NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

dreth & Rogers Co. (Licensee), Lawrence, Mass. — Granted consent to acquisition of control of Hildreth & Rogers Co., licensee of station WLAW, by transfer of 337 shares, or 56.17 percent of issued and outstanding stock from Irving E. Rogers, Harold B. Morrill and National Shawmut Bank of Boston, executors under the will of Alexander H. Rogers, to Irving E. Rogers, for $26,687.03 (Bl-TC-395). WNBZ — Carl F. Woese, Transferor; John F. Grimes, Transferee; Upstate Broadcasting Corp., Licensee; Saranac Lake, N. Y. — Granted consent to voluntary transfer of control of Upstate Broadcasting Corp., licensee of station WNBZ by transfer of all the stock (250 shares) from Carl F. Woese to John F. Grimes for $2,400 (Bl-TC-371) ; set aside the assignment for hearing on renewal application (Bl-R-713). National Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. — Granted re¬ quest for extension of authority to transmit programs originating in NBC’s studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, and/or points in U. S. where network programs may originate, to CMX, Havana, Cuba, for the period beginning August 20, 1944 (Bl-FP-130). Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., New York, N. Y. — Granted extension of authority to transmit programs to CFRB and CKAC and other stations under control of Canadian Broad¬ casting Corp. for the period September 15, 1944, to Sep¬ tember 15, 1945 (Bl-FP-128) . P. K. Ewing, Jr., and F. C. Ewing, a partnership, d/b as Ewing Broadcasting Co., Jackson, Miss. — Granted application for construction permit for new station to operate on 1490 kc., 250 watts, unlimited time, transmitter and studio locations to be determined (B3-P-3614). LICENSE RENEWALS WLW — Crosley Radio Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio — Granted renewal of license of station WLW (B2-R-295). The following stations were granted renewal of licenses for the period ending May 1, 1947: WBEN and auxiliary, Buffalo, N. Y. ; WKY and auxiliary, Oklahoma City, Okla.; WAPO and auxiliary, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and WCOC, Meridian, Miss. WHN — Marcus Loew Booking Agency, New York City — Granted renewal of license for main and auxiliary for the period ending May 1, 1945. WATL — J. W. Woodruff, trading as Atlanta Broadcasting Co., Atlanta, Ga. — Granted renewal of license for the period ending August 1, 1945. KGFX — Ida A. McNeill, Administratrix, estate of Dana McNeil, deceased, Pierre, So. Dak. — Granted renewal of license for the period ending May 1, 1946. WKAQ — Radio Corp. of Porto Rico, San Juan, P. R. — Granted renewal of license for main and auxiliary for the period ending May 1, 1946. DESIGNATED FOR HEARING Southern Tier Radio Service, Inc., Binghamton, N. Y.; Bingham¬ ton Press Co., Inc., Binghamton, N. Y., and Joseph H. McGillvra, Agnes I. McGillvra, and Adam J. Young, Jr., d/b as Binghamton Broadcasting Co., Binghamton, N. Y. — Designated for consolidated hearing applications for con¬ struction permits for new stations filed by Southern Tier Radio Service, Inc., to operate on 1490 kc., 250 watts, un¬ limited (Bl-P-3620), Binghamton Press Co., Inc., to operate on 1490 kc., 250 watts, unlimited (Bl-P-3672), and Joseph H. McGillvra, Agnes I. McGillvra and Adam J. Young, Jr., d/b as Binghamton Broadcasting Co., to operate on 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited (Bl-P-3653). WOPI — Radiophone Broadcasting Station WOPI, Inc., Bristol, Tenn. — Designated for hearing application for construction permit to change frequency from 1490 to 550 kc., increase power from 250 watts unlimited to 500 watts night, 1 KW day, install directional antenna for day and night use, and make changes in transmitting equipment (B3-P-3608). WGBF-WEOA — Evansville on the Air, Inc., Evansville, Ind. — Designated for hearing petition of Evansville on the Air, Inc., licensee of stations WGBF and WEOA, requesting a finding that the multiple ownership rule is inapplicable to August 25, 1944 — 296 said stations. Designated for hearing application for re¬ newal of license of station WGBF (B4-R-490). ACTION ON DOCKET CASES The Commission announced its Findings of Fact, Conclusion and Order (B-200) granting the application of M & M Broad¬ casting Company, licensee of station WMAM, Marinette, Wis¬ consin, for modification of license to change hours of operation on the frequency 570 kilocycles from 250 watts, daytime only, to 100 watts night, 250 watts LS. (Commissioner Jett dissenting; Commissioners Case and Wakefield not participating.) (Docket No. 6477) The Commission’s action, taken after public hearing and oral argument before the Commission en banc, provides for the furnish¬ ing of a primary nighttime service to the area in and around the cities of Marinette, Wis., and Menominee, Mich., which presently receive no such service from existing stations. The Commission’s Conclusion reads: “The operation of station WMAM on the frequency 570 kilo¬ cycles with power of 100 watts night, 250 watts day, will provide a nighttime primary service to a population of 25,042 persons residing in an area which does not presently receive nighttime service from any existing broadcast station. Although station WMAM would be limited to its 15.8 mv/m contour, it would provide service to the city of Marinette, Wisconsin, and to all of the city of Menominee, Michigan, except a portion in the northern part of the city, with a signal meeting the requirements of the Commission’s Standards of Good Engineering Practice. “The proposed operation of station WMAM would cause an individual limitation to the 1.35 mv/m contour of station WNAX, Yankton, South Dakota, and would raise the RSS limitation to station WNAX from the 2.46 mv/m to the 2.83 mv/m contour, thus involving a loss to that station of 106,283 persons in an area of 1720 square miles. Although no other single station renders primary nighttime service to this entire area, portions receive primary service from six existing stations other than Station WNAX. “It appears that no local channel assignment is available for station WMAM without reducing its daytime service area from 3740 square miles to 800 square miles. The present daytime service area of station WMAM lying north of Marinette does not receive daytime service from any other station ; its present daytime service area south of Marinette receives primary daytime service from only one other station, located 45 miles from Marinette. “Since station WMAM is presently assigned to operate on 570 kilocycles, the granting of this application would not create a situation which of itself would prevent the establishment of any Class III station on that channel or an adjacent channel. “The granting of a modification of license for the operation of station WMAM on 570 kilocycles, with 100 watts power night¬ time and 250 watts daytime would tend toward a fair, efficient and equitable distribution of radio service as contemplated by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. “Public interest, convenience and necessity will be served by the granting of a modification of license for the operation of station WMAM on 570 kilocycles, with 100 watts power nighttime and 250 watts power daytime.” MISCELLANEOUS WGKV — Kanawha Valley Broadcasting Co., Charleston, W. Va., and Worth Kramer, Transferor and Eugene R. Custer and Richard M. Venable, Transferees. — Granted petition for order to take depositions in re application for renewal of license and relinquishment of control of station WGKV, and the Commission on its own motion continued the hearing now scheduled for August 23 to September 15 in this matter. WJLS — Joe L. Smith, Jr., Beckley, W. Va.— Granted motion to change date of oral argument now scheduled for August 30 to September 6, in re application for construction per¬ mit (Docket 5972-B-199). Sam Morris, San Antonio, Texas — Denied petition to intervene in the hearing on applications of KGKO and WBAP, Fort Worth and WFAA, Dallas, for renewal of license, without prejudice however, to the right of petitioner under Sec. 1.195 of the Commission’s rules to appear at said hearing