NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

SPECIAL RMA TELEVISION COMMITTEE APPOINTED A special RMA engineering committee to confer with the Federal Radio Commission on future broadcast facilities for television facsimile and other special services was appointed November 8 at Chicago by the RMA Board of Directors. Walter E. Holland of Philadelphia, former Director of Engineering of the RMA, is chair¬ man of the special committee. Other members are J. A. Chambers of Cincinnati, chairman of the engineering committee for the Na¬ tional Association of Broadcasters; Ray H. Manson of Rochester, N. Y., former Engineering Director of the RMA; and Dr. W. R. G. Baker of Camden, N. J. The special committee of engineers will confer with Dr. C. B. Jolliffe, Chief Engineer, and other experts of the Federal Radio Commission, regarding the future broadcast frequencies to be as¬ signed in developing visual broadcasting. The engineers committee was chosen on recommendation of the special RMA committee of executives, headed by Mr. E. T. Cunningham of New York, and including Mr. Powel Crosley of Cincinnati, Mr. W. Roy McCanne of Rochester, and Mr. James M. Skinner of Philadelphia. The matter of frequency assignments and other special services is re¬ garded as a special problem for engineers in its present status. FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION ACTION HEARING CALENDAR Monday, November 20, 1933 WMBG — Havens & Martin, Inc., Richmond, Va. — C. P., 1210 kc., 100 watts, 25 0 watts LS, unlimited time, except Sundays (facilities of WPHR). Present assignment, 1210 kc., 100 watts, unlimited time, except Sundays. WPHR — WLBG, Inc., Petersburg, Va. — Renewal of license, 1200 kc., 100 watts, 250 watts, LS, unlimited time. Wednesday, November 22, 1933 Hearings Before Commission en banc WHAS — The Courier-Journal Co. and The Louisville Times Co., Louisville, Ky.— C. P., 820 kc., 50 KW, unlimited time. Present assignment, 820 kc., 25 KW, unlimited time. KNX — Western Broadcast Co., Los Angeles, Calif. — Modification of license, 1050 kc., 50 KW, unlimited time. Present as¬ signment, 1050 kc., 25 KW, unlimited time. WBT — Station WBT, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. — Modification of license, 1080 kc., 50 KW, unlimited time. Present assign¬ ment, 1080 kc., 25 KW, unlimited time. APPLICATIONS GRANTED KFPM — Dave Ablowich, d/b as The New Furniture Co., Green¬ ville. Tex. — Granted unlimited time privileges on days the Greenville High School football team plays, to December 1, 1933. WKBN — WKBN Broadcasting Corp., Youngstown, Ohio — Granted special temporary authorization to operate from 1 to 3 p. m., EST, on Thursday, November 30, provided WOSU remains silent. KQV — KQV Broadcasting Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. — Granted special temporary authorization to operate from 5:15 to 3:30 p. m., EST, on Sundays during remainder of the months of Novem¬ ber and December, provided WSMK remains silent. • Page WSMK — Stanley M. Krohn, Jr., Dayton, Ohio — Granted special temporary authorization to operate from 7:15 to 7:30 p. m., EST, on Sundays during the remainder of month of Novem¬ ber and the month of December, provided Station KQV remains silent. WJBW — Chas. C. Carlson, New Orleans, La. — Granted license covering move of transmitter and studio locally ; 1200 kc., 100 watts, shares equally with WBBX. WFIW — WFIW, Inc., Louisville, Ky. — Granted modification of C. P. approving exact location of transmitter at 4th and Broadway, Brown Hotel, Louisville; studio at same location. WBBX — Samuel D. Reeks, New Orleans, La. — Granted extension of special authority to remain silent from November 15 to December 1, 1933. WMBH — W. M. Robertson, Joplin, Mo. — Granted modification of special temporary authority to operate from 2:30 to 6 p. m„ CST, on November 17 and 30, 1933, instead of from 3 to 6 p. m., as authorized on September 29th, due to change in football schedule. WSVS — Elmer S. Pierce, Principal, Seneca Vocational High School, Buffalo, N. Y. — Granted special temporary authorization to operate from 8:15 to 9:30 p. m., EST, on Monday evenings on November 20 and 27; December 4, 11 and 18, 1933. SET FOR HEARING WJEJ — Hagerstown Broadcasting Co., Hagerstown, Md. — C. P. to change frequency from 1210 kc. to 1330 kc., increase power from 100 watts to 1 KW, install new equipment, and move transmitter locally. APPLICATIONS DENIED WJJD — WJJD, Inc., Mooseheart, Ill. — Denied request for special temporary authorization to operate each evening until 8:30 p. m., in accordance with consent of KSL, the dominant station on that frequency. WJBW — Charles C. Carlson, New Orleans, La. — Denied authorityto operate unlimited time on frequency of 1200 kc. pending decision on application requesting unlimited time. MISCELLANEOUS KWEA — Hello World Broadcasting Corp., Shreveport, La. — Ap¬ plication for consent to voluntary assignment of license to International Broadcasting Corp. designated for hearing be¬ cause of protest filed November 6, 1933, by Ark-La-Tex Radio Corp., Shreveport. Pending hearing the International Broadcasting Corp. is permitted to continue the operation of Station KWEA in accordance with original grant made October 31, 1933, pursuant to Rule 46. KECA — Earle C. Anthony, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. — Denied peti¬ tion to consolidate hearing on protest of KECA against granting of application of KFAC for increased hours of operation scheduled for hearing December 5, 1933, and ap¬ plication of Earle C. Anthony, Inc., for increase in daytime power from 1,000 watts to 2,500 watts. The Commission, sitting en banc, will hear oral arguments on December 13, 1933, beginning at 10 a. m., in re Examiner’s Report No. 512, in which the Examiner recommended that Don Lee Broad¬ casting System be permitted to erect a new radio broadcasting 227 •