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IISW m CMAIOELIJia SCON: Shortly after FM rules and regulations and engineering

standards are issued, probably within two v/eeks, FCC will make provision for early
switchover to new high-band frequencies by the present 53 commercial Grantees ( 4 7
licensees, 6 CP holders). Commission will assign frequencies itself. This pro-
cedure very likely will apply also to the 12 non-commercial educational grantees
(6 licensees, 6 CP holders), though somewhat later. VYe v/ill supply you with com-
plete background data on all these stations next week.

Changeover procedure for licensees and and applicants v/ill be announced
same day or very shortly after rules are issued. For the present, licensees and
applicants need make no move. But preliminary plans can be laid in line with FCC
release of August 24 (see Supplement No. 3) which v/e suggest you read carefully.

It contains substance of forthcoming rules and regulations.

One thing to look for is decrease in amount of engineering data to be re-
quired. This is to speed applications through Commission and also to save new-
comers technical fees. Example: instead of complete Metropolitan Station map out to
50 microvolt contour, only 10-mile radius will be required. For Community Stations,
it is probable no contour map at all will be needed.

Master map of U.S., being prepared by FCC engineers, will indicate channels
in main cities in Area I (northeast). Applicants will have to accept channels
assigned by FCC, to enable Commission to keep allocations flexible enovigh to pro-
vide for maximum use of frequencies with minimum interference between stations.

Early assignment of channels by FCC is designed not only to speed growth
of FM, but also to forestall manufacture and sale of two-band receivers that some
makers v;ant to place on market immediately, arguing need for "demonstration"
facilities. Commission expects some upper-band transmitters will be on air by time
receivers are on market and sees no reason for added expense to public. Chairman
Porter so notified RMA President Cosgrove August 21 in letter so strongly worded it
leaves no doubt of Commission's intention to warn public against double-band sets if
manufacturers, over whom it has no control, persist in going ahead with such pro-
duction. Nor does Commission want to be placed in position where continuance of
present low-band FM for any length of time creates public pressure to maintain
assignment. Moreover, current FM band has been promised to TV, police, et al.

Much the same procedure will govern TV assignments later. TV engineering
standards are pretty well set, but rules and regulations, plus allocation plan, are
still being thrashed out. Manufacturers are hardly expected to market video sets
tiined to present frequencies, though one TV manufacturer is reported planning
production of a wide-band receiver tunable to whole 44-225 me. band.

< Du!*lDHT-WAHAMl\S{ER DEAL: DuMont has completed deal with John Wanamaker, big down-
town New York department store, to take over latter's auditorium and other space
(more than 500,000 cu. ft.) for Installation of three television studios. DuMont
v/ill spent §126,000 on installation, getting space rent-free, store aiming to

benefit by attracting customers to its outdated, out-of-the-way shopping location.
Leased line v/ill link store with DuMont Madison Ave. transmitter and studios.
Intra-store TV setup also presumably contemplated. Basic architectural plan calls
for one 4-camera, one 3-camera, one 2-camera studio, the first to accommodate 700
spectators. Plan is to have plant completed by December, to call it Television
Center and to carry some 28 hours of live talent shows from its studios v/eekly.

COLOH VS. MOHOCHSOME; So completely confident is CBS of the superiority of its color
television in the ultra-high band, that you can expect the network to continue
unabated its virtually lone campaign for TV in color on the now-experimental
spaces of 480-920 me. CBS is so sure of its ultimate position it may itself even
go into manufacture of receiving sets capable of picking up its higher definition.
chromatic images. But it will require FCC authority for commercial operation.

CBS is readying an off-the-line demonstration before end of year, and is
already installing equipment, including a coaxial cable between its Chrysler Bldg,
transmitter and its studios at 485 Madison Ave. and in the Grand Central Terminal.
Signals will be received on both direct viewing and projection receivers. One of
the three floors it now occupies in Chrysler Bldg, for TV will be devoted entirely
to the new ultra-high transmitter, the other two being already used for black-
and-whit e .

