NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1941)

DENIAL VVBYN — WBYN, Brooklyn, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y. — Denied request for special temporary authority to operate with main studios located at 132 West 43rd St., New York City, pending grant of application for same. MISCELLANEOUS WBRY — American-Republican, Inc., Waterbury. Conn. — Applica¬ tion for modification of construction permit to change fre¬ quency from 15!)0 kf. to 560 ko., decrease power from S KW night and day to 1 KW night and day, move trans¬ mitter to East Waterbury Road, Newhaven County, Nau¬ gatuck, Conn., make changes in directional antenna, and extend commencement and completion dates to 60 days after grant and 180 days thereafter, respectively (Bl-MP-1195) . KLCN — Fred O. Grinwood, Blytheville, Ark. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measurement of antenna input (B3-Z-1134). WGOV — E. P. Rivers, Valdosta, Ga. — Granted authority to deter¬ mine operating power by direct measurement of antenna input (B3-Z-1017). KSUB — Southern Utah Broadcasting Co., Cedar City, Utah. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measurement of antenna input (BS-Z-1037). KVOO — Southwestern Sales Corp., Tulsa, Okla. — Granted au¬ thority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna input (B3-Z-1015). KWSC — State College of Washington, Pullman, Wash. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna input (BS-Z-1068). KAND — Navarro Broadcasting Assn., Corsicana, Tex. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna input (B3-Z-1085). WSVA — Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting Corp., Harrisonburg, Va. — Granted license to cover construction permit as modi¬ fied to install new transmitter, new antenna, increase in power from SOO w'atts to 1 KW (B2-L-1423). WBBB — Alamance Broadcasting Co., Inc., Burlington, N. C. — Granted modification of construction permit for approval of antenna system, approval of transmitter site; !)30 kc. ; 1 KW ; daytime (B3-MP-1321) . WSAN — Lehigh Valley Broadcasting Co., Allentown, Pa. — Granted modification of construction permit for installation of new' transmitter, directional antenna for day and night use, increase in power, and unlimited time, for change in fre¬ quency to 1470 kc., change in directional antenna system, and change in type of transmitter (B2-MP-1332). KAND — Navarro Broadcasting Assn., Corsicana, Tex. — Granted license to cover construction permit for changes in equip¬ ment and increase pow'er to 250 watts on 1340 kc. (B3-L-1404). W6XEA — Earle C. Anthony, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. — Granted modification of construction permit for new television broad¬ cast station for extension of commencement and comple¬ tion dates from January 15, 1941, and July 15, 1941, to July 15, 1941, and Januarv 15, 1942, respcctivelv (BSMPVB-47). W9XBK — Balaban & Katz Corp., Chicago, Ill. — Granted exten¬ sion of special temporary authority to opearte tw’o trans¬ mitter units to be installed and operated from the State Lake Bldg., Chicago, Link Transmitter Type No. 50-UTX with 100 watts power for visual and Link Transmitter Type No. 2S-UBX 25 watts pow'er to be used for aural; temporary steel tower to be used on roof of said building, in order to conduct tests for the period July 18 to not later than August 17, 1941, in accordance with construction permit. WNBT — National Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York City — • Granted extension of special temporary authority to oper¬ ate a specially constructed 1 KW peak tower, special emis¬ sion laboratory model FM visual transmitter in conjunction with the main picture transmitter power amplifier of WNBT on Channel No. 1 in order to make comparisons on FM and A3 emissions and to obtain engineering data for period July 19 to not later than August 17, 1941. WMIP — Northwest Airlines, Inc., Washington, D. C. — Granted special temporary authority to operate already licensed air¬ craft radio transmitter KHCNH, aboard plane owned by Northwest Airlines, Inc., as a relay broadcast station on 27!B> kc.. to relay broadcast program in connection with the .Aquatennial to radio station WCCO on July 16, 1941, only. WMT — Iowa Broadcasting Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa — Granted license to cover construction permit to increase night power and make changes in directional antenna system ( B4-L1401). Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measurement of antenna input (B4-Z-892). WS.\Y — Brown Radio Service & Lab., Rochester, N. Y. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna input (Bl-Z-1069). KLPM — John B. Cooley, Minot, N. D. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measurement of an¬ tenna input (B4-Z-1006). WQBC — Delta Broadcasting Co., Inc., \hcksburg. Miss. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna input (B3-Z-1138). KFBC — Frontier Broadcasting Co., Cheyenne, Wyo. — Granted authority to determine operating power by direct measure¬ ment of antenna input (B5-Z-1108). KSTR — KSTP, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. — Granted special temporary authority to operate already licensed ship station VVOWB aboard the Yacht Standick, owned by Stanley E. Hubbard of St. Paul, Minn., as a relay broadcast station on 3058 kc. with power of 25 watts in order to relay broadcast program in connection with the Minneapolis Aquatennial to station KSTP on July 15, 1941, only. W71NY — Bamberger Broadcasting Service, Inc., New York, N. Y. — Granted extension of special temporary authority to operate frequenev modulation station commercially on 47100 kc.. 1000 watts, special emission for frequency modu¬ lation at 444 Madison Ave., New York City, using Western Electric No. 503-Al transmitter, 1000 watts driver for No. 504-Al transmitter, for the period July 17 to not later than September 14, 1941. W39B — The Yankee Network, Inc., Boston, Mass. — Granted ex¬ tension of special temporary authority to operate frequency modulation station commercially on 43!I0)I kc., 1000 watts, special emission for frequency modulation, using the trans¬ mitter of high frequency experimental station WIXER at summit of Mt. Washington, Sargents Purchase, N. H., for a period July 17 to not later than September 14, 1941, pending completion of construction permit. KFXM — J. C. Lee and E. W. Lee; Lee Bros. Broadcasting Co., San Bernardino, Calif. — Granted special temporary author¬ ity to operate simultaneously with Station KPPC from 7 p. m. PST to the close of the boxing matches presented by Mike Jacobs in Madison Square Gardens, New York City, on July 23, 1941, only. KF'XM — J. C. Lee and E. W. Lee; Lee Bros. Broadcasting Co., San Bernardino, Calif. — Granted special temporary author¬ ity to operate simultaneously with Station KPPC from 7 p. m. PST to the close of the Billy Soose-George Abrams non-championship overw’eight title fight to be held in Madi¬ son Square Gardens, New York City, on July 30, 1941, only. WBNY — Roy L. Albertson, Buffalo, N, Y. — Granted extension of special temporary authority to broadcast sustaining musical programs from 8:30 to 10 a. m. Monday through F'riday from July 16 to August IS, 1941, provided WSVS remains silent. KTRH — KTRH Broadcasting Co., Houston, Tex. — Granted modi¬ fication of construction permit to install directional antenna for night use and increase power, for changes in directional antenna and extend completion date from September 14, 1941, to 180 days after grant; 1320 kc. (B3-MP-1234) . WKBV — Knox Radio Corp., Richmond, Ind. — Granted special temporary authority to operate from 8 a. m. to 12 noon and from 5 p. m. to 9 p. m. CST, daily except Sunday, for a period not to exceed 10 days, instead of unlimited time, due to shortage of licensed radio operators. KWLC — Luther College, Decorah, Iowa — Granted special tem¬ porary authority to operate from 10:45 to 11:30 a. m. CST, July 16, 1941, in order to broadcast Luther College summer session convocations only (B4-S-320). Thomas J. Watson, Endicott, N. Y. — Granted petition to inter¬ vene in hearing re application of Triple-Cities Broadcasting Co., Inc., Binghamton, N. Y., for construction permit for new station to operate on 1420 kc., 250 watts, unlimited time. The following action w'as taken by Wakefield, Commissioner, under authority of Paragraph 6 of Administrative Order No. 2, on July 17: July 25, 1941 — 633