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Temporary power increases, permitted under recent FCC order (Vol. 7:30-32), have been granted 42 stations. Following table, prepared from FCC sources, shows old and new effective radiated powers (ERP). Your copy of our TV Factbook No. 13 may be brought up to date by entering new ERPs. Powers are for visual ERP, expressed in kilowatts.
Old
Station & City ERP
WBRC-TV.
Birmingham
KNBH,
Los Angeles — KPrx.
San Francisco .
12.2
15
29.9
KFMB-TV, San Diego
20
WDEL-TV, Wilmington
.476
WTVJ,
Miami
WAGA-TV, Atlanta
1.45
18
WBKB.
Chicago
WENR-TV.
Chicago
WGN-TV,
Chicago
11
25
11.2
W14BQ,
Chicago ^1-0
WHBF-TV.
Rock Island — 11
WFBM-TV, Indianapolis _ 28.2 WOI-TV, Ames (Des Moines) _ 13
WAVE-TV, Louisville <
WHAS-TV,
Louisville 9.6
WWJ-TV,
Detroit 13.7
WKZO-TV,
Kalamazoo — 8 KMTV,
Omaha 11.7
WNBF-TV, Binghamton 12
WCBS-TV New York 13.7
New
ERP
15
25.2
30.5
27.4 .680
16.5
26.5
25.2
28.3 29
23.2
23.3 30.8 15.7 24 50
20.5
15.7
16.7
23.5 20.1
Old
New
station & City
ERP
ERP
WJZ-TV.
New York —
3
16.3
WNBT,
New York
5.2
*18.3
WOR-TV,
New York
9
22
wprx.
New York
3.6
21.7
WHAM-TV,
Rochester
16.7
22
WHEN,
Syracuse
15
27
WSYR-TV,
Syracuse ..
23
26
WKTV,
Utica
13
25
WCPO-TV,
Cincinnati
21
24
WNBK,
Cleveland
15
17.9
WXEL,
Cleveland —
21
25.6
WTVN.
Columbus _ —
6
19.7
WKY-TV,
Oklahoma City
12
16.9
WICU,
2
3
WJAC-TV,
Johnstown —
6.5
9.3
WGAL-TV,
Lancaster
•*.88
**.9
WCAU-TV,
Philadelphia — .
. 25
28.3
WSM-TV,
NashviUe
. 14.4
23.8
KRLD-TV.
Dallas
. 15.1
27
WTVR,
Richmond
. 12.16
17.2
WSAZ-TV
Huntington _
. 12
16.7
* Temporarily reduced to 14.5 kw and antenna rephased to fill In nulls. ** Aural power only.
Prospects are good, NARTB reports, for TV’s inclusion in Dept, of Commerce’s essential industries list. Association executives headed by president Harold Fellows appeared Aug. 15 before technical subcommittee of govt.’s inter-agency Committee on Essential Activities & Critical Occupations, made such good case that they felt able to report “it looks hopeful both radio and TV soon will be listed.” Industry spokesmen emphasized that TV-radio stations operate with few manpower reserves in most cases, might be unable to meet “minimum civilian requirements” in sudden emergencies. NARTB engineering chief Neal McNaughten said stations throughout country are now asking for operator relief at rate of about one a day, because so many engineers are being called up as reservists. NARTB case was bolstered by Civil Service Commission’s Richard E. Scneder, who testified Commission regarded TV-radio as essential to its activities.
Two more hot boxing matches were snagged by Theatre Network TV Inc. (Nathan Halpern) — Ray RobinsonRandy Turpin return middleweight match Sept. 12 and Willie Pep-Sandy Sadler featherweight title event Sept. 26, both from New York Polo Grounds. Some 20 theatres are due to be tied in for latter, including for first time houses in St. Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis. Reportedly, Pabst tried to get Robinson-Turpin match for home-TV sponsorship, but was deterred by cost and dangers of rain causing postponement. Pabst does have Aug. 22 Joey Maxim-Bob Murphy light-heavyweight and Aug. 29 Kid Gavilan-Billy Graham welterweight matches set for CBS, both TV & radio.
Radio and tv station construction may be authorized by NPA (Vol. 7:32), but new outlets in well-served markets will be particularly hard to justify if they ask for large amounts of scarce materials — ^meaning, mainly, structural steel. First station in new market will have easier time of it, but you can expect NPA to ask whether every materials-saving alternative has been exhausted — use of existing towers, etc.
That’s sizeup by top mobilization officials as NPA this week set up 4 priorities for various kinds of construction to be alloted controlled materials during fourth quarter. TV-radio falls in lowest group, along with office buildings, stores, service facilities, etc.
“Very rough fourth and first quarters,” is way it’s put. But since few if any TV stations will be authorized by FCC before end of first 1952 quarter, it’s latter 1952 that really counts.
“Situation could ease somewhat then,” said one official, “depending upon whether or not Congress appropriates a lot of money for heavy military construction.”
Atlanta’s new TV outlet, authorized by FCC last week when it approved sale of WSB-TV facilities to local group while WSB-TV takes over facilities of CP holder WCONTV (Vol. 7:32), may be stymied by court action — counsel for Georgia Tech’s WGST, Atlanta, petitioning FCC this week to stay and xeconsider grants. Wording of petition makes it apparent WGST counsel Paul Porter, onetime FCC chairman, is laying groundwork for appeal and request for court order staying Commission’s decision. Present plans of new owners are to take over Channel 8 facilities of WSB-TV from Atlanta Journal Sept. 30, assuming WCON-TV’s Channel 2 and the 1063-ft. tower built for WCON-TV. Now operating experimentally, plant requires more work before Cox newspaper interests can put it into full commercial operation, when it would become nation’s 108th TV outlet.
Two more requests for power boosts, under recent FCC ruling (Vol. 7:30-32), arrived at FCC this week from KPIX, San Francisco, and WLAV-TV, Grand Rapids. Former has already been granted, bringing number of station hikes to 42. All stations are beating drums about increases, generally in proportion to amount of increase. For example. Pulse survey for New York’s WJZ-TV showed 90% of fringe viewers reporting improved reception from station’s 5% -times power hike and move to permanent Empire State Bldg, antenna. Suiwey found 77% of viewers reporting “good” or “excellent” reception after boost, compared with 28% previously.
Three applications for new vhf stations, one for uhf, were filed with FCC this week, bringing total pending to 432. The vhf applicants: Cowles newspaper interests (Minneapolis Star and Tribune), seeking Channel 9; KFDM, Beaumont, Tex., Channel 6; KHMO, Hannibal, Mo. (Lee Newspapers’ Courier-Post), Channel 7. UHF Channel 39 is sought by Steinman interests for Allentown, Pa.; they own WEST, in nearby Easton, various other AM stations, plus WGAL-TV & WDEL-TV. [For further details about these applications, see TV Addenda 13-F herewith; for listings of all pending applications, see TV Factbook No. 13 and Addenda to date.]
Elliott Roosevelt, onetime Hearst Radio executive, now with interests in Marathon, on the Florida keys, heads Miami-TV Inc., new corporation formed to apply for new' TV station in Miami. He’s associated with ex-Gov. E. D. Rivers, of Georgia, who owns AM station WGAF, VaJdosta, Ga. Miami now has one station (WTVJ) and 6 applicants already have filed for its proposed allocation of total of 4 vhf channels (see TV Factbook No. 13).