Variety (Feb 1938)

44 VARIETY RADIO Wednffsday, February 2, 1938 IN THE SENATE NOW Government-Owned Station Proposal Appears In IJpper House Washington, Feb. 1. Construction of government-owned broadcasting stations—agitated for t.h past year by the Pan-American Union and other Federal agencies- was proposed to the senate Monday (31).: Companion legislation has been pending in the house , almost since the present session started and has not-been ogled by any committees. Bill authorizing outlay of $3,000,- 00' to build the transinitter was sponsored' joii.tly : by iSenators Mc- Adoo Of California, and Shavez of New iviexlco- Purpose is to advance relations between the U.S. and other nations of the Western Hemisphere, using the fiye short-wave channels allotted to this country for further- ance of President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy.. M ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ M M M f M < M ♦ M M ♦♦♦♦ ♦ F. C C's WASHINGTON DOCKET >^^4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ f » » ♦ ♦ M ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ < ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ i ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ MAJOR DECISIONS KFIO^s Basketball Spiokane, Feb. 1. -:K-FIO, which has-no-hational net-^ work aflfiliation^, is broadcasting basketball games fronl Washington State college at Pullman, 80 miles frorn here, by remote control. - Station goes off air daily at 4:30. p.m. arid comes back on at 7:30 to brciadcast games.: ARTISTS MANA&EWENT ■ C C M /j WHITEMAN Who thanks aU his Hol- lywood friends cmd as- sociates for ttidking his month in Calilornid so pleasanL ON Xhesterfield CBS Network FrldayH. 9:30-9:00 P.M., EST ■Washlnertnn. Fi-li. 1. FlorUlu: Now .slntlon request of .the H.rownrd IJroftcJca.itlngr Co., I'.oi l I.iuiilordiile, was onlorcd ilenlod ■lis. In ilefnult. wlieiii api.iiciui'ls falU>a lb .«ena a l eprosentatlve to Coiivml.sli. lieftrlnp. rioa was f.)r a Iransniitlcr on 1370 kc with 100 wfttVs nlBhla. tiO ■vvatLa <l.T.V4>i Illliiols-Indlaiiii: Rpat bolwecn "WnOW. Torre "Haute, Tncl.,, and Cle'irn k! Webaier, radio engl.necr of Decatur, 111.. o,\ei' wlio .should be nsslpnod th^ 1290 he frequency, was abruptly termiiiatcd b.v Coninil.sh dccl.slon. that' neither applicant - could show- .lulIU lont public need for the. contemplated changes.' l^cqupsi of WUOW to iililft from 131.0 16 1200 Uc and Increase .po«er from 100 watts hlfrlvts, 250 wo Its .days, to COO waits niffht .nnd 1 Uw days, would cause Interference to the normally pro'leoteil ure.i of Kf-ON,' J'ilythevHle,. Ark.,! eonuulah ruled. • KxtiM Bpanklnf; for WHOW was contained In the decision. Ob.lccil'M(r to tciititnony. 'given by WBOW's. ch(?f sales repre- sentative that nil hdvertLslnp accounts could be sold with greater facllily It the power boost went throuRh, CoiiVmlsli rtei'lared ih'it it could not 'make sncli-cOnslderatlons the bnr*lM ■for favoi-nl'lc. action upon any application for Increased broadi cast facilitiei?.' lionry H. AValker atipeared for WBOW. with James If, tianley and'Thomas'J. O'Urlen on behalf of Glenn E. Webster. AiN.sourl:'']lo)> to 100 Watts and fre<iucncy .switch ifrom 11-0 to I'SSO kt'. for AVAIDII, Jdplln, ,W-aa .vctoeil by the .