NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1944)

1230 Kilocycles WRAL — Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc., Raleigh. N. C. — Con¬ struction permit to change frequency from 1240 lie. to 1230 lie. 1240 Kilocycles NEW — Capitol Broadcasting Corp., Charleston, W. Va. — Con¬ struction permit for a new standard broadcast station to be operated on 1240 lie., power of 250 watts and unlimited hours of operation. 1340 Kilocycles NEW — Durham Broadcasting Co., Inc., Durham, N. C. — Con¬ struction permit for a new standard broadcast station to be operated on 1580 lie., power of 250 watts and unlimited hours of operation. Amended: to change requested fre¬ quency to 1340 kc. NEW — Smoky Mountain Broadcasting Company, Knoxville, Tenn. — Construction permit for a new standard broadcast station to be operated on 1340 kc., power of 250 watts and un¬ limited hours of operation. 1440 Kilocycles KMLB — Liner’s Broadcasting Station, Inc., Monroe, La. — Con¬ struction permit to change frequency from 1200 kc. to 1440 lie., increase power from 250 watts to 1 KW, make changes in equipment, install directional antenna for night use, and move transmitter. Amended: re change in trans¬ mitter site. 1490 Kilocycles NEW — Binghamton Press Co., Inc., Binghamton, N. Y. — Con¬ struction permit for a new standard broadcast station to be operated on 1490 lie., power of 250 watts and unlimited hours of operation. Amended: to change transmitter site to a site to be determined in or near Binghamton, N. Y. NEW — Times Publishing Co., Erie, Pa. — Construction permit for a new standard broadcast station to be operated on 1490 kc., power of 250 watts and unlimited hours of operation. FM APPLICATIONS NEW — KJBS Broadcasters, a partnership consisting of Wm. B. Dolph, Elizabeth N. Bingham, Helen S. Mark, Alice H. Lewis, Glenna G. Dolph, Edwin P. Franklin, D. Worth Clark and Hope D. Pettey, San Francisco, Calif. — Construc¬ tion permit for a new high frequency (FM) Broadcast station to be operated on 44100 kc. with coverage of 6,574 square miles. Amended: to change coverage to 7,557 square miles and make changes in antenna system. NEW — Claremont Eagle, Inc., Claremont, N. H. — Construction permit for a new high frequency (FM) broadcast station to be operated on 48900 kc. with coverage of 5,100 square miles. NEW — Bernard Fein, New York, N. Y. — Construction permit for a new high frequency (FM) broadcast station to be operated on 48100 kc. with coverage of 8,500 square miles. TELEVISION APPLICATIONS NEW — Marcus Loew Booking Agency, Washington, D. C. — Con¬ struction permit for a new commercial television broadcast station to be operated on Channel #8 (162000-168000 kc.) . NEW — Marcus Loew Booking Agency, New York, N. Y. — Con¬ struction permit for a new commercial television broadcast station to be operated on Channel #17 (282000-288000 kc.) . NEW — The Yankee Network, Inc., Providence, R. I. — Construc¬ tion permit for a new commercial television broadcast sta¬ tion to be operated on Channel #6 (96000-102000 kc.). NEW — The Evening News Assn., Detroit, Mich. — Construction permit for a new commercial television broadcast station to be operated on Channel #1 (50000-56000 kc.), ESR 2,480. NEW — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. — Construction permit for a new commercial television broad¬ cast station to be operated on Channel #8 (162000-168000 kc.). NEW — The Crosley Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio — Construction permit for a new commercial television broadcast station to be operated on Channel #1 (50000-56000 kc.). December 1, 1944 — 446 NEW — Raytheon Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Mass. — Construc¬ tion permit for a new commercial television broadcast sta¬ tion to be operated on Channel #1 (50000-56000 kc.), ESR 5,520. MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS WSAY — Brown Radio Service & Laboratory (Gordon P. Brown, owner), Rochester, N. Y. — Modification of construction permit (Bl-P-2924 as modified, which authorized change in frequency, increase in power, installation of directional antenna and new transmitter and move of transmitter) for extension of completion date from 11-30-44 to 12-31-44. (1370 kc.) NEW — Massachusetts Broadcasting Corp., Boston, Mass. — Con¬ struction permit for a new developmental broadcast station to be operated on 49100 lie., power of 1 KW and special emission for FM. KSWO — Willard Carver & Byrne Ross, Lawton, Okla. — Assign¬ ment of license to Byrne Ross and R. II. Drewry, d/b as KSWO Broadcasting Co. NEW — Claremont Eagle, Inc., Claremont, N. H. — Construction permit for a new ST broadcast station to be operated on 337000 kc., power of 25 watts and special emission. WABC-FM — Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., New York, N. Y. — License to cover construction permit (Bl-PH-189) for changes in antenna system. federal Trade Commission Docket COMPLAINTS The Federal Trade Commission has alleged unfair competition against the following firms. The respondents will be given an opportunity to show cause why cease and desist orders should not be issued against them. Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., manufacturing and selling numerous chemical products, including solvents used in dry cleaning clothing, has been ordered to cease and desist from dis¬ paragement of a competitor’s products. (3991) Humania Hair Goods & Specialty Co., 303 Fourth Ave., New York, is charged in a complaint with disseminating false advertise¬ ments concerning certain cosmetic preparations and hair dyes he sells in interstate commerce. (5249) D. J. Lane Co., St. Marys, Kans., selling and distributing certain medicinal preparations designated “D. J. Lane’s Treatment,” “D. J. Lane’s Special Elixir,” “Special Tablets” and “Nasal Ointment,” and Frank E. Whalen, 15 West 10th Street, Kansas City, Mo., who, as principal officer of the Frank E. Whalen Advertising Co., prepared and distributed advertising for the D. J. Lane Co., are charged in a complaint with false advertising and misrepresenta¬ tion. (5252) Langendorf United Galleries, Inc., 1160 McAllister St., San Francisco, is charged in a complaint with disseminating advertise¬ ments which falsely represent that it has been appointed as the official baker for the Dionne quintuplets and that its Holsum brand bread is a part of their daily diet. (5250) National Lead Co., et al. — A complaint alleging a conspiracy to promote and maintain monopolistic and noncompetitive prices and conditions in connection with the interstate sale of white lead has been issued against National Lead Co., Anaconda Copper Mining Co. and its subsidiary, International Smelting & Refining