NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

ers for loyal and patriotic services ren¬ dered the Signal Corps of the Army of the United States in the accomplishment of its vital mission during a period of national emergency. This acknowledgment of your distin¬ guished contribution in furtherance of a future world at peace will be inscribed forever in the annals of the Signal Corps. Harold Ryan has accepted the Certificate and is about to reply to General Matejka. Now we shall hear Harold Ryan, President of the National Association of Broadcasters. RYAN : On behalf of the hundreds of radio stations throughout America which constitute the membership of the National Association of Broadcasters, I accept this Certificate of Appreciation from the Chief Signal Of¬ ficer of the Army of the United States. General Matejka, let me thank you also for the splendid words of recognition which you accorded the broadcasters just now in your presentation of this Certificate. The efforts of radio stations to recruit and train personnel for the Signal Corps first began in the year preceding “Pearl Harbor.” When the needs of actual warfare expanded the demands, the stations responded with every facility at their command. Bi’oadcasts, state meetings of educational institutions, letters and personal calls were used to obtain applicants for courses in radio instruction. Classes were held in radio station studios, school and college classrooms and even empty store rooms, with radio engineers giving liberally of their time as organizers and instructors. The National Association of Broadcasters prepared two courses on the Fundamentals of Radio, each with a series of practical experiments. Recruits by the thousands were prepared for active army duty with the Signal Corps. The radio stations gave much more than time on the air. The knowledge and time of station employees were dedicated in large measure to this undertaking. Thus it char¬ acterizes the devotion of broadcasters everywhere to the prosecution of the war, whether it be in recruiting military per¬ sonnel or in the many services which broad¬ casting renders as a medium of communica¬ tion with the people. We share with you the determination to bring this war to a victorious conclusion. Official recognition of our services gives us a feeling of closer participation in the fight for world freedom and is a soui-ce of re¬ newed inspiration for every broadcaster. ANN : The original Certificate of Appreciation which has been presented here today will be framed and hung in the headquarters of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, D. C. Copies of the original are being sent to the stations whose efforts, as members of the National Association of Broadcasters, earned this award. We now refer you to the station to which you are listening for local station identifica¬ tion. Federal Communications Commission Docket HEARINGS The following broadcast hearings are scheduled to be heard be¬ fore the Commission during the week beginning Monday, August 7. They are subject to change. Monday, August 7 NEW-KJAN — KNOE, Inc., Monroe, La. — C. P. and M. P. to change type of transmitter, change studio location and for approval of antenna, and transmitter location ; 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. Tuesday, August 8 WGBG — Greensboro Broadcasting Company, Inc., Greensboro, N. C. — C. P., 850 kc., 250 watts night, 1 KW day (from LS to SS-Denver). Thursday, August 10 NEW — Birnev Imes, Jr., Meridian, Miss. — C. P., 1240 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. Friday, August 11 WNBZ — Upstate Broadcasting Corp., Saranac Lake, N. Y. — Renewal of license, 1320 kc., 100 watts, daytime. Federal Communications Commission Action APPLICATIONS GRANTED WSIX — WSIX, Inc. (assignor), Jack M. Draughon, Louis R. Draughon, d/b as WSIX Broadcasting Station (assignee), WSIX, Inc. (licensee), Nashville, Tenn. — Granted consent to voluntary assignment of license of WSIX, Inc., licensee of Station WSIX, from WSIX, Inc., to Jack M. Draughon and Louis R. Draughon. d/b as WSIX Broadcasting Sta¬ tion ; no monetary consideration involved ; purpose is to change licensee from that of a corporation to a partnership (B3-AL-424) . WBTH — George W. Taylor, William P. Booker and William B. Hogg (transferors), Lewis Clark Tierney and Helen Scott Tierney (transferees), Williamson Broadcasting Corp. (licensee), Williamson, W. Va. — Granted consent to transfer control of Williamson Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of Station WBTH, by transfer of 144 shares, or 100%, of issued and outstanding capital stock from George W. Taylor, William P. Booker and William B. Hogg (trans¬ ferors) to Lewis Clark Tierney and Helen Scott Tierney, for a consideration of $26,000 (B2-TC-385). R. O. Hardin and J. C. Buchanan, d/b as Nashville Broadcasting Co., Nashville, Tenn.; and E. E. Murrey, Tony Sudekum, Harben Daniel and J. B. Fuqua, d/b as Tennessee Broad¬ casters, Nashville, Tenn. — Granted petition of Nashville Broadcasting Company for reinstatement of its application for construction permit for new broadcast station, and designated said application for consolidated hearing with applications of (1) Tennessee Broadcasters for new station, (2) J. W. Birdwell for new station, and (3) Nashville Radio Corporation for new station (B3-P-3190, Docket No. 6191), (B3-P-3621), (B3-P-3651), (B3-P-3034), respectively. Gus Zaharis, South Charleston, W. Va. — Granted construction permit for new experimental television broadcast station to August 4, 1944 263