<;;pinntlsh because of interference which would result-to the applicant from' the requested berth oh the 1380 kc ribbon." . Si.Ttion, now operatin:^ With power of 100 watts hiBhts,'260 watts days, would recfrivd" objectionable. Interference from WKBM, }-7tc— ■Ci'.osp'e, Wis., Co.mmish decided. Also- the proposed use. of a directional antenna would deprive "coiiitnunltlea served by' WMBH of service jt Is now recelvlhgr. Elmer W. Trait represented the JopUn Broadcasting Co., licensee of the ti'an.smltter, North Ciirollna: (1) More bad newa was dished, out by the. Comini.sh for a new station, applicant at AshevlUe. Applicant Harold l.I. ThomS' whs questioned becAUSe.bt a previous, con- viction, under antUiue. North .Carolina, ,law of pnbilcn- tlbn of libelous material In -his newspaper,. the Ashevllle Dally News. AVhlle the propo.sed smallle, to be operated on 1370"kc, would supply, ft need for.service In the area, and- the appli<ant wu.s othcrwipe found qualified, Commlsh decided it would not be In the public Interest' to grant the. reque.st. Carolina .law prohibits publication of any-charges *deroB.-i-. tory:-to any .(poUllcal) ctindldate or. calculated to affect th candidate's chances for ofllce unless such publication l)e .signed by the parly giving publicity to and being, re.-'poa.sibte for sucii charge.' Thorns drew $700 fine and two years sus-. pended .sentence for unsigned attack oii local politicos. .C-. K. Blackstoclc repres'ented Thorns. (-') Jloney-Iloubles of n.. four-man .partnership trlpiie.d tip theic request for a-daytime smallle to be operated on l.';70 kc at Hickory. Deposit of. $5,600,. plus the sum of $781.a.o: caBh in hand, does not qualify the appUconts -to iinderlake construction and operation of a radio transmitter, Commisk. ruled, even thou.gh aggregate net estimated. worth of the group was slated -at $27,381.' Most of- the assets consisted of real estate, automobiles, household furniture and machine equipntent. A. Annas, K. C. Elliott, C. It Green and .C D. Newton, applicants, retained Elmer W. .Pratt in the- case. to withdraw application without prejudice for new station to bo operated on 1-00 kc with'100-watts nights, 230 watl.a (\:l}.n. .Soulli Dakota: Sioux P^alla Broadcost Assn., Inc. (K.S(JO), i-anied changes In composite, equipment and Julce-Jumi) from •J Ij : to 5 kw, . - . Virfrtiiln: Commlsh reconsidered and granted. ai>VlI<'ntlon of WKTD, TImes-Dlspatch Publishing i'o:, Ulchnloiid, for aa- slsument of Hcchse. to TImes-Dlspatch Radio Corp. SET FOR HEARING DON ROSS "THE RHYMING MINSTREL KVERV MONDAY WEDNESDAY and FHIDAT WOR 13-13:1.% P.M. EST FOR BOSCO MINOR DECISIONS rolorndo: ■ Scrlpps-Howard Ttadio, Inc., Denver, applion- lioil for new-station to be operated on 630 kc with l.kw; usin dtrec.tioti(il antenna, dismissed at-request of Applicant (Coni- nUsh dlsnijsHed with prejudice because applicant filed for withdrawal le.ss than 30 days before the scheduled hearing i. Coiiiiectlciit: AVDRC, Hartford, granted hew higli fre- quency broadcast .station for experimental use, to be operated oh .40,'Jl)0 with 1 kw. Maryland: AVC AO, Monumental Radio Co., Baltimore, Illinois;. WIIBF, Rock Island, Install, new equipment and rtlri^ctlonal antenna system, .change frequency frojn I'jri) (o l-'4'0 Icc and boost power from 100 watts days,- 1!;0 .watts' ni.i?hts, to 1 kw, employing directional antenna nitfhis. Sllclilgnn: Klng-Trendfe Broadcasting Corp,, Pontlac, new station to bp operated on 1440 kc wltli 250 watts. Olilo: ;C^uyaliogn Valley Broadcasting Co., 'VVarren, new sia-: ■tlon to. be opcr.Tted. on',-1200 kc with 100 watt.s. '. Soiilli t'nrollna: P. AVy .Spencer, Rock Hill, new station to be upci'aied day times oh ISOO.kc with 100 watts. NEW APPLICATIONS . Town: Kdward Breen.and Allen R. libornl.n IT. Fort Dod.sje, n'>w st.itlbu to be operated on 1.500 kc witli 100 \yail3 nlclits, 2irt watts days. . . Kanmis; .. KOAM, A. Stanenrt Orohain.: E. ,V, Baxter and