director, Avalon, Calif. — Construction permit for new station to use 1220 kc., 500 watts, unlimited time. KNX — Western Broadcast Company, Los Angeles, Calif. — Special temporary experimental authorization to use an additional 25 KW on experimental basis. (Resubmitted on correct form.) KIEM — Harold H. Hanseth, Eureka, Calif. — Special temporary ex¬ perimental authorization to use hours from local sunset to 10 p. m., PST, on experimental basis for six months. (Re¬ submitted on correct form.) APPLICATIONS RETURNED The following applications have been returned to the applicants: NEW — F. A. Atkinson, for Valley Broadcasting Co., Tarentum, Pa. — Application for construction permit for new station to use 1420 kc., 50 watts, limited time, 10 hours daily. (Improperly filed, all sections not answered, Rule 77 re hours, insufficient information on transmitter location, equip¬ ment unsatisfactory.) NEW — Paul K. Lipps, M. D., Fort Worth, Tex. — Construction permit for new station transmitter to be located at Crowley, Tex., to use 960 kc., 50 watts, day; hours, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Rule 6a, c, d; frequency Canadian exclusive; equipment; and insufficient information on proposed transmitter loca¬ tion.) NEW — Metro Broadcasting Co., A. Tornek and R. Lillie, East Los Angeles, Calif. — Construction permit for new station to use 820 kc., 100 watts night, 250 watts to local sunset, also re¬ quested daytime only, facilities formerly assigned KGEF. (All sections not answered, inconsistent re hours, insufficient information on transmitter location, facilities requested al¬ ready assigned to KFAC.) Page 128