NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

cation of G. F. Schiessler and M. E. Stephens, doing business as the Home Cut Glass & China Company, for involuntary assignment of the station’s license. The Commission found that the applicants in both cases involved failed to show qualifications or ability “afford¬ ing any promise or assurance for the reestablishment and operation of Station WNBW in such manner as to serve the public interest.” F. R. C. DENIES WBCM POWER INCREASE The Radio Commission on Friday upheld Examiner Ralph L. Walker in his Report No. S14 by denying the application of Station WBCM, Bay City, Mich., power increase from 500 to 1,000 watts. It was found by the Commission that the proposed power increase would result in objectionable interference with other stations, and that there is no real need for the operation of the station with 1,000 watts even temporarily to study conditions because interference would result. EXAMINER AGAINST KOIN POWER BOOST Application was made to the Federal Radio Commission by Station KOIN, Portland, Ore., asking that its daytime operating power be increased from 1,000 to 2,500 watts. In Report No. 523 this week Ralph L. Walker (e), recommends that the application be denied. The Examiner points out in his report that while the increase could be made without any objectionable interference with any existing station, both the State of Oregon and the Fifth Zone, in which the station is located, are over quota. He further states that the city of Portland, with less than onethird of the total population of the State, is now assigned eighttenths of the State’s broadcasting facilities and “it would appear, therefore, that if additional facilities are to be assigned the State of Oregon, they should not be placed in Portland.” SUIT OVER KGIZ TRANSFER Craig Siegfried and Max A. Kramer this week filed suit for an injunction against the Federal Radio Commission in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. It appears from the record that Station KGIZ, Grant City, Mo., applied to the Commission for voluntary assignment of its license to KGBX, Inc., Springfield, Mo., which was granted by the Commission. The applicants for the injunction protested the grant and the Commission set the case for argument before an Examiner, who recommended that the original action of the Commission be approved. The applicants are now trying to enjoin the Commission from deciding the case in accordance with the recommendations of the Examiner. OPPOSES NEW CHEYENNE STATION The Wyoming Broadcasting Company made application to the Federal Radio Commission for a construction permit for the erec¬ tion of a new station at Cheyenne, Wyo., to use 780 kilocycles, full time, and 500 watts night and 1,000 watts daytime. In Report No. 524 this week George H. Hill (e), recommended that the application be denied. It was found by the Examiner that the legal and financial qualifications of the applicant are unsatisfactory. He found also that Cheyenne now receives fair radio service and that the granting of the application would possibly cause inter¬ ference with existing stations. SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATION The following companies filed registration statements with the Federal Trade Commission under the Securities Act during the current week: Appleton Building Company, Milwaukee, Wis. (2-418) Brown-Forman Distillery Company, Louisville, Ky. (2-419) Burda Holding Corporation, New York City. (2-410) Dorval-Siscoe Gold Mines, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. (2-411) Dorval-Siscoe Gold Syndicate, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. (2-413) Gold Producers, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. (2-416) Mathieson Auto Boat Corporation, Highland Park, Mich. (2414) Peterson Lumber Corporation, Pineville, Ky. (2-417) Reclamation District No. 1600, San Francisco, Calif. (2-415) Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fils., Inc., New York City. (2-412) Brewery Development & Management Company, Boston, Mass. (2-423) Conar Gold & Silver Mining Company, San Francisco, Calif. (2-421) Eagle Mountain Mining Company, Goldfield, Nev. (2-429) Equity Fund, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (2-426) Greenebaum Sons Investment Co. and Percy Cowan, Chicago, Ill. (2-425) Gulf Beach Hotel, Inc., Panama City, Fla. (2-428) Metals Equities, Inc., Jersey City, N. J. (2-427) National Multiweaving Company, Washington, D. C. (2-420) Rahn Brewing Company, Inc., Tamaque, Pa. (2-422) Wyoming Petroleum Corporation, Las Vegas, Nev. (2-424) Alaska Pacific Salmon Company, Seattle, Wash. (2-435) Buffalo Mount Vernon Development Company, Buffalo, N. Y. (2-434) Commonwealth Bond Corporation Committee, New York City. (2-440) Corporate Securities Fund, Inc., Jersey City, N. J. (2-445) Estate Managers General Fund, Inc., Jersey City, N. J. (2-431) Hammond, Standish & Company, Detroit, Mich. (2-430) Hammond Distilleries, Inc., Hammond, Ind. (2-436) Insurance Exchange Building Company, San Francisco, Calif. (2-444) Kilmar Realty Company, Milwaukee, Wis. (2-438) Kilmar Realty Company, Milwaukee, Wis. (2-439) Pacific Empire Corporation, San Francisco, Calif. (2-442) Rozwick Corporation, Miami, Fla. (2-443) Unity Gold Corporation, St. Paul, Minn. (2-441) Venezuela Speculations, Inc., New York City. (2-432) Yuma Gold Fields, Inc., New York City. (2-433) Zeloid Products Corporation, Holyoke, Mass. (2-437) FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION ACTION HEARING CALENDAR Monday, November 27, 1933 NEW — Thomas R. McTammany and Wm. H. Bates, Jr., Modesto, Calif. — C. P., 740 kc., 250 watts, daytime. Wednesday, November 29, 1933 Oral Argument Before Commission en banc NEW — Juan Piza, San Juan, P. R. — C. P., 1290 kc., 500 watts, unlimited time. APPLICATIONS GRANTED KBTM — W. J. Beard (Beard’s Temple of Music), Paragould, Ark. — Granted C. P. to move transmitter to near Jonesboro, Ark., and studio to Jonesboro; also granted authority to install automatic frequency control at new location. KVOO — Southwestern Sales Corp., Tulsa, Okla. — Granted license covering increase in power from 5 KW to 25 KW, installing new equipment, changing hours from sharing equally with WAPI to simultaneous day and sharing night with WAPI; 1140 kc. WSAI — The Crosley Radio Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio — Granted ex¬ tension of special authorization for 90 days to use 1 KW night, 2 KW day, using directional antenna experimentally. WORC — Alfred Frank Kleindienst, Worcester, Mass. — Granted ex¬ tension to March 1, 1934, of special experimental authoriza¬ tion to operate on 1280 kc. with 500 watts, unlimited. (Normally licensed 1200 kc., 100 watts, unlimited.) WEBR — Howell Broadcasting Co., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. — Granted authority to remain silent on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, to give employees a holiday. WMBH — W. M. Robertson, Joplin, Mo. — Granted modification of special temporary authorization to operate from 3 to 6 p. m., CST, on November 23, instead of same hours on November 24, as granted on October 10. Also granted temporary authority to operate from 9:30 to 10:30 p. m., CST, on December 8, 1933, and to operate from 2:30 to 3:30 p. m., CST, on December 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 1933. WGCM — Grace Jones Stewart, d/b Great Southern Land Co., Mississippi City, Miss. — Granted special temporary author¬ ization to operate from 2 to 4:30 p. m., CST, on November 30, 1933, and from 9:30 to 9:45 a. m., CST, on December 31, 1933. WSOC — WSOC, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. — Granted license covering move of station from Gastonia to Charlotte, N. C., and making changes in equipment; 1210 kc., 100 watts, un¬ limited. • Page 231