Variety (Jul 1939)

38 VARIETY RADIO Wednesdaj, Julj 26* 1939 WNEW RAISES RATES Move Reflects Fower Boost to 5,000 Watts Daytime »♦« ♦♦♦♦«« ♦♦»« o »«««»»»«i M I »»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦<«♦»»»♦♦ F. C C's WASHINGTON DOCKET WNEW, N. Y., has upped its time rate approximately 20% effective Sept 15. Change is based on its re- cent rise in power to 5,000 watts daily. Formerly was 2,500 daily and 1,000 nightly, latter remaining. First revision of WNEW basic rates in more than two yea rs. ■ ■"' Chatig«i"T!«'?«fIBE •tosts ot time in three classes-are: Class A now (7 to 10 p.m.) $430 one hour, $259.50, hall hour, $173 quarter hour, 10 minutes $.".31, five minutes $110. Formerly $350, $210, $140 and $87.50. There's also a change in Class A hours. Form- erly 8 to 10 p.m.. It's now 7 to 10 p.m. Class B and C (8 a.m. to 7 p.m.— 10 p.m. to midnight) changes: $250; $151.50. $101, $77.50, $65. Formerly $200, $120, $80, five minutes $50. Class C (12 midnight to 8 a.m.) changes are proportionate, new rates ranging from $166.50 to $44 for five minutes. Old were $130 to $32.50. ^♦ ♦♦♦ MMMMf ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4»«»« ♦♦«♦♦*♦♦♦♦ MAJOR DECISIONS V WFAA-WBAP MOVES ITP . Dallas, Jtily 25.' New radio station classiflcations ef- fective Aug. 1 as announced by FCC will place WFAA-WBAP as the only Class One station in this immediate WOAI, San Antonio, also received . this rating. .KRLI),_ Dallas, wilj be Class Two; WRR, Dallas, and KGKO and KTAT. Fort Worth, will be Class Three, while KFJZ, Fort Worth, will be Class Four. Robert Ferris, formerly of KFPY, Spokane, now at KOMO-KJR, Se- attle. ropsiM INTRAL PHIO WanhlnfTton, July 2S, Alnbiinm: XiK'liKltne oDeratlftn of WHMA. Annlsion, teiiui- lively a))|>rovo(r In a propovv'd Mndlnff which whoweil tli.il reiporulents—WAl'O. Ohaunnoopa, Tenn.—were lnilult;iit>r In h.ilr-»i>lU(ini;! AlAbnma Btatlon, operatecl by Ilnrirx M. Ayei-H. fontfintteil thnt need exlfited for nn extonnlon of lis operation from 100 waits daya only (on li:^0 Itc) to unlhult^d. WAPO objected with the ob.servatlon that lia own uaeTul nl(;ht nervloe would ba curialled by Iho proponed -cbnnt^e. UnKlueerlne Aviincns for the applicant te.itf^ed that \VAr<> could hardly Buffer through nlfrhttlme operation of \VHMA, \V,vro already l.<i limited nlRhls by 7.VM.SD, Muscle Shoals Ala., he snUI. to. Ms 2.72 millivolt per meter contour and pro- p.^<(*.l oppr.itlon of WHMA would Increase this Ihnltallon only to ihe 2.96 mv/in contour, or approximately two-tenlhi of a mile. No 'perceptible difference' which would be noticeable lo the 'Hveraee listener.* engineer declared, Conlentlons rained by "WATO were found 'without merit' bv the KC".'. which found the Annlstop trnnfimUler otherwi.-e (iunlli\ed 10 operate the atailon w:ith the re(|ue.<iled fncitlileM. Kimer AV.. Pratt and Joseph F. Pratt appeared for \VI1M.\, wUh Ben S. Fisher. Charles V, Wayland and John W. Ken- dall representing WAPO. North CuroHnu: Co-alicad alffnal for the Greenville Tlrood- ca?)tlnR T'o., for a daytime station to be operated on ISOO with 2.'t0 watts, was Riven last week when the Cuntiulsli dropped A Hhnllar rcouef>t at the Inatlfpalion of Us spoiisor!i. Plea of Nathan Franlt, New Hern, for a amaUle to be -ope- rated on the same frequency with unlimited hours; was d>- mLs^ed with prejudice after applicant requested the appllca* tiun be withdrawn without further Comntinh coiisldenuItm. Cireenville Broadcasting outnt wlU be run by J. J. White. Greenville real estate and automobile maRnnte, followiitfc a ahowlnfr of a net worth of approximately |::3S,270 with which 10 build and operate the proposed $16,434 transinluer. N«> lnierf»»renfe expected and the tobacco-town of Greenville . now receives no primary service, Commlsh- found, James H. ll'nnley appeared for Nathan Frank, with Horary J.ohnes and 1::. D. Johnaion representing. the Crcenviil4 Broadcasting Co. Penndylvanln: Change of assignment from eharing with WFBQ. AUoona. on 1310 kc with 100 watts nights. 230 wait^t days, to unlimited operation with the name power on 1370 kc. received a final okay. Commlah adopted Its proposeil finding.^ of fact of June C; declared that the flnat order would become effective on July 14 and released the order July 17.