CBS demonstration, which may be its last big blast at present sight-and-
sound standards before mass production of home sets gets under way, will presume
to settle question of color vs. monochrome. If successful, it might well deter the
start of widespread manufacture of video receivers for operation in newly assigned
44-88 and 174-216 me. commercial bands. -

Still under wraps, Dr. Goldmark’s development is mechanical — not elec-
tronic. Few outside the CBS family have plumped for it as yet. Most engineers
are skeptical, want to be shown. But it is claimed a noiseless motor has been
produced to drive the mechanical color disk. It is said refinements in control
of scanning sequences eliminate the "fringing," v/hich results in one color
remaining and providing a "color tail" to the image because of the sequence in
scanning, so that picture isn't sharp.

PAUL KESTEH SPEAKS UP; In minds of certain CBS board members is plan to up Paul
Kesten, executive v.p., to the presidency — but Kesten himself isn't sold on the
idea and says he'll have "something to say about that." Plan is not to displace
Col. Bill Paley, expected back in time for next board meeting from his Army job in
Europe, but rather to give him more time to devote to TV, FM and other develop-
mental problems, as well as to creative side of programming, always his pet
interest.

Associates say Paley is returning with "blood in his eye," determined to
scotch persistent rumors of his retirement from radio. When he gets his Army dis-
charge, he'll be back at netv;ork helm — no question about that. But he himself
may persuade Kesten to retain active management with new title.

Kesten enhanced his reputation for facile expression in his testimony before
recent FCC hearings on FM where he was star witness. He v/ent all-out for FM as
"technically destined to replace AM transmission, as surely and inevitably as the
tungsten lamp. .. replaced the old carbon filament." He put FM's case so vividly, so
cogently, that we suggest you ask CBS for full copy of text of his July 30 state-
ment before FCC. Read it carefully; it's basic stuff.

AKMSTKOHt; PATEJiTS EXPIHIHC; Though the "Daddy of FM" stands to earn a justly
deserved fortune in royalties on FM receiving sets and transmitters, by whomever
manufactured, he may not reap the full 17-year benefit of his patents. He tells

US they expire in 1950. But since civilian FM was frozen for the duration, he and
other inventors in like situation (who dedicated their inventions royalty-free to
war production) may get some relief in bills now before Congress due for consid-
eration next session. Essence of these bills (H.R. 3069, Rep. Grant, Ind. ; H.R.

718, Rep. Elston, 0. ; H.R. 1190, Rep O'Hara, Minn. ; H.R. 2043, Rep. Rowan, 111. ; S.
840, Sen. Capehart , Ind.) is that inventor gets extended rights if he can prove
war interrupted commercial exploitation of his patents. Prof. Armstrong’s personal’
fortune, largely derived from his superhet invention, is said to be largely sunk
in FM, with a particularly large Investment in his Alpine station.

LOFTY ASPIBATIOHS: That fantastic "skyhook transmitter" which the Westinghouse-
Glenn L. Martin people imfolded before an agape audience in New York a few weeks
ago has no bugs in it — on paper. At least, so Westinghouse and Martin technical
chiefs aver. And they say they've calculated young Engineer Nobles' Stratovision
idea from every angle, and are willing to stake their faith and prestige that it
will work.

They're bolstered in their conviction by knowledge of radar effects, here-
tofore secret, on which they both worked for the Government, In scientific circles
certain tests in "spraying" signals down to earth from the stratosphere to cover
wide radii are well known.

As for the economics of the scheme, whereby 14 specially designed strato-
spheric "radio planes," flying fixed oval courses at 30,000 feet, could serve 51%
of the area and 78% of the population of the U.S. v/ith 4 TV and 5 FIjI programs each,
with relays to one another for network service, Westinghouse officials say candidly
they "don't know the answers. " Nor do they know where their own company, long
, active in commercial broadcasting, would fit into a plan involving such limited
■ 'licensing. That's a problem for the FCC v/hich presumably, if the thing works in
actuality, would have to secure authority from Congress to handle the relatively few
license issues on a public utility franchise basis.

