NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

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exceptional talent and give him or her an opportunity to develop that talent and gain actual radio experience on a regular WHAS program while going to school. Co-sponsored by the Rotary Clubs in the area, the contest closed with the final auditions being broadcast over WHAS October 11th, at which time the winner was chosen. Federal Communications Commission Hciion KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY SOLD FOR TWENTY WEEK SERIES Kansas City’s 85-piece Philharmonic Orchestra, which last season came under the baton of Efrem Kurtz, this year joins that select group of half a dozen commercially spon¬ sored musical organizations, checking in with a full 20week season of Thursday evening half-hour broadcasts over KMBC of Kansas City. Contract rights, sold to the Kansas City Southern Lines, with home offices in Kansas City, place the Philharmonic right up front with the New York, Boston, Detroit, San Francisco and Los Angeles orchestras, only other symphony groups in the country with a completely sponsored season over radio. Radio contract is a repeat performance for KMBC, which last year sold the first commercial broadcasts in the orchestra’s 11-year history, a series of four concerts dur¬ ing the last month of the 1943-44 season. BLUE FILES FOR NAME CHANGE The Blue Network Company, Inc., of New York has filed an application with the FCC for voluntary assignment of license to the American Broadcasting Company, Inc. This includes all of its stations and relay stations. Federal Communications Commission Docket HEARINGS The following broadcast hearings are scheduled to be heard be¬ fore the Commision during the week beginning Monday, October 30. They are subject to change. Monday, October 30 Consolidated Hearing NEW — Durham Broadcasting Co., Inc., Durham, N. C. — C. P., 1580 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Harold H. Thoms, Durham, N. C. — C. P., 1580 kc., 1 KW, unlimited. Wednesday, November 1 Further Hearing WTCN — Minnesota Broadcasting Corp., Minneapolis, Minn. — C. P., 710 kc., 10 KW, unlimited time, DA night. WHB — WHB Broadcasting Company, Kansas City, Mo. — C. P., 710 kc., 5 KW, unlimited time, DA — day and night. Thursday, November 2 WGBF — Evansville On the Air, Inc., Evansville, Ind. — Renewal of license; 1280 kc., 1 KW night, 5 KW day, unlimited. Friday, November 3 Consolidated Hearing NEW — Centennial Broadcasting Co., Portland, Maine — C. P., 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. NEW — Northeastern Radio and Television Corp., Portland, Maine — C. P., 1450 kc., 250 watts, unlimited. APPLICATIONS GRANTED KABC — Alamo Broadcasting Co., San Antonio, Texas — Granted request for a 30-day extension of time ending November 17, 1944, to comply with the terms of the conditional grant which specified that a construction permit will not be issued until the Commission has received evidence in writing from the WPB that any authorization necessary for construction has been obtained, or none is required. KQBH — Black Hills Broadcast Co., Rapid City, So. Dak. — Granted request to change call letters of station from KOBH to KOTA. WCLE — United Broadcasting Co., Cleveland, Ohio — Granted re¬ quest to change call letters of station from WCLE to WHKK. KPQ — Wescoast Broadcasting Co., Wenatchee, Wash. — Granted modification (B5-MP-1771) of construction permit, which authorized change in frequency, etc., for extension of com¬ pletion date from 11-1-44 to 12-1-44. WCAO — The Monumental Radio Co., Baltimore, Md. — Granted license to cover construction permit which authorized move of formerly licensed RCA transmitter from 811 West Lanvale St., Baltimore, to east side of Park Heights Ave., 1.2 miles NW from city boundaries, near Baltimore, and operate as an auxiliary transmitter with power of 1 KW using directional antenna. ( B l-L-183 1 ) WOL — Iowa Broadcasting Co., Washington, D. C. — Granted modi¬ fication of license to change corporate name to Cowles Broadcasting Co. KRNT — Iowa Broadcasting Co., Des Moines, Iowa — Granted modi¬ fication of license to change corporate name to Cowles Broadcasting Co. KFYO — Plains Radio Broadcasting Co., Lubbeck, Texas — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna power. WLAK — Radio Station WLAK, Lakeland, Fla. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measurement of an¬ tenna power. DOCKET CASES The Commission announced its Decision and Order (B-135) granting the application for consent to voluntary assignment of license of Station WSAR, Fall River, Mass., from Doughty and Welch Electric Co., to the Fall River Broadcasting Co. (Docket No. 5902) In its Decision, the Commission pointed out that it has hereto¬ fore indicated, in actions upon other applications, that it has serious questions as to whether broadcast stations should be licensed under conditions where responsibility for management would be placed in the hands of trustees without beneficial in¬ terest, for management in the manner of trust properties, and stated, in its judgment, the duties and responsibilities which de¬ volve upon licensees of broadcast stations should not be placed in the hands of persons and organizations whose primary interests are in rendering general trust services as trustees. “In this case, the Commission finds that provision has been made for competent interested management of the station by trus¬ tees who have shown that it will be a matter of primary interest with them, and the station will be managed by a competent ex¬ perienced executive. The evidence which has been presented af¬ fords assurance that operation of WSAR by the Fall River Broad¬ casting Co. will provide a service which is efficient and at the same time on a broad basis consonant with the obligations of licensees to render service in the public interest.” Commissioner Case concurred, but reserved his opinion in so far as the decision indicates that trustees without beneficial in¬ terest are not proper licensees of a radio broadcast station. October 27, 1944 399