— or three days later. One of.many orders where the effecllvo date has been made retroactive to the issuance of the decree. South Carolina; Scuffle between Virgil V, Evans, licensee of WSPA. Spartanburg, and the Spartanburg Advertising t'o., —candtd'ite for a new station In the town—over alleged dam- age to the existing transmitter through con}ttruction of the i>ropo"ed new station tentatively ended with a proposed flnd- Ing by the Commluh to the effect that theie Is room for both. Although the area receives primary broadcast service from WSPA during the day, no decent flervice Is available to the city or surrounding rural areas after dark, FCC found. Questioned testimony of Evana that the gross Incbnte of WSPA was '$700. less than the operating cost of $34,000' by citing the following: 'Evans adn^ilLed that In December, 1928. he reportf»d 10 the Commission an average monthly Income of (2.900 and an average monthly expense of H.900 in round flgures for the preceding six months. From these conflicting figures. It Is Impossible to determine what the Income or opernilng ex- pense of Station WSPA la or. has been. There Is no evld<'nce of the extent, if any. to which the atation's income win he i-edured by the operation of the proposed a tat ion or that WSV.V will be unable to continue Us service.' No reason, Commlsh found, for turning down the Rpnrten- burg Advertising Co.'s plea for a station on 1^70 kc wlih 100 wait3 nights, 250 watts days. R. M. Carlisle. Horace I/. I.ohnes. \\. U McCormlck and E. D. Johnston appeared oh hohair of the.Applicant, ^-llh James W, Gum and F, J. Boat- Hur»puriing Virgil V. Evans. Tevnn: (U Plea of the nrown County Broadcaallng-Co., Jtro\\nwood, for a ncir station to be operated daya only on 91)0 Uc with 1 k»', 'wrlHt-slapped last week by the tlonuntHh roe greedlne^is in wanting to take over a clear channel to Hi>rv4 A small population. No reason for a dayiinre atatlon on the requested frequency when ilie town has a population of 26,000-odd persons, t'ont- mish declared,—particularly as no larger community. exists within DO miles of the proposed site. Entire area now ro- relvoM primary service'from WFAA, Dalian, and WB.VP, Fort AVorih. bVO reminded the applicants, and clear channeHrlb- ttons are supposed to be reserved to 'large centers of popuU- tloit. vast rural arean.' No factora shown which indlcaie that A departure from this rule Is 'either necessary or even Juail- X1l'<!.' CoMunlsh said sternly In ltd proposed findings. ' Weotlelt Mnves. Joe N. Weatherby and \Vtlllam J. Lawson, licensees, were represented by James H. Ilanley. K'^\ Operation with 100 watts nights tentatively okayed for KPI.T. I'aris. after a showing that the station iiferlis full lime operailon. With a few 'simple ddjustment-i.' transmitter ca n Incrr^as)* Its activities from the present d.'iythne opera - Hon Willi 2i0 wattrt, on 150.0 kc, to Oie requested dny and night status, commLih agreed. Additional costa not expected tj entail Jiioie than XVa monthly for power and light. (Grunting of the application will Increase the llmllatlon (o KGi\M. Tyler, from its present 3 millivolts per meter contour to 4 mv/in. l'X\' admitted. But the area which will be de- prived of this service now receives night time service from several other Texas transmitters. Approximately 947 persons will b« deprived of the nighttime service of KUICB but they can tune In on other i)rograina. .\ppllcant trnnsmitter will receive Interference to Ma ap- rro.xlmnte 4 millivolt per. meter contour, due to akywava In- tfi-fei'ence at night, it was conceded. 'IMila, Viowever, wouM l>« outweighed by 'establishment of an equality of radlu- bi'oadcnst service.' .N'orih Texas ih-oadcasting Co. nCPLT) was represented by William A. Port^'r and T. P. Lltllepage. Jr. . (::) Cancellation of a previous order to deny tbe appllra- ticiii of Radio Enterprises, Inc., Victoria, for a new aiMiion i'> be operated on 1310 kc'with 100 watts niglila. 250 wnlus d'tys. vv:ia ordered last week upon a petition to reconsider ur reh'jar Um plea. Sufficient additional Information to convince the CnmnilHb Ihiii the original ultimatum (Issued April 10) should be set aside. H» Applicuilun of KRRV, Red River Valley Broadcasiing Corp., Sherman, for change of frequency and powitr huitiit drew a preliminary frown from the Commlsh because of In- terference and other problems arising from the plea. Applicant requested a change from the local frequency of r;i0. Uc to the regional ribbon, 880 kc, ALso re(iUPst>Ml a power and operaiioii Jump from £50 watts days only to 1 kw all tImes. Although daytime coverage would be boosted more thsn hair. Commish waN ^rtable to see the point In granting tin Hpplicatlon which would limit KRRV to lis 4.6 mllUvoli p^i- Ulster contour. This Interference would occur from W(V)i'. Meridian. Miss. Veiy adequate service already la avnIlahU from niore than a. half-dozen outside transniUlcrs, Commi.sh reminded in lis proposed ultimatum. Siierman station retained Paul D. P. Spearman, Frank Roberson and Frank U. Fletcher. Virglnhi: Allocation rule that local slaltona of (ht rla-ts of the applicant are not protected beyond the .S mililvDii pi*r meter conv>^ur was involved last week in an oltay for a if w Kiaiion at Huffolk. Commlsh gave Suffolk Uroadccinilng Ci>rp.. .applicant, a tentative green lighten Its plea for a (ransmlit*T to be onei-ated on 1420 kc wiih 100 walla nlgliLi, 2.'