Moreover, neither Westinghouse nor Martin has any patent on the idea for it
is not an invention, only an idea. But v/ith the atomic bomb story breaking af
about the same time, making fantasy a reality. Chairman Robertson's statement anent
Stratovision seems particularly pat: "Show the possibility, and somehov/ the v/ay

will be found to make it work in our economy."

Skepticism marked some of the expert and press reactions to the plan , with
disagreement on the |1, 000-an-hour estimated operating cost of each "skyhook." It
was said that, though initial cost of coaxial cables runs high, their maintenance
and operational cost would be a fraction of keeping up fleets of planes. From
social viewpoint, the question was raised whether the high cost wouldn't keep all
but a few of the biggest, best-heeled corporations out of the national TV-FM fields.
Stratovision might so blanket the regional and national markets that there would be
no chance for the little local fellow, especially in light of expected' high cost
of TV operation.

But everybody is willing to be shown, and so ....

Westinghouse-Martin are going ahead with plans for actual flight experimen-
tations. These may take a year or two. Meanwhile, though the scheme — on paper

does seem to furnish the readiest answer to rural' and remote h.f. coverage, the FCC
does not intend to hold up CP and license issues for TV and FM to those who qualify
for present line-of-sight transmissions .

(Note; Before the supply is exhausted, write to C. M. Meehan, publicity
V representative, Westinghouse Electric Corp., 2519 Wilkens Ave., Baltimore 3, Md. ,
for a copy of the Westinghouse-Martin graphic presentation of Stratovision. Ask
also for texts of the original press statements; they're well worth reading.)

TSLEVISIOH HDTISS: captive balloon will be tried out as antenna when Crosley’s
experimental TV station W8XCT, shut down for duration, resumes test telecasts after
Sept. 1 from studio atop Cincinnati's 47-story Carew Tower. . .Henry Luce, headman
of Time-Life-Fortune, has shown great personal interest latterly in television,
his eyes reportedly glued to the sight-sound set in his Connecticut home. His - j
participation in television would likely be tv/ofold: 1) Through his holdings in j

American Broadcasting Co, ; 2) Through a separate production enterprise under |

banner of his publications or of March of time... CBS Television is organizing a film '

department to shoot newsreel footage on regular basis. . .Prospects appear slim for I

immediate activity in theater television either here or abroad. It is authorita-
tively forecast that it will take up to five years to perfect a serviceable theater
projector capable of at least 1,000-line definition.

REQUIEM FOR FM3I? Cool tone of FMBI President Walter Damm's letter of reply to
retiring NAB President Harold Ryan, rejecting Invitation to merge into NAB, doesn't
mean plan is out the window. Pressure for merger is great, especially from net-
works and AM members paying dues to both trade associations. But FMBI's 167 mem-
bership (at $300 per year) includes radio set manufacturers, newspapers and others
not now in AM or FM broadcasting. They can't see joining forces as yet.

Others, too, recalling NAB's early cold shoulder toward FM, aren't too
happy about affiliation unless assured NAB will work strongly for FM. Argument in
favor is that one trade association can best do the over-all industry job, that
HAB with its §800,000 budget is better heeled for it than FMBI with about §50,000.
Against is argument that FM still needs promotion, needs own champion in Washington,
can't rely on too hearty support from NAB's dominant AiA membership.

Meanwhile,- Myles Loucks, FMBI managing director, has submitted resignation
subject to board's decision; and board was increased from 9 to 15 members, includi)^ '
now Wayne Coy as'v.p. succeeding Ted Streibert, WOR-WBATi. Coy is Eugene Meyers' |

right-hand man and radio executive of Washington Post (WINX) which seeks FCC
authority to purchase Jansky & Bailey's experimental FM station W3X0 for §75,000.

