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N A £ B NEWS LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL A» Jav.es Ebel, Editor, Station WILL, June, I, 1945 BROADCASTERS UrbANA, ILL, NAEB MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE Enclosed with this issue of the News Letter are several matters of IMPORTANT BUSINESS WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE NAEB SHOULD HANOLE AT ONCE, Please send your replies to the Secretary immediately, HIGHLIGHTS OF TH£ FCC ALLOCATION RELEASES During the past month the FCC has released the allocation proposals for FREQUENCIES BELOW 25 MC AND A PARTIAL FINAL ALLOCATION FOR FREQUENCIES above 25 MC. There are many changes involved in the new proposals and in the final allocations. Of most interest to the NAEB MEMBERSHIP ARE THE FOLLOWING! 1 . The 540 KC channel has seen added to the Standard Broadcast band. The usage of this channel has not been specified AS YET, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE 500 KC DISTRESS CHANNEL IT IS PR08 ABLE THAT IF HIGH POWER ASSIGNMENTS ARE ALLOWED THEY WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY, IT IS ALSO VERY PROBABLE THAT NO HIGH POWER ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE CHANNEL AND IT WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE EXPANSION SPACE FOR LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS, 2. Six bands have been set aside for direct international broadcasting. This is an attempt to provide sufficient channels for the transmission OF PROGRAMS ON A WORLD WIDE BASIS, A GREAT DEAL OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WILL BE NECESSARY TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE ON THESE BANDS SINCE IT IS ALMOST NECESSARY THAT EACH CHANNEL USED BE A CLEAR CHANNEL ON A WORLD WIDE SCALE. 3. The 1.7 MC amateur band has been deleted. In its place there are ADDITIONAL BANDS BEING MADE AVAILABLE AT THE HIGHER FREQUENCIES. ThIS IS IMPORTANT TO BROADCASTERS SINCE MUCH OF THE INTERFERENCE TO BROADCAST RECEPTION CAME FROM OPERATION IN THIS BAND. (YOUR EDITOR IS A HAM WHO OPERATED IN THIS BAND UP TO THE START OF THE WAR, YET 1 THINK THE MOVE IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL CONCERNED.) 4. Three alternative proposals have been made in the issuance of the FINAL ALLOCATIONS FOR FREQUENCIES ABOVE 25 WC. The FM ALLOCATIONS UNDER THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS, Commercial Band 54 - 68 MC 72 - 86 MC 88 -102 MC The television channels unoer the three alternatives are shuffled in FREQUENCY RANGE BETWEEN 50 AND 104 MC TO TAKE UP CHANNELS NOT ASSIGNED to FM ano Facsimile, the latter occupying the 2 MC just below the Educational Band. AlTERNATIVE 1 2 3 Educational Band 50 - 54 MC 68 - 72 MC 84 - 88 MC