NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

Panel shall sincerely express its own opinion (whether on behalf of a given service, or in relation to a coordinating and reconciling task as in the case of Panels 1 and 2), sup¬ porting its conclusions by as definite technical considera¬ tions as possible. There may be majority and minority opinions from the Panels and even from their Committees. “These divergencies of opinion merely accurately reflect the state of mind and present knowledge of these groups. We cannot arbitrarily legislate these out of existence by telling any Panel to accept the viewpoint of another Panel or to refrain from studying a pertinent problem within its scope merely because another Panel has also studied the same problem. Such suppression of opinion would merely result in a more unpleasant dispute before those Govern¬ ment bodies which must make the final decisions. “We may add that we would be interested to learn how Panel 1 or Panel 2 can study spectrum utilization without considering the channel widths, number of channels, and frequency placement of such channels for the various services. * * * * * * “In summary, Panel 1 is acting strictly within its proper scope in studying the channel widths of services and allied questions, as will also be the case for Panel 2. It regrets that its repeated requests to Panel 5 for engineering data along these lines have not elicited a helpful response, but cannot thereby be relieved of responsibility for making analyses which will be helpful in determining the best use of the frequency spectrum. “Sincerely yours, Alfred N. Goldsmith, Chairman, Panel 1, Spectrum Utilization.” Federal Communications Commission Docket HEARING The following broadcast hearing is scheduled to be heard be¬ fore the Commission during the week beginning Monday, August 28. It is subject to change. Monday, August 28 Further Consolidated Hearing NEW — Utica Observer Dispatch, Inc., Utica, N. Y. — C. P., 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Midstate Radio Corporation, Utica, N. Y. — C. P., 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. Federal Communications Commission Action APPLICATIONS GRANTED KALE — C. W. Myers and (Mrs.) Josephine Hunt (Transferors), Journal Publishing Co. (Transferee) ; KALE, Inc. (Licensee), Portland, Ore. — Granted consent to transfer of control of KALE, Inc., licensee of station KALE, from C. W. Myers and Mrs. Josephine Hunt, to the Journal Jublishing Co., involving transfer of 800 shares, or 66%% of issued and outstanding capital stock of KALE, Inc., to the Journal Pub. Co., in consideration of the transfer to Myers and Mrs. Hunt, share and share alike, of 250 shares, or 25% of Class A voting common stock, and 250 shares or 25%, of Class B non-voting common stock of KOIN, Inc., owned by the Journal Pub. Co. (B5-TC-400). KAVE — Barney Hubbs, A. J. Crawford, Jack Hawkins, Harold Miller, d/b as Carlsbad Broadcasting Co., a partnership (Assignors), Carlsbad Broadcasting Corp. (Assignee), Carls¬ bad, New Mexico — Granted consent to voluntary assignment of license of station KAVE, from Barney Hubbs, A. J. Crawford, Jack Hawkins, Harold Miller, d/b as Carlsbad Broadcasting Co., a partnership, to Carlsbad Broadcasting Corp., for a total consideration of $22,000 (B5-AL-421). WSAI — The Crosley Corp. (Assignor), Marshall Field (Assignee), Cincinnati, Ohio — Granted consent to voluntary assignment of license (main and synchronous) of station WSAI, from the Crosley Corp. to Marshall Field, for a total considera¬ tion of $550,000 (B2-AL-427) . WEMP — Glenn D. Roberts, et ah, d/b as Milwaukee Broadcasting Co. (Assignors), Glenn D. Roberts, et ah, d/b as the Mil¬ waukee Broadcasting Co. (Assignees), Milwaukee, Wis.— Granted consent to voluntary assignment of license of sta¬ tion WEMP, from Glenn D. Roberts, Melva F. Roberts, Wellwood Nesbit, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., Evalyn H. Dolph, Hope D. Pettey, Leo T. Crowley and James E. Markham, co-partners, d/b as the Milwaukee Broadcasting Co. to Glenn D. Roberts, Melva F. Roberts, Wellwood Nesbit, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., Evalyn H. Dolph, Hope D. Pettey, and Rachel Young LaFollette, co-partners, d/b as the Milwaukee Broadcasting Co., representing sale of l/$ interest, the part owned by Leo T. Crowley and James E. Markham, for the consideration of $12,500.00 (B4-AL-426). KJBS — Julius Brunton & Sons Company (Assignor), KJBS Broad¬ casters, a partnership consisting of William B. Dolph, Hope D. Pettey, Elizabeth N. Bingham, D. Worth Clark, Helen S. Mark, Glenna G. Dolph, Edwin P. Franklin and Alice H. Lewis (Assignees), San Francisco, Calif. — Granted consent to voluntary assignment of license of station KJBS, from Julius Brunton & Sons Co., to KJBS Broadcasters, a newly formed partnership; no monetary consideration involved, the purpose being to change licensee from a corporation to a partnership (B5-AL-431). WHB — WHB Broadcasting Co., Kansas City, Mo. — Adopted an order reopening the record for further hearing in re appli¬ cation of WHB for construction permit to change operating assignment from 880 kc., 1 KW daytime only, to 710 kc., 5 KW, unlimited time, directional antenna day and night. (Docket 6022) WTCN — Minnesota Broadcasting Corp., Minneapolis, Minn. — Adopted an order reopening the record for further hearing in re application of WTCN for construction permit to change its operating assignment from 1280 kc., 5 KW night, to 710 kc., 10 KW, unlimited time, directional antenna night¬ time. (Docket 5859) WABI — Community Broadcasting Service, Bangor, Maine — Adopted order granting petition for leave to amend appli¬ cation for modification of construction permit so as to request operation on 910 kc. with 1 KW instead of 5 KW power, unlimited time, using directional antenna at night ; cancelled hearing heretofore scheduled; and granted modi¬ fication of construction permit, subject to the condition that 5 KW operation shall be applied for when material and equipment become available; granted petition to reconsider and grant application for renewal of license, said license to expire February 1, 1945 (Bl-MP-1673, Docket 6579), (Bl-R-145, Docket 6580). WFPG — Neptune Broadcasting Corp. (Licensee), Atlantic City, N. J. — Granted consent to voluntary transfer of control of Neptune Broadcasting Corp., licensee of station WFPG, by transfer of 100 percent (279% shares) of issued and out¬ standing stock from the present 21 stockholders to John J. Laux, Richard Teitlebaum, Myer Wiesenthal, Alex Teitlebaum, Louis Berkman, Jack N. Berkman, Charles C. Swaringen, Joseph Troesch and John L. Merdian for $83,775 (Bl-TC-387). KSUB — Leland M. Perry (Transferor), Radio Service Corp. of Utah (Transferee), Southern Utah Broadcasting Co. (Li¬ censee), Cedar City, Utah — Granted consent to transfer of control of Southern Utah Broadcasting Co., licensee of station KSUB, by transfer of 1,256 shares, or 50.2 percent, of outstanding capital stock, from Leland M. Perry (trans¬ feror) to Radio Service Corp. of Utah (transferee), for $5,061 (B5-TC-394) . WLAW — Irving E. Rogers, Harold B. Morrill and National Shawmut Bank of Boston, executors under will of Alexander H. Rogers (Transferors), Irving E. Rogers (Transferee), Hil August 25, 1944-295