.0 waiin rt;*ys.- Overrode aqunwks of WEED, Rocky Mount, N. ('.. sml wenV. ChariottesvlUe,—contending that the coinplainani.'* nlniady are limited to beyond their 3 mv/in contour an-l little difference will be made by the operation of thi pro- Pi>i«ed station. .Tdhn (I. Duw.son, TCorare t*. Lohnes and B. D. Jolindlon jpr p^ared In behalf (»f applicant. SUES FOR SLANDER lUdla Stations Named In Damae* Action Dat to Political Talks ' Seattle, July 25. Suit for $150,000 qgainst—slatioti KOL, KOMO, KJR and B. Gray Warner, proseduting attorney ' ol King county, has been filed by C. A, Smith. Claims defamatory remark* during the election t-jmpaign last fall. Two suits were filed, one against Warner, Archie Taft, manager of KOL, the Seattle Broadcasting Com, pany. Inc., and ,he Mutual Broad« casting System In which Smith aslcj $100,000. Defendants in the other suit are Warner, Birt Fisher,, man. ager of KOMO and KJR and Tolem Broadcasters In which he asks $50,000. Suits allege that during campaign Warner made several broadc.ists ia which he referred to Smith in a slanderous manner. WHAS' Facsimile O.K. Louisville, July 23. WH.\S has received permission from the FCC to erect a facsimile transmitter. Station will be named W9XWT, and will operate at 500 wfatts power. Will transmit facsimile on a short-wave frequency ot 25.250 kilocycles (25.25 meg., 11.88 meters), channel to t)e open 24 hours a day. Finch system is being installed. Station is also experimenting with a new facsimile method being de- veloped by Lee Collins, local inven- tor, and an employe of ttie Courier- Journal. On in W. Towner, WHAS technical director, plans to place 15 receivers at varying distances from the WHAS transmitter, to be handled by the station's technical staff. JOSEPHRINES And His ORCHESTRA Hotel St. Regis Viennese Roof 2nd Consecutive Year NBC—THRICE WEEKLY WM. MORRIS AGENCY Anthony's KECA Moves To New Frequency Aog. 1 Los Angeles, July 25. KECA, Earle C. Anthony's blue' band on NBC, switches over to 780 kilocycles Aug. 1 from its far flung 1430 spot. At same time the Hearst I call letters. KEHE, pass into limbo. I the Anthony crew moves into KEHE j quarters on Vermont avenue, and I the 1430 frequency will be taken oft i the dial by Federal Communications I Commission. I Takeover date was moved up 30 ■ days as no objections to the trans- ' fer were filed with the commlsh. '■ Anthony forks over $400,000 for the '. station and everything that goes with it. Miss Jean McGraw, cousin of late John J. McGraw, has joined WOAI, San Antonio. Changes in Harrishurg, Fa. Harrisburg, Pa., July 25. WKBO, Harrisburg, changed hand^, and WHP, Harrisburg, pepped up with formal FCC ap- proval last week, after both stations had been prepared for their respec- tive deals for several months. WKBO went from the Telegraph News- paper to the Mason-Dixon Group, operated by the Stineman Brothers in Lancaster. WHP goes from 1.000 watts day. 500 night, to 5,000 day, 1,000 night. Ten days of tests set the big-blow- oft for Sunday, July 30. Stan Lee Broza, program director of 'WCAU, Philly. making a five- week auto tour of the Coast with his wife and kids. Expects to be back at his desk about Aug. 14. FCC's Minor Matters Killed on Day to Day Washington, July 25. Another streamlining move. mor« important because oT implications about the future than for ils imme- diate consequence, has been made by the FCC. Effective Aug. 1, rou- tine cases will bs parceled out among Individual regulators, the Chief Engineer, and other oaicers, under a new order, more speciTic than that adopted almost two years ago In Chairman Frank R. Mc- Ninch's Initial step to hurry pro- cedure. , The minor matters will be ruled on, as before,-from day to day, in- stead of being accumulated for con- sideration by the full panel. In renumbering the old order, the Commlsh presumably is preparing for further administrative reforms which may bring even more Impor- tant changes In operating technique. HILDEGARDE Return Engagement Friday, July 28 "99 Men and a Cii-r 9 P. M. EDST, CBS Transcriptions Per. Mgr.—ANNA SOSENKO Ek. Rap.— jack BERTELL Walt Newton, of the gab staff of WIP, Philly, pinch-hitting for Tom Rocap (Murray Arnold) on the 'Men Only' show while latter vacations. 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