NAEB Newsletter (October 15, 1939)

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Office of Executive Secretary Urbana, Illinois October 15, 1939 FAVORABLE REPORT ~ FOR «7SUI The Federal Communications Commission has announced its Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions, (No, B-79), proposing to GRANT the application of W3UX, The State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, to increase power from 1 KW day and 500 watts night, to 1 KW night, 5KW day, unlimited time on 880 kc, move transmitter to a new local site, install new equipment, and employ a directive antenna both day and night. The Commission 9 s Proposed Conclusions, based upon its proposed findings are as follows? l 0 The operation of the applicant, as proposed, will not involve a substantial increase in interference to any existing station as now operating or as proposed in any pending application, while the granting thereof would enable the applicant to extend its service to a large additional population, 2, The detriment to the public resulting from depriving the relatively small number of persons of service from Stations WLS« WENR will be out-weighed by the benefits to the public resulting from the proposed extension of the service of WSUI, 3, The interests of Stations WLS-WENR will not be adversely affected by reason of electrical interference from the applicants station operating as proposed in the pending application,, 4 0 That upon consideration of the entire record the granting of the application would serve public interest, convenience and necessity, subject to proof of performance in accordance with Section 3,33(b) of the Rules Governing Standard Broadcast Stations and upon certain technical conditions. All parties will have opportunity to file exceptions within 20 days, and thereafter to request oral argument on the proposed report and exceptions, THIRD SCHOOL BROADCAST CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO Harold Kent, Director of the Radio Council of the Chicago Board of Education, has announced tentative plans for the Third School Broadcast Conference whioh will be held December 6, 7, and 8 in the Congress Hotel, Chicago, Included on the program is & luncheon meeting of NAEB, Better mark this down on your calendar and plan to'attend this meeting early in December, I think Harold has sent all of you a copy of the Conference program