NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

Federal Communicciiioais Commission Pocket i .. .... HEARINGS The following broadcast hearings are scheduled to be heard before the Commission during the week beginning Monday, July 24. They are subject to change. Monday, July 24 Consolidated Hearing KMLB — Liner’s Broadcasting Station, Inc., Monroe, La. — C. P., 1440 kc., 1 KW, unlimited, DA-night. NEW — KNOE, Inc., KJAN, Monroe, La. — C. P. & M. P. to change type of transmitter, change studio location and for approval of antenna, and transmitter location. 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. Wednesday, July 26 KVOE — The Voice of the Orange Empire, Inc., Ltd., Santa Ana, Calif. — C. P., 1480 kc., 1 KW, unlimited. Thursday, July 27 Further Consolidated Hearing NEW — James F. Hopkins, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. — C. P., 1050 kc., 1 KW, day, daytime. NEW — Washtenaw Broadcasting Co., Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.— C. P., 1050 kc., 1 KW (B2-P-3307), 250 watts (B-2-P3595), daytime. Federal Communications Commission Action APPLICATIONS GRANTED KRRV — Red River Valley Broadcasting Corp., Sherman, Texas — Granted request to waive Commission rules as may be neces¬ sary in order to permit Station KRRV to announce its sta¬ tion identification as “KRRV, Sherman and Denison, Texas,” when programs originate in the Sherman studios or come through it, and as “KRRV, Denison and Sherman, Texas,” when programs originate or come through the Denison studios. KELO — Sioux Falls Broadcast Assn., Inc., Sioux Falls, S. Dak. — Granted construction permit to install new antenna and make changes in ground system; granted subject to Com¬ mission decision on multiple ownership rule applicability to KELO and KSOO. (B4-P-3619) WQBC — Delta Broadcasting Co., Inc., Vicksburg, Miss. — Granted construction permit to change frequency from 1390 k<‘. to 1430 kc., and to change power from 1 KW, day, to 1 KW, day, 500 watts night; unlimited time. (B3-P-3601) KTAR and KEIM — Arizona Publishing Co. (transferor), John J. Louis (transferee), KTAR Broadcasting Co. (Licensee), Phoenix, Ariz. — Granted consent to transfer of control of KTAR Broadcasting Co., licensee of station KTAR and associated relay station KEIM, from Arizona Publishing Co., by transfer of 50,000 shares, or 77.27 per cent of the issued and outstanding capital stock to John J‘ Louis, for a consideration of $375,000. (B5-TC-367) WINX — WINX Broadcasting Co., Washington, D. C. — Granted consent to transfer control of Station WINX from Lawrence J. Heller, Agnes W. Heller, individually and as Trustee for Pamela Heller, Christopher Heller, Anthony Heller, Lawrence J. Heller, Jr., and Michael Heller, respectively, and Richard K. Lyon (transferors) to Eugene Meyer & Co., a partner¬ ship composed of Eugene Meyer and Agnes Meyer, d/'b as The Washington Post, by transfer of 2000 shares, or 100 per cent, of the issued and outstanding capital stock of WINX Broadcasting Co., licensee of Station WINX, for a cash consideration of $500,000. Commissioner Durr dis¬ sented. (Bl-TC-388) WQXR and WQXQ — John V. L. Hogan (transferor), The New York Times Co. (transferee), Interstate Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Licensee), New York, N. Y.— Granted application for transfer of control of Interstate Broadcasting Co., Inc., licensee of standard broadcast station WQXR and high frequency station WQXQ, New York City, by the transfer of 60 shares, or approximately 52.4 per cent of the issued and outstanding Class A Common voting stock from John V. L. Hogan, to The New York Times Company, for ap¬ proximately $1,000,000; Commissioner Durr dissented. (Bl-TC-365) KECA — Earle C. Anthony (assignor), Los Angeles, Calif., Blue Network Co., Inc. (assignee), Hollywood, Calif. — Granted voluntary assignment of license of station KECA, from Earle C. Anthony, Inc., to Blue Network Co., Inc., for a total consideration of $800,000. (B5-AL-428) KYUM — R. N. Campbell, D. Morgan Campbell and Eleanor Mc¬ Coy (transferors), John J. Louis (transferee), Yuma Broad¬ casting Co. (licensee), Yuma, Ariz. — Granted consent to transfer of control of Yuma Broadcasting Co., licensee of Station KYLTM, by transfer of 12,350 shares, or 49.4 per cent of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the licensee from R. N. Campbell, D. M. Campbell and Eleanor McCoy, to John J. Louis, for a consideration of approxi¬ mately $15,438. (B5-TC-379) KYCA — Southwest Broadcasting Co., Prescott, Ariz.— Granted consent to transfer control of Southwest Broadcasting Co., licensee of Station KYCA, from Albert Stetson to KTAR Broadcasting Co. WJLD — J. Leslie Doss (assignor), George Johnston (assignee), Bessemer, Ala. — Granted consent to voluntary assignment of license from J. Leslie Doss to George Johnston, for a consideration of $106,000. Commissioner Durr dissented. (B3-AL-422) LICENSE RENEWALS Granted renewal of following station licenses for the period August 1, 1944, and ending not later than May 1, 1947: KFEL, Denver, Colo.; KFPY, Spokane, Wash.; KFWB, Los Angeles, Calif.; KFXJ, Grand Junction, Colo.; KMA, Shenandoah, Iowa; KMBC and auxiliary, Kansas City, Mo.; KPOF, near Den¬ ver, Colo.; KTMS, Santa Barbara, Calif.; KVAN, Vancouver, Wash.; WAVE, Louisville, Ky.; WDAY, Fargo, N. Dak.; WELI, New Haven, Conn.; WGBG, Greensboro, N. C.; WGBI and auxiliary, Scranton, Pa.; WHA, Madison, Wise.; WMMN, Fair¬ mont, W. Va.; WSUI, Iowa City, Iowa. WORL — Broadcasting Service Organization, Inc., Boston, Mass. — Granted renewal of license for main and auxiliary transmit¬ ters upon a temporary basis only and upon the express con¬ dition that it is subject to whatever action may be taken by the Commission upon the pending application for re¬ moval of license of Station WORL; temporary grant to be for the term beginning August 1, 1944, and ending not later than May 1, 1947. (Docket 6626) KDRO — Milton J. Hinlein, Sedalia, Mo. — Granted renewal of license of Station KDRO. (B4-R-1012) W2XEO — Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc., Schenectady, N. Y.— Granted renewal of license for the period ending not later than April 1, 1945. (Bl-RST-4) WQXR-WQXQ — Interstate Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. — Granted renewal of licenses for main and auxiliary transmitters of Station WQXR and renewal of license of high frequency station WQXQ. (Bl-R-1021; Bl-RH-35) DESIGNATED FOR HEARING Durham Broadcasting Co., Inc., Durham, N. C., and Harold H. Thoms, Durham, N. C. — Designated for consolidated hear¬ ing, the applications of Durham Broadcasting Co., Inc., for construction permit for new station to operate on 1580 kc., with 250 watts, unlimited time, and of Harold H. Thoms for construction permit for new station to operate on 1580 kc., 1 KW power, unlimited time, transmitter and studio loca¬ tions to be determined. (B3-P-3592; B3-P-3579, respec¬ tively.) July 21, 1944 — 243