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AM DIRECTORY HO. 1 OH ITS WAY: Your subscription, copy of our AM Directory No. 1 is
about to go into the mails. Should reach you in a few days. It's the only thing of its kind available — complete to AM freeze' end May 1. It comprises 100 pages, lists 1,712 existing or authorised stations in the United States alone (as compared with 1,561 in 1947 Broadcasting Yearbook, 1,373 in Radio Daily Annual). It includes separate listings by states, frequencies and call letters of all AM stations in the North American countries party to NARBA (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Newfoundland, Haiti, Bahamas, Bermuda, Dominican Republic). It also contains listings by states and frequencies of all pending U.S. applications for new Stations (694) or for changed facilities of existing stations (200) — the only such lists ever compiled for publication. The Directory will be kept current with weekly addenda sheets. also designed for loose-leaf binding, so that subscribers can know at any time the exact status of AM stations in any given community on any given frequency at any time. This is a service to subscribers only; they may obtain extra copies of AM ' Directory No. 1 at $10.00 each.
IIDT-SO-QUIET SUMMER FOR FCC: Having unburdened itself of heaviest workload in its history (Vol. 3, No. 18), FCC looked forward to relatively quiet, routine summer when, lo, it was stuck with another major hearing issue' — problem of daytime skywave interference. So even though 3 commissioners — Denny, Jett, Webster — must perforce spend most of their time at International Telecommunications Conference in Atlantic City from May 15 until probably mid-September, there will be hearing June 2 on that subject. Otherwise, no major hearings requiring full Commission are contemplated. Even clear channel hearings, first set to resume' June 2, are postponed until after mid-October due to illness of Counsel Louis’G. 'Caldwell.
Daytime-only grants on clear channels, exceedingly numerous of late, have big AM boys worried. Clear Channel Broadcasting Service's Jack DeWitt (soon returning to WSM, Nashville, as president) claims he can substantiate existence of daytime skywave interference, even though Commission's standards don't admit there’s any such thing. FCC said Friday it won't grant any more daytimers on anv Class I-A or I-B channels until issue is resolved, gave parties in interest until May 26 to file appearances, promised quick decision.
Vice Chairman Walker and Comrs. Durr, Wakefield and Hyde will handle summer routine. Chairman Denny and Jett will return from Atlantic City from time to time to participate in meetings. Webster, expert on international and safety communications, will stick to world conference job almost entirely.
FM PLAN JUST .ABOUT WRAPPED UP: Only minor legal snarls prevent finalization of FM reallocation plan (Vol. 3, No. 18) after FCC called off' en banc hearing" Pending final action, we are listing, in Supplement No. 50-E herewith, all changes which have been made in the proposed allocation. These, incorporated in Supplement No. 51, give you the picture of channels as they stand today. FCC engineers are now drafting reassignment of channels to licensees and CP holders to bring them in line with new plan. They estimate only some 10% will retain present channels.
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