Merger project, at any rate, is some months away, certainly not until well
after Justin Miller and Jess Willard take over at NAB next m.onth.

CEimS PRICES: Due at this writing are long-awaited OPA price adjustments for
components manufacturers. Under consideration at week's end were 1941 price
increase factors of about 10% for tubes, somewhat less for major groups of
components, for sale to set makers; no 1941 price increase for tubes and other
components for sale to retail outlets.

WHISPERS AHD SHADOWS: What David V/ark Griffith once referred to as "the v/ed-
ding of the whispers and the shadows" — radio and the movies — has now been
consummated in a prideful progeny; Television. He is a lusty youngster, now
in the stage of grov/ing pains but bursting ’with health and energy. V/hat he
v/ill show to his parents — what he will accomplish in the realms of broad-
casting, motion pictures, advertising, merchandising — we'll soon see. That
his parents must perforce keep up with him; that the radio companies, big and
little, are aware of the fact; that major movie firms like Paramount, Metro-
Go Idwyn-Mayer, 20th Cen.tury-Fox, are eyeing him cautiously if not benevo-
lently — is evident. They all know they cannot afford to become fat and smug —
and complacent in the new world of entertainment, education and trade v;hich he
v/ill command. To Television and its concomitant FM, this new service is
dedicated.

WHAT PHICE TV AS3B FM? It*s still too early to calculate, v/ith any decree of exact-
itude, .just how much TV and FM installations and operation v/ill cost. Equipment
prices aren’t yet available, most now used being parent -plant made. But a bit of
guessing is possible on basis of reported costs of some of the TV and FM stations
already on air or projected (Supplements No. 1 and 4).

GE can’t separate all costs but estimates it has spent upwards of $860,000
on its Schenectady TV installation thus far. NBC-RCA and CBS haven’t any TV plant
cost figures, but DuMont’s reportedly cost $125,000 (with $126,000 more to be spent
on its new Wanamaker studios) ; Balaban & Katz’s, $169,000; Zenith’s, only $20,000.
And Don Lee, counting what it has already spent in its pioneer TV experiments, is
budgeted for $1,500,000 for its Mt. Wilson project, the Milwaukee Journal
$175,000.

As for current monthly operating costs for TV, the only figures thus far
reported are: NBC $66,235; CBS $25,000; DuMont $25,000; GE $12,500; Balaban &

Katz $11,000; Zenith $10,000 .... and, remember, their stations are not yet on
fulltime schedules.

As for FM, existing operators have had varying cost experiences, evidenced
by their figures reported in Supplement No. 4 herewith. These range from only fev;
thousand dollars installation cost, usually absorbed by AM operation, to the
$500,000 Maj . Armstrong has spent thus far on Alpine. Here, too, there are as yet
no standard cost figures — but it is evident that FM installation will cost only
a fraction of TV, quite apart from operating costs. Soon we’ll report on the 500-
plus FM applicants and what they have told the FCC they think (guesswork at best)
their plants and their monthly operations will cost.

It can be told now that, including his Alpine investment. Inventor Armstrong
has spent some $850,000 of his personal funds on FM development.

HEW CHAJINZL ASSISHMENTS: Reassignment of present TV licensees (see Supplement
No. 1) from present operating frequencies to new 44-85 and 174-216 me. channels is
next big order of business, according to FCC plans. In general, changeover will
follow same procedure set for FM broadcasters as announced by Commission Sept. 4,
although spotting of TV channels is more complicated due to adjacent channel inter-
ference and limited number of frequencies available.

Sept. 4 announcement informed 46 FM licensees that their individual fre-
quency assignments would be given them by mail. Sometime next week the list of~
specific channel assignments to these "ins" will be released. (We will publish
list so you can add to listings in' Supplement No. 4 herewith.)

