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FMoBANO WILL STAY AT 88-^108 MC . FREQUENCY MODULATION remains at 88-108 MC, TROPOSPHERIC fading notwith¬ standing, THE FCC HAS RULEDa In a brief announcement released Thursday the Commission denied petition OF the Zenith Radio Corp. and General Electric Co, to allocate the 44-50 MC BAND TO FM IN ADDITION TO THE 88-108 MC BAND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER RURAL SERVICE* TwO DAYS OF HEARINGS WERE HELD ON THE PETITIONS, WITH INDUSTRY ENGINEERS SUBSTANTIALLY IN AGREEMENT ON MEASUREMENTS MADE AT Deerfield, III*, by the Zenith Corp, and those at Andalusia, Pa., and Princeton, N, J., by the FCC* It will be a week or 10 days before the Commission issues its formal opin¬ ion, betting forth the REASONS FOR DENYING THE PETITION. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT THE FCC FELT THAT F M IN THE 88-108 MC REGION WOULD PROVIDE ample service FOR SOME TIME TO COME. EMERGENCY SERVICES ALLOCATED TO THE 48-50 MC BAND AND THE RESERVATION OF 44-50 MC FOR TELEVISION ChANEL I ALSO ARE UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DECISION. W B A A RELEASES MAIL ANALYSIS . W B A A IN ITS ANNUAL MAIL REPORT SHOWED A DRAW COVERING NINE NEIGHBORING STATES IN ADDITION TO 2039 PEICES OF MAIL FROM 328 INDIANA COMMUNITIES. No BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE OR SOLICITED MAIL WAS INCLUDED. JubGINQ FROM THE REPORT, THE "LISTEN WHILE YoU WORK" PROGRAM, A VARIETY MUSICAL PRO¬ GRAM FOR HOMEMAKERS, SPOTTED FROM lOlOO TO 10530 A.M* DAILY HAD THE BIGGEST DRAW. Using the oft quoted figure that one card or letter represents 500 listeners, Miles estimates that W B A a reached over a million homes the past year* THIS and THM, Orchids to the FCC and FCC counsel Rosel Hyde for the manner in which the first session of the Clear Channel Hearing was conducted* It was apparent to all present that they were seeking information and not allowing the hearing to become a show-case for anyone’s pet peeves or private philosophie .Our hat also goes off to Louis G, Caldwell as one of the leading lawyers of the land*...enuoyed the companionship of Bob Coleman and Norris Grover of W k A R while in Washington. Grover, Chief Engineer for W K A R has seen a lot of radio in his many years AS AH ENGINEER AND CAN REALLY TELL SOME GOOD ONES ABOUT PAST HAPPEN INGS.... BOB MiGGY’S REPORT ON HIS MEASURING PROGRAM ON RADIO TRANSMISSION AFTER SUNSET SEEMS TO SHOW THAT there IS A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SIGNAL STRENGTH AT A DISTANCE AFTER SUNSET AND THAT THE VALUES GIVEN AS AVERAGE FOR THE SECOND HOUR AFTER SUNSET ARE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SIGNAL STRENGTHS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS TIME* ACTUALLYTHIS MIGHT MEAN A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME LIMITED TIME STATIONS TO OPERATE ADDITIONAL TIME AFTER SUNSET.,... ThE THING WE CAN’T UNDERSTAND IN ALL THE DISCUSSION AND SPECULATION SURROUNGING THE EXPLORA-- TION OF THE MOON BY RADAR IS THAT SO FAR NO MENTION HAS BEEN MADE OF CHECK ING FOR CHEESE* ...FCC REPORTS INDICATE THAT K W L C IN OeCORAH, I OWA IS GIVING UP PART OF THEIR TIME TO A NEW COMMERCIAL STATION COMING INTO that TOWN,.Mac’s applications for two FM stations in Wisconsin are on FILE WITH the FCC. SHOULD BE SOME ACTION SOON. THE BROADCAST EnGINEER-