NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1946)

FM CONDITIONAL GRANTS The following were given Conditional Grants on Sept. 12 subject to engineering conditions : City and State Fort Smith, Ark. Stamford, Conn. Wilson, N. C. Canton, Ohio Ashland, Ore. Int. in Class of Grantee Stand. Station Station Ark.-Okla. Broadcasting Corp. — Class B The Western Conn. Broad¬ casting Co. WSTC Class A (Adopted Order granting petition for leave to amend application (Bl-PH-607) to request a Class A station, etc. ; ac¬ cepted amendment and removed appli¬ cation from Hearing Docket (No. 7467).) Penn Thomas Watson WGTM Class B Ohio Broadcasting Co. WHBC Class B Siskiyou Broadcasting Co. — Class A The following was given a conditional grant on Sept. 13 subject to engineering conditions : Milwaukee, Wis. Hearst Radio, Inc.* WISN Class B *Comr. Durr for hearing The following were given conditional grants on September 19 subject to engineering conditions : City and State Coral Gables, Fla. Elmwood Park, Ind. Cleveland Heights, Ohio Dallas, Texas Rutland, Vt. Interest in Standard Class of Grantee Station Station Southern Media Corp. — A Elmwood Park Broadcast¬ ing Corp. — A Samuel R. Sague — A Variety Broadcasting Co., Inc. KIXL B The Herald and Globe Assn. — B The station previously granted conditionally to O. E. Richardson, Hammond Ind., designated as Class A, has been redesignated as Class B. TELEVISION APPLICATION GRANTED NEW — KRED Radio Corp., Dallas, Texas — Granted CP for new television station; Channel No. 4; freq. 66-72 me.; visual power 46 KW ; aural : to be determined ; an¬ tenna : 519 feet. ( B3-PCT-137) NEW — CourierJournal and Louisville Times Co., Louisville, Ivy. — Granted CP for new television station ; Channel No. 9; freq. 186-192 me.; power: visual 9.6 kc. ; aural 7.2 KW; antenna 529 feet. (B2-PCT-157) NEW — Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Ames, Iowa — Granted CP for new television station; Channel No. 4 ; freq. 66-72 me. ; power : visual 13 KW ; aural 10.4 KW ; antenna 506 feet ; to be operated on non-commercial basis. (B4-PCT-120) DESIGNATED FOR HEARING Correction According to a correction by the Commission, the item appearing in last week’s REPORTS referring to WBBW, is corrected to read : WBBW, WABW — Associated Broadcasters, Inc. (Assignor) ; Evansville On the Air, Inc. (Assignee) ; Radio Indi¬ anapolis, Inc. (Assignee), Indianapolis, Ind. — Desig¬ nated for consolidated hearing applications for con¬ sent to voluntary assignment of construction permit of Station WBBW and assignment of license of FM station WABW from Associated Broadcasters, Inc., to Evansville On the Air, Inc. (B4-AL-538; B4ALH-G) ; and similar application of Radio Indi¬ anapolis, Inc. Des Moines Broadcasting Corp., Des Moines, Iowa — Desig¬ nated for hearing application (B4-P-4940) for a new station to operate on 1240 kc., 100 -watts, unlimited time, and made KBIZ, K1CD, KFJB and IvFGQ parties to the proceedings. Elias I. Godofsky, Hempstead, N. Y. — Designated for hear¬ ing application (Bl-P-4958) for a new station to operate on 1090 kc., 250 watts, daytime only, and made WBAL a party to the proceeding. Robert Schuler, et al. a Partnership, Fresno, Calif. ; Frank M. Helm, Modesto, Calif. — Designated for consoli¬ dated hearing applications B5-P-4709 and B5-P-5184, for new stations at Fresno and Modesto, respectively, to operate on 1300 kc., 1 KW. unlimited time, DA. Harold H. Thoms, Greenville, S. C. ; T. B. Fuqua, Green¬ ville, S. C. — Designated for consolidated hearing ap¬ plication of Thoms (B3-P-5150) for a new station to operate on 1240 kc., 100 watts, unlimited time, with application of Fuqua (B3-P-5187), 1240 kc., 250 watts. LICENSE RENEWALS Correction According to a correction by the Commission, the item previously reported referring to renewal of license of WEDC, Chicago, for the period ending August 1, 1949, was inad¬ vertently included and should be omitted. Station WEDC is still under temporary license. (See current REPORTS, page 666.) MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS WDEL, Inc., Wilmington, Del. — The Commission ordered that its action of August 29 granting conditional FM CP to WDEL, Inc. (Bl-PH-177), be set aside, and further ordered the application be designated for hearing upon the following issue : “To determine whether the granting of this application would be in conformity with Rule 3.240 (Multiple Ownership Rule) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations.” (Commissioners Jett and Denny voting “No.”) James G. Ulmer, d/b as East Texas Broadcasting Co., Tyler, Texas — Granted consent for issuance of permit for FM station KISW from James G. Ulmer to the partnership, East Texas Broadcasting Co. KNEL — G. L. Burns, Brady, Texas — Granted modification of license to increase power from 100 watts night, 250 watts day, to 250 watts, operating on 1490 kc., unlimited time. (B3-ML-1232) WLDS — Edge & Korsmeyer, Jacksonville, Ill. — Granted CP to increase power from 250 watts to 1 KW, and in¬ stall new transmitter. (B4-P-4907) KSEI — Radio Service Corp., Pocatello, Idaho — Granted CP (Comr. Durr for hearing) to move transmitter and increase power from 250 watts night, 1 IvW-LS, to 5 KW, subject to condition that permittee may be required to modify antenna or reduce power if in¬ creased interference to KTKN develops; and sub¬ ject to CAA approval of antenna and transmitter site. (B5-P-3735; Docket 6865) KFQD — Wm. J. Wagner, tr/as Alaska Broadcasting Co., Anchorage, Alaska — Granted CP to increase power from 1 to 5 KW, change transmitter site, and install newT transmitter and vertical antenna. (B-P-3935) KEX — Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc., Portland, Ore. — Granted CP to increase facilities of KEX, Class II, 1190 kc., 5 KW unlimited, to Class I-B, 1190 kc., .50 KW, unlimited, DA-N, install new transmitter and DA for night use, and change transmitter and studio locations. (B5-P-4051) WMBR — Fla. Broadcasting Co., Jacksonville, Fla. — Denied petition requesting that its application (B3-P-3036, Docket 7081) he severed from the eight other appli¬ cations in the consolidated hearing, and granted. Natrona County Tribune, Casper, Wyo.— Granted applica¬ tion for modification of CP (B5-MP-1916) for ap¬ proval of transmitter site and antenna system. KWBU — Century Broadcasting Co., Corpus Christi, Texas — Granted petition to change frequency from 1010 to 1030 kc., and ordered ( 1 ) removal of application (B3-P-3524) to operate on 1010 kc. from hearing; (2) (Continued on next page) SEPTEMBER 23, 1946-734