Equipment tests have been set for Dec. 1 and program service on new
channels by Jan. 1. Permission to operate for interim on both old and new bands
until upper channel receivers are out (hoped for by Christmas) was given, as well
as operation on reduced power until transmitter materials and equipment available.

The seven CP holders in FM were to be told what their frequency assignments

v/ill be and asked to file up-to-date financial and ownership data. Equipment
tests for CP holders were scheduled for Jan. 1, program service Feb. 1.

FM applicants, presently totaling more than 500, v/ere informed that after
Oct. 7 they v/ould be given conditional 90-day CPs, pending more complete engineering
data. Upon presentation of such data, or if such data is already included in appli-
cation, full CPs are to be granted. (We’ll report to you later on all FM
applicants. )

Licensees and CP holders have until Sept. 20 to object to new assignments
if they so desire.

"Controversial problems have been removed by Commission's ruling on FM
reassignments," says Bond Geddes, RMA Washington representative. Although some
manufacturers may yet put out two-band receivers, decision points v/ay to one-band
production only, he says.

SUB71VAL OF PHOSBAM FiTTSST: The American system of broadcasting has no better
friend than FCC Chairman Porter, himself an alumnus of the industry. So when he
takes excessive, ear-grating commercials to task in his article "Radio Must Grow
Up" in the October American Magazine, on heels of his CBS Sunday Symphony intermis-
sion talk Sept. 2, urging public to make known to broadcasters its program
preferences, the industry in its own interest should take heed — even though
Porter may become the whipping boy of our-industry-can-do-no-wrong clacque.

Response has already been enormous, especially to his suggestion that public
voice approval or disapproval direct to broadcasters. Porter's huge fan mail
includes surprising numbers of you're-right letters from broadcasters themselves,
nearly all supporting his point that public itself become vocal as to what it likes,
dislikes.

Porter's expressions mean intensification of FCC campaign to require
licensees to live up to program formats outlined in their applications. Too many,
says Porter privately, set up well-rounded public service schedules in applications,
then forget all about them in operation. They expect licenses to be renewed auto-
matically as long as they merely steer clear of obscenity, profanity and libel.

Porter sees hope in fact that instead of present 933 AM stations, the
potential of 5,000 or more FM outlets will result in more program choice, more
competition, more opport\xnity for service. He pooh-poohs the apology boys who
raise red herring of government ownership; sees "scarcely a whisper of support in
America for a government-owned system" ; calls it plain nonsense to reject friendly,
honest suggestions for improvement as attempts to abolish American system.

E'£C2:iVSBS BY CHBI3TMAS? RMA President Cosgrove, in Washington during end of week,
hopes to prevail upon OPA to review price adjustments for radio parts in order to
up increase factors considerably over those announced Aug. 31. He is armed with
telegrams from component manufacturers stating inability to produce at OPA price
ceilings and informing him that men are being laid off until price situation is
clarified. Unless price muddle is straightened out shortly, hope for receiver
production for Christmas trade — including FM sets — is nil, he says.

OPA price increase factors, to be added to 1941 prices only for parts to
be used in new receiver manufacture, range from 10.4% for tubes, to 11% for coils,
transformers and chokes; 9% for variable capacitors, speakers and speaker parts;

7% for fixed capacitors and phonograph combination parts ; 5% for resistors and
all other parts. Tube factor was based on cost data supplied by 86% of industry,
OPA said, but parts factors were based on incomplete returns and will be adjusted
v/hen and if additional cost data is supplied by industry .

ATTOBNEYS, ENGINEERS HEEDED: crying need in Washington now is for more attorneys.
more consulting engineers specializing in TV-FM. Present radio specialists are
nearly all overloaded, and conflicts make representation sometimes hard to get.

FCC itself is extremely short on legal-engineering personnel and has plans for
expansion to handle huge volume of cases.

Some relief is in sight as some specialists doff their uniforms and as a
few new faces enter the field. But they're having a tough time securing office
space in still overcrowded Washington.