IS'ornidn Baxter, ,doing: business blu Pittsburg Broa'dca-stlng CO,,' Pittsburg, voluntary-asslgnmeiit. ot license to the Pitts-- burg Broad casting Co., Inc. S>w. York; ITazeltlne Service Corp., New Tork Oily, new. television broo.dcaist station to' be operated on 42000-5'oboO, 60000-8(1000 kc with 125 watts (aural and vIsuaT trnnsitiis- slon); "W-VYC, City of New 'Jt'ork, Department of Plant and Structures, modification of llcen.se to change name to Munlcl- jial Broadcasting System; WMBQ, Joseph Husid, recelvt-r for Metropolitan . Brpadco.sting Corp., Brooklyn; "Involunlary as- Bignment of license from Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp., to . Joseph Ilusid; AVASJ, City of New York, Deiiarttnent .of Plant and Sjtructures, New York, change name to City of New York, Municipal Broadcasting System.- - Nortli Carollnii: Eastern Carolina Broadeaslltig Co., Golds- . bbro. new st.-iitlon to be operated on 1370 kc with 100 watts. : Pennsylvunla: Vi'WSW, Walker & Downing RiidioCorp., •'Pitt.sburgh,, authority to transfer control from Pennsylvania Ne\v?»paper Co., to P.,G. Publisliing Co.,. 100 shares pi eterrcd, 600 shares common stock. ■ * '- TcTtas: KTEM; Temple, change hours of oper.'itlon from daytime to unlimited using 100 watts nights, 230 watis days. - yirgliilu:,' 'WRTD, Richmond,. change frequenry f'vom ] TiOrt to 500 kc, install new transmitter and boost iJower from 100 to ..lO.O wtytts.. AVaslilngton: Tacoma Broadcasters, Inc., Tacoiiia. new sta- tion fobe operated on 1420 kc with lOO watts nights, 260 wails ^f^'s. EXAMINERS' REPORTS Towa: Desire of the W. H.. Hartman Company, ■Waterloo, for a sno-watt daytime station on 1400 kc, blevy up when counsel for the applicant was Informed that, a previous motion for Indetlnlte continuance had been denied by the i'ontmlsh. Applicant, publisher of the "Waterloo Dally Courier, moved ftir withdrawal of the case but Bxamilner JTelvIn It. Dalberg recommended dismissal w|th prejudice. Hartnian Company was represented by H, H. Shlhnlck and Myion M. Cohen. ", MlsNourl-Nebraska: Three-way scramble for the 'H50 kc frequency was temporarily settled by Examiner (Jeorge H. Hill,. In favor of tlie one Missouri .applicant. Two Nebrasl;:i reqiiestSi both from I.,lncoIn, were recommended for'Commlsh denial. New station plea of L. U Coryell & Son, we.-vlthy , father-and.-son partnership controlling many oil, farming and real estate Interests, was 'unable to show that an.v real need for additional service existed In the community, which already MAYOR IN FORM Oniclal Talks QverUme from Sick Bed PhilatJelphia'. jFeb. 1. Stations here got a shock last week when secretary to Mayor S. Davis Wilson called them shortly before Hizzoner was to go on air from his sickbed and asked them to have a fill-in ready if he \yasn't able to fill but entire 15 minutes allotted. Here- tofore ehtire difflculty with Mayor's gabbings has beeni to keep them within limits. . . Ill or not, however, Mayor kept to form. Fill wasn't nieeded. He wciHt 40 seconds over. the mark. , Student symphony orchestra at Car- negie Tech, Pittsburgh, Under tlie direction of J. Vick O'Brien is; being, aired every .Saturday afternoon over WCAE and fed to the Mutual web. Carl Dozer, Tech alumnus and an an- nouncer at the station^ is the iiar-! rator. igl-aTrted''BpecfFl' temporary' authority "to op'erR'te'"wITh "T"!'; "S'JPPorts- t\vt)-ljnnn)lii lraiiHmItterBr-K-PA«---o-i>d-^':-FO-R-:—Ap— G U S Stage and Screen Direction Central Itooklng orOrr. Inr. Hi W. Randoljgli St.. Chicago For RADIO . Radio Production*. Inc- 030 N. Ulclilgan Av«., CUIoiBO V A nights for