NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

OF INTEREST TO NEW MEMBERS The Membership Committee, headed by Sidney H. Bliss, General Manager of WCLO, Janesville, Wisconsin, reports that fifty new members have been obtained since the membership drive was started several weeks ago. For the benefit of these members we desire to announce that they can obtain back numbers of the NAB Reports simply by writing to the Managing Director. More¬ over, he has left on hand about a dozen of the black leather fivering NAB Reports binders, which will be sold to the first applicants at $2.00 each — actual cost. Tne handbook to hold the Constitution and By-Laws, the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Radio Commission, the NAB list of all stations by frequency, the Securities Act and Regulations, and other matters which may from time to time be issued in similar form, can be obtained from Remington Rand. These hand¬ books are described as follows: Size 9x6, Style Kazet, Binding B.L. G. Leather, 4)4 Small Bar, Auto Back, Capacity 3", No. 251A1943. LAFOUNT WANTS MORE LOCAL STATIONS Commissioner Lafount at the Commission meeting on September 22 presented a resolution to provide more local stations in the country. The resolution was referred to the Legal and Engineer¬ ing Divisions for a report. “This would make possible ”, said Mr. Lafount in discussing the resolution, “the establishing of a few 100-watt stations in commu¬ nities not now enjoying good radio reception, and would eliminate about thirty existing local stations from quota charge; the object being to more nearly provide equality of radio reception.’’ The resolution is as follows: “Whereas Section 9 of the Radio Act of 1927 as amended de¬ clares— ‘That the people of all the zones established by Section 2 of the Act are entitled to equality of radio broadcasting service, both of transmission and of reception’ and “Whereas the method prescribed in the same section of the amended Act and intended to produce such equality will in prac¬ tical application result in equality of transmission but not of re¬ ception, “Therefore I move, that radio broadcasting stations classified at this time by the Commission as ‘Local Stations’, and emitting 100 watts power or less, be not chargeable to quota, under the Com¬ mission’s present system of quota charges, providing, however, “That said station be located at least one hundred miles air line from any station emitting 5,000 or more watts day or night, at least seventy-five miles air line from any station emitting 250 or more watts and less than 5,000 watts day or night, and fifty miles from any station classified by the Commission as local.” APPROVE GADSDEN, ALA., MOVE The Radio Commission on Friday upheld Former Chief Examiner Ellis A. Yost in his Report No. 485 in which he recommended the granting of the application of Station WJBY, Gadsden, Ala., to reconstruct and operate at a new location in Gadsden. The Com¬ mission found in this case that there is a need for the service of a local station in the Gadsden area and that “the applicant’s show¬ ing as to financial and technical ability is such as to afford rea¬ sonable assurance that it is in a position to reconstruct and operate Station WJBY in such manner as to serve the public interest.” WDRC GETS POWER INCREASE Station WDRC, Hartford, Conn., was granted an increase of power by the Radio Commission from 500 to 1,000 watts sustain¬ ing former Chief Examiner Ellis A. Yost in his Report No. 490. In its decision the Commission found that the quality of the station’s service would be improved by the additional power, that no interference would be caused by the increased power, and that “the applicant is prepared and qualified financially, technically and otherwise to make efficient use of the additional power requested.” WGNY GIVEN POWER BOOST Peter Goelet, owner of Station WGNY, Chester, N. Y., has been granted a power increase of from 50 to 100 watts by the Radio Commission, sustaining Lxaminer George H. Hill in his recommen¬ dation in Report No. 495. In this case the Commission found that the applicant is rendering a meritorious service, that he is qualified financiallv and technically to make efficient use of the increased power and that “no sub¬ stantial amount of interference would be likely to result from the use of the additional power requested.” SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATIONS The following companies filed registration statements with the Federal Trade Commission under the Securities Act during the current week: ■ Page Bald Mountain Mining Company, Clinton, Iowa (2-217). Domestic Finance Company, Kansas City, Mo. (2-214). General By-Products, Inc., Mason City, Iowa (2-219). Hunter Baltimore Rye, Inc., Baltimore, Md. (2-218). Indusrtial Finance and Thrift Corp., New Orleans, La. (2-215). International Placer Mining Company, Inc., Bellingham, Wash. (2-211). Mitchell-Hearst Gold Syndicate, Ltd., Toronto, Canada (2-209). Pointer Brewing Company, Clinton, Iowa (2-213). Rock River Distillery, Inc., Dixon, Ill. (2-216). Strange Printing Company, Inc., Wilmington, Del. (2-210). Wuoga Gas & Oil Corporation, Williamsport, Pa. (2-212). WPRO GIVEN EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE Station WPRO, Providence, R. I., asked for special experimental authorization. Recommendation is made in Report No. 506 (G. H. Hill, e.) that the application be granted. This station operates regularly on 1210 kilocycles with 100 watts power unlimited time and authority is requested to operate ex¬ perimentally on 630 kilocycles, 250 watts power, unlimited time. The Examiner found that the station is financially and technically able to continue the operation of the station and to conduct the proposed experiments requested. The Examiner states also that “the proposed operation of Station WPRO would not cause ob¬ jectionable interference within the service area of any other station.’’ COURT TO HEAR RADIO CASES Arguments are scheduled to be heard by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia on October 2 in docket No. 5846 of WREC, Inc-, vs. the Federal Radio Commission and in cases Nos. 5896 and 5917 of WJJD, Inc., against the Radio Commission. STAY ORDER IN TELEVISION CASE The Shortwave and Television Corporation has filed an appeal in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in connection with a decision of the Federal Radio Commission rendered on September 12. The court granted a stay order on September 22. The appellants complain against the decision of the Commission which denied a license for its experimental television station WlXG and also denied license renewal for its station WlXAU used for transmitting sound in connection with television. The appeal states that “the finding by the Commission that the operation of the stations has been used as a basis for stock pro¬ motion activities out of all proportion to the actual accomplish¬ ments or prospects of accomplishment of this applicant is contrary to the facts in the record, capricious and arbitrary in the light of the record.” PROGRAM CLEARING HOUSE (D 4:3) “YOUNG MILLIONS.” Four characters, two men and two women. The program series deals with the adventures of the family of a millionaire lumber man. The principal characters are his daughter and his ward. The daughter is in love with a strug¬ gling young writer. She, in turn, is led to believe that the ward is attempting to win him from her. Complications ensue, gangsters kidnap the heiress and melodrama runs its course. MORE PROGRAMS NEEDED To date the NAB Program Clearing House has published the summaries of slightly more than fifty programs The response to these program notes has been highly encouraging, between sixty and seventy inquiries having been received regarding the programs of¬ fered. It has been especially interesting to note that inquiries have been received long after the publication of the program notes, show¬ ing that station executives are maintaining a file of programs offered and are referring to it when the need arises. During the past several weeks the number of programs sent to the Clearing House has declined considerably. If the Clearing House is to maintain its momentum and continue its service it is necessary that it be supplied with the necessary program material from stations. Member stations are therefore urged to send to the Program Clearing House any material which they consider might be of value to other broadcasters, and which they are willing to offer to non-competing stations, either for a price or otherwise. NRA NEWS BROADCASTS SPONSORED The official NRA daily news service which is now being sent to all non-network stations is rapidlv gaining in popularity. Several stations have found advertisers who desire to sponsor this dailv feature and have asked permission to do so. The Managing Director has taken up this matter with Mr. W. B. Dolph. director of NRA radio activities, and has been assured that the NRA has no objec¬ tion to the news service being sponsored. 174