Television digest and FM reports (Jan-Dec 1946)

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KU33A3D DUPLSCATIiiS AM-FM: Dynamic Stanley Hubbard, president of St. Paul's NBC outlet KSTP, who clashed once before v/ith Jimmy Petrillo but didn't get much industry backing, isn't going to dilly dally about duplicating his AM programs on FM now that the Lea bill ds lav; (Vol. 2, No. 16). Having just put KSTP's temporary low power FM on the air (pending delivery of equipment for the 318 kw Rural station for which he holds a CP), Hubbard makes no bones about his purpose. Replying to our inquiry, he wired us Friday; "It is our intention to duplicate our AM programs on FM to augment and intensify our present coverage. I have always considered Petrillo a lav/-abiding citizen and I would not be so presumptions as to suggest that he might be considering violating our Federal laws. It must be remembered that when he defied Congress and President Roosevelt, there was no Federal law involved as today. We are now on air daily with FM. " PUBUSHSIiS LOOK M RABIO: No longer the bone of contention of former years, radio v;as treated as "one of ours" by publishers attending this week's ANPA convention in New York. There was Intense interest among them in the various facets of radio as discussed or demonstrated. This is gist and these were highlights of radio phases of the convention: 1) Publishers already in radio indicated again they are highly pleased with it as a public service and promotion medium, said it does not detract from newspaper advertising. 2) Most radio-publishers are planning to go into FM, some very big newspapers into TV also. 3) Many non-radio publishers propose to go into radio for first time via FM and are eager to promote FM. 4) Many more big and Small newspaper-radio purchase deals are on the fire, about which you will be hearing soon. 5) AP's officers, board and executive committee are almost all publishers already in radio or planning to get into radio. 6) Facsimile demonstrations at Waldorf made deep impression on publishers, auguring new phase of news distribution, and Capt. Wm. G. H. Finch announced purchase of full UP service for his facsimile newspaper published via his FM station WGHF. 7) NAB's executive director, A. D. Willard Jr., in speech, called on editors to study FCC Blue Book on programs, urged them to join in fight for freedom of utterance, warned them that facsimile nev/spapers of future may be subjected to same licensing power and duress of FCC. 8) Many of the nation's most important publishers, both radio and nonradio, crowded the special showings of color TV staged for them by CBS, and they generally expressed themselves as deeply impressed — so deeply that you can expect some more of them, who have applied for monochrome, to join the growing procession of applicant withdrawals. CONSTHUCTIO}! BAH AHD FM: On the heels of CPA's turndown of industry requests that radio be placed in the $15,000 exemption class, we checked what some FM permittees are doing to get their stations on the air. While v/e didn't find a single case of Copyright 1946 by Radio News Bureau