period of 30 days, to counteract interference will* OMQ. Cuba. Authority, granted ' subject to condition that nperavion with additional power be terminated Immediately that CMQ v"''-Sc's operation on same freciuency or reduces power so that lntoi:ferehre Is not Involved. MlMsUslppI; ■\V<j('M, Mlssl.sslt>pl .City,, request to-withdraw ai)l)llcutloi.i,fi;r removal of transmitter to Mobile, Ala., granted with pre.ludice. New York:' WMBQ, Joseph HusId, recelvier for Metropoli- tan Bi'oadcasting .Corp., Brooklyn, granted extensioai of spe--:. cial temporary aull\ority to operate until feb. 27, pending action of any applications affecting "WMBQ'; . WNYC aiul auxiliary. New York City, granted extension, of license on leniporai-y basl.s only, pending determination on renewal ap-. plicalion; AVBS(i, Cornell t-'nlverslty, Elmira, license exlet\(led on leinporary ba.sia oniy, to Aug.- 1, subject to Commisli. action on pending renewal application. North f'urollna: Jonas Ayelland, Klnston, application for new daytime station .td be operated at .Goldsboro on 1500 kc with 100 watts dismissed at request of applicant, Oregon: KrS'R, Roseburg, and KSLM, Salem, granted re- newal oC licenses to June 1; KWJJ, KWJJ Broadcast Co.. Ihc.i Portland, license extended temporarily, pending de- termination on renewitl request and subject to right of the (.roinmish to niaUe effective any changes or modifications h.fflrein. which may be riccessary in order to comply with any decision of the Commlsli which may be entered after hearing 111 aiiy proceedings of which licensee was duly nollfled or In which licen.oce partlclpatedi for the period ending in no event later than Aug. 1. PennH.vlvaiilH: WPEN, Philadelphia, granted extension of special temporary authority to Increase power to 1 kw nlghi>*. In (inier. 10 counteract interference caused by CMX, Havana, WWJ, Detroit, and KPRC, Houston, for period beginning' Jan. ;!0 and ending Feb. iS (olao to operate unlimited llmt> during the same period, providing W-RAX, Phlladelpltia, re- mains silent). .SoulliCarolina; S.i-nto Sottlle, Charleston,'granted petition plication of KPOR, now operating on 1210 kc with 100 watts nights aind 250 watts days, and seeking operation on H.IO kc with 1 kw-nights, 6 kw. days, also should be turned di>wn.- Hill declared, because of Interference that would result, to KCiC'X, Wolf Point, Mont., from the proposed' boost.- Missouri applicant, KCMO Broadcasting Co,, should be per- mitlod to change Its assignment from 1370 to 1430 kc and boost power from 100 watts to 1 kw. Hill said, because of largo ."sums Inve.sted. In the station In tlie past-and the lin- po.sslhllily of, making money due to tlie restriction of its pn^senl operating assignment. I., lu C'pryell & Son, asking an-assignment of H',(t with 230 waits nights, 1 kw days, were represenled bv tJeorge M Tunlson, lionla G. Caldwell, Reed T, R'ollo and James H Hanley. •Paul M. Segal, George S. Smith and Maxwell V. Beghtol appeared for KFOR, with George O. Sutton. Harry 1. Schwlmmer and Janaea U Proffltt batting for KCilO. Wnslilngton; (1) Failure to furnish certain evidence to the Commlsh ond unsatisfactory explanations of financial ability end plans for the propo.sed transmitter drew a recommenda- tion for denial for Fred M. "WeH", of Grand Coulee; on his pica for a station to be operated on 1420 kc with 100 walls nighla, 250 watts days. After several postponements of the hearing. Examiner P. Peward Anally received a deposition from the applloant which left out much of the Information that had been asUed for. Clarence C. Dill and James Gum appeared in behalf of Well. (2) Go-ahead signal was - suggested. for Evening News rre.ss, Inc., Port Angeles, on construction of a station to be operated, on 1500 kc with 100 watts nights,. 