Newly returned to engineering practice are: Comdr. Paul deMars, FM authority
who built Yankee's pioneer FM stations, now with Raymond Wilmotte as partner;

Maj . Herbert Wilson, who has reopened offices after a hitch in Signal Corps; Harold
B. Rothrock, back after war job with Bell Labs. Back from Pacific last v/eek
is Glenn Gillett, who has reopened offices; and Hector Skifter, of St. Paul, and
Earl Cullum, Dallas, v/ill soon be returning from their war research jobs. Lt.

Col. E. C. Page won't go back to consulting, having taken over technical director-
ship of Mutual.

Ex-FCC Chairman James Lawrence Fly, now practicing law in New York, is
contemplating a Washington office. Among radio attorneys expected to be mustered
out of service soon are: Lt. Percy Russell, USN, associate of L. G. Caldwell;
Capt.'Duke Guider, USN, of Hogan & Hartson; Capt. Arthur Scharfeld, now v/ith AliG
in Germany; Lt. Comdr. William A. Porter; Lt . Edward K. Wheeler, USN. Col. Ralph
Walker, ex-FCC attorney, is now out of uniform and has joined Pierson & Ball.

TRANSFER PROBLEM TO CONGRESS: Pending Congressional action on tv/o major points
arising from recently approved transfer of WLW to Aviation Corp. of America, the
Commission plans nev/ procedure on future transfer applications. To lay spectre
that seller nominates own successor when a deal is made for sale of station. Com-
mission will require that opportunity be given all interested parties to bid for
property. This will be done through publication of terms of sal-e and invitation for
others to meet same conditions.

A public hearing on this proposal, announced Sept. 6 in release of FCC
opinions on Crosley-Avco case, will be held before it is adopted.

Congress will be asked (1) to adopt yardstick enabling Commission to meas-
ure value of stations to determine justifiable prices ; (2) to further define quali-
fications of licensees, especially v/ith regard to control of stations by large
financial and industrial groups; (3) to authorize Commission jurisdiction
over transfer of substantial minority interests.

Upon submission to Congress, these questions go to Interstate Commerce
committees of both Senate (Senator V/heeler, Dem. , Montana, chairman) and House
(Rep. Lea, Dem., California, chairman).

TAXING TELEVISION: Department store sales of television receivers in New York City
will be saddled with extra burden even before getting started as result of $5
monthly license fee imposed on each set showing telecasts in public places, which
also include hotel lobbies, bars, theatre lounges and similar spots. Enforcement
of tax by inspectors of Department of Licenses under tempestuous Commissioner Paul
Moss, often in tangle with theatre operators, is based on his decision to collect
license fee provided in Article 2, Administrative Code, City of New York, which
renders taxable "a display on a screen or other device by pictures or objects in
motion or rapidly changing scenery, whether or not such display shall be accom-
panied by a lecture, recitation or music." Moss believes showing of telecasts in
public places adds incentive for attracting customers and, therefore, should be
licensed.

PHILCO EXPANBIHG TV: Philco's WPTZ hopes to throw open its doors not long after
Jan. 1 to live-talent, commercial programs from a studio currently being sought
in downtown Philadelphia. More remote pickups are also planned, cutting down films
as much as possible. Station soon begins sixth season of telecasting U of Pennsyl-
vania football games from Franklin Field for Atlantic Refining Co. through N. W.

Ayer & Son.

Plan is to invite sponsors, advertising and talent agencies and radio
broadcasters to produce shows at a token, experimental rate. But production super-
vision will remain with Philco. New equipment is now being built for the prospec-
tive studio.

Philco’s Washington, D. C. transmitter, still in the blueprint stage, v/ill

be located at site of its first experimental relay station in Arlington, Va. ,

which has been approved by local Zoning Commission. If all goes well, ground will

be broken shortly for building housing studio as well as transmitter.