250 walls days, by Examiner Dalberg, * Applicant, which publishes the Port Angele.'? Evening News, flashed a sutnclent bankroll for construction and operallon of 111* propo.iod transniltttr; need was shown to exi.st In the conuuunity for a local broadcast station and program plans of the ontflt were o.Ua.yed by Dalberg. Paul 1). P. Spcarmaa and Alan B. David represented the publishing company. . Martin Campbell, WFAA, Dallas, gen. mgr., left Saturday (29) on. a three-week trip that will take him through Chicago, Detroit and New York and. wjnd him up at the NAB convention in Washington Feb. 14', we 0 NBILLS ' By JANE WEST now radio's most popular family brings you more [aughter Tears Heart-throbs Presented by Ivory Soap ■ 99" loo ° o pure IICTCM TWICE DAILY M«#ifci'« NBC Red Network, 12:15 to 12:30 P.M. EST CBS - WABC— 2:15 to 2:30 P.M. EST • • COAST TO COAST Dir., COMI>TON AirVKKTISINT. A»;KVrT MGT.. EO WOLF—RKO BLDG., NEW YORK CITY IN SDPER-POWER Washington, Feb, 1, Show-down on ,mass of pending super-power applications will be sought in' the coming weeks, now that Commissioner T. A, M. Craven has. given the Federal Communica- tions Commission his slant on the social and ecoiiomic aspects of 500 kw operation. While; ventilation of the .varirju;; please probably will be held itp a while longer, certain mctnbcr.s cjf the Gommish said thi.s wt-ck they will press for a decision which v/ill let. tine indtisiry ]:iif>\v v^hVrro it stands on the ihallei- of radical tech- nical changes.. Delay piobahly Will continue until now broadca.sl regu- lations, harmonizing with. Ihe en- gineering report v.-hich Craven pre- sented month.s back, arc drafted and put into efTect. Rule drafting rhoro i.s nf)t r;xpnct- ed to be difTifiiii. Most rjf Ui't nfv/ regs are. prelly v/cH-oii'l.ncd th ihi'; Craven technical report, which stipulates the categories of station, power that should be allowed each, new engineering standards, etc. The mattei: of particular frequen- cies for each type of station may be ducked, until it is. learned for sure whether the North American agreeT ~ment is going to be elective.. Un- certainty on this point is. not deemed a sufficient reason, however,; for stalling the whole proposition of re- vising regulations. Prospect is that the. super-power requests will be con.solidaled, in- eluding WLW's application for con- tinuance of .speciial experimchtal au- thority, and heard before the full Commi.sh. ' Thi.^ procftdure would enable all' rriombtMS to get 'every pertinent fact fir.st hand and; to asic (juc.itions in ar'fioidancf witli Craven'.<j Irlea that tin? rr.iosl: .-r-rious re/lcction ,<;houId precotle atiy giants. Heleh tyayne, v/cll-knrjwn Pitts- burgh; radio octi e.s,i v/iio _ was on WCAK Btnfr for years, has joined ca.-it of Derby .Sproul'.s dramatic .se- rial, 'Under We.stt,'rn Skies,' on KDKA, Ditto U'on Ward, Vetei'an /(to'ck ar.'tor, and John. .Jf)fin.H, J'ill.<i- .burgh little tiicalrc slandljy. Compbsei*-Writer TWO NEW HITS ONE EYED LOVE Shapiro, Bernstein MY DREAM SWEETHEART Paull-Pioneer WILLIAM WIRGES Conductor—Arranger Willys Radio Program 521 Fifth Avenue Murray Hill 6-2370 STAN LOMAX SPORTS WOR—7 P. M. RUTH CARHART Contralto -CBS- "SpNGTIME" Tuesdays, 6:45-7 P.BI. Moh,, Wefl., Fri., 10:45-11 A.M. 'VARIETY' says-- " .. . . a beautiful voice" THE SMOOTHIES »/<BS - CHARLIE ' LITTLE Sccoml Year for Turns WI,W and NBC Rod. CoHst-to-Coast Tues,-Thur9., 7:15 P.M.. E.S;T.