Pii(ILAD2L?HIA PLAH: Something new and gratifying in radio station cooperation is

so-called ”Philadelphia Plan," growing out of wartime manpower-material shortages
and approved by FCC, whereby each of Quaker City’s five FM stations goes on air one
day in five with full schedule while others remain silent. Sundays, Wednesdays
are filled by process of rotation. A coordinator is appointed for each five-week
period, who arranges lending and swapping of tubes etc., borrowing of programs,
substituting of schedule by another station when one can’t make its own due to
mechanical failures etc. It has worked splendidly through v/ar period, giving
Philly’s 20,000 or more FM set owners something on air at all times, yet insuring
integrity of stations’ individual identifications v/hich are carried even v/hen a
rival’s transmitter has to be "borrowed." Effort like this augurs well for elimi-
nation of cut-throating in new era of FM broadcasting.

KDW TSLSVISIOM WOBKS: Television itself will probably get first crack at showing
of Army Signal Corps film titled "This Is Television" recently completed at Fort
Lee studios. It’s the best graphic presentation yet on hov/ television works,
designed primarily for 15-20 minute showings to Army personnel as part of Army’s
"Tomorrow" series. It takes viewers inside studios, explaining in lay language
all phases from transmitter to receiver. Dr. 0. H. Caldwell is narrator, and shots
include David Sarnoff, Gilbert Seldes and Dr. Vladmir Zworykin. ,

VIEWS ABD NOTES: There’s just a bit of irony in fact that Duiiont’s television tieup
with Wanamaker (Sept. 1 issue), a decided coup, comes some 35 years after that same
department store tied up with the old American Marconi Co., then employing a
youngster named David Sarnoff, for point-to-point v/ireless experiments between
New York and Philadelphia — the precursor of American radio .... Columbia U, where
Maj . Armstrong continues his labor of love, teaching, as prof of electrical engi-
neering, has applied for an FM station in order to broadcast "on a truly adult level
Sound instruction by radio in those fields of study that lend themselves to radio
presentation." Its proposed studios will be at 116 Broadway, -New York, and it will
transmit from Maj. Armstrong’s Alpine plant across the Hudson from Yonkers ....

V/orth listening to, for anyone concerned with radio’s own New World: Those Sunday '
afternoon "inside radio" intermissions in the CBS Symphony Hour, which thus far have
featured talks by Jett, Goldmark, Porter, Miner .... Looks as though V.P. Larry
Lowman, Manager Worthington Miner and Asst. Program Director Ben Feiner Jr. will
form triumvirate running CBS television with resignation of Gilbert Seldes as
program director, expected Sept. 28, to do independent work in the field ....
duPont will shortly start series of three quarter-hour TV shows weekly, promoting

new uses of plastics, over WRGB, Schenectady, placed thru BBDO duPont,

interested in TV as raw film maker, has also begun production of luminescent
chemicals for TV screens at its Towanda, Pa., plant.

PETHILLO'S TV BAH: Uncertainty over television’s effect on employment of musicians
is reason behind continuing ban by James C. Petrillo, president of American
Federation of Musicians, on appearance of union members in video shows. Musi-
cians are under Petrillo orders since last February not to participate in television
programs.

Petrillo won’t talk about lifting the ban and establishing a scale,
indicating that the restriction may be enforced until the union determines how
far television has advanced and how it v;ill affect jobs of musicians.

Rankling in Petrillo 's memory is his union’s failure to stop unemploy-
ment of musicians in film houses when sound pictures were introduced. Campaign
was then waged unsuccessfully by Joe Weber, Petrillo 's predecessor in AFM presi-
dency, against "canned" music in movie theatres. Strategy followed mistaken view
that the public would never stand for the absence of musicians from theatre pits —
but the public did, and, as result, an estimated 18,000 musicians joined
unemployed ranks.

THE HEW FM RULES: If you are interested in the future of FM, read thoroughly,

and file for reference, the new rules issued by the FCC, included herewith as
Supplement No. 7. Drawn up after hearings at which the industry presented its
views, these rules may be expected to stand, in their essential details, for the
next decade; certainly long enough for FM to become an established broadcasting
system.

"Must" reading for you, too, are the frequency reassignments for current
FM licensees and permittees, published with this issue as Supplement No. 6.

In general, FM rules follow closely the allocations statement and the
preliminary Aug. 24 report by the Commission (Supplement No. 3). There are,
however, two additions to the contents of the previous reports: (1) FM fre-
quencies have been given channel numbers, and (2) cities with more than 10,000
population can be excluded from rural service area computations when the signal
from such a rural station is not more than 500 uv/m in such cities.

Reassignment of frequencies in the New York City area posed a problem not
heretofore discussed. This was the extension in coverage, inherent in certain fre-
quencies, beyond the 1,000 uv/m contour. The problem v/as resolved by the FCC,
probably not to the liking of the networks, by assigning the frequencies giving
extended coverage to the independent FM broadcasters. It was felt that network
programs would be transmitted to areas not within range of the New York network
stations by affiliates in neighboring areas.

Note, too, that the only station thus far permitted power in excess of 20
kw is Gordon Gray's WMIT atop Mt. Mitchell near Winston-Salem, N. C. WMIT was
granted 200 kw. '■

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WHERE THE SETS ARE: FM and TV have been so well publicized over the last few

years, particularly in the advertising of big and little companies alike, that the
listening public knows pretty well what to expect. Both got a fillip, too, from
the enormous publicity accorded radar recently, for the arts are closely related
both as to transmission and reception.

Fortunately for the buying public, in view of new channeling required,
the niimber of FM and TV receivers already in their hands is relatively small ; those
v.'ho already own sets will have to readjust them for the newly assigned frequencies
on which both FM and video must operate.

Actually, the cart was put before the horse just before the v/artime shut-
down of set production. There weren't many horses, however, the number of trans-
mitting stations actually operating being exceedingly few (only 6 TV and 46 FM ;
see our Supplements No. 1 and 4).

Best industry sources place FM sets sold before the war at about 595,000.
not more than 75,000 of which were non-AM combinations. It's estimated that

120.000 of them are in the New York area; 80,000, Chicago; 35,000, Boston; 25,000,
Detroit; 21,000, Milwaukee; 20,000, Philadelphia; the rest scattered. Foregoing are
the cities which have the most FM stations.

As for TV, the Television Broadcasters Assn, says that altogether about

10.000 sets were sold prior to the war, mostly by RCA, DuMont and GE, with Philco,
Farnsworth, Andrea and a few others making some to put mainly in the hands of
company officials and engineers. TBA estimates there are today about 8,000 to
8,500 operating receivers, 5,000 of them in the New York-New Jersey-Connect icut
area. Several hundred more are scattered in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area,
perhaps 300 in Philadelphia, a few hundred in Chicago and Los Angeles. Some 75-100
sets are in Army-Navy hospitals along the eastern seaboard.

, The rest are non-operative for various reasons — and all of these will

become obsolete soon as TV's new channeling is in operation.

TODAY'S BEST FM LISTEHIHG; New York metropolitan area, with 11 stations authorized,

7 in regular operation, leads couintry in immediately available FM service. Phila-
delphia has 6, all on regular schedules, Chicago area 5 of which one is still CP.
These appear to be best initial market for set merchandisers, both from point of
view of existing stations and fact they also lead in number of new stations applied
for. (V/e plan to publish data on the 500 or more pending applications shortly.)

One of New York's CPs is held by Capt. William G. H. Finch, facsimile
inventor, head of Finch Telecommunications Inc., just released from nearly four
years duty with Navy as head of Countermeasures Service, Bureau of Ships. He's now
back with his company, but his FM station WGHF, 10 E. 40th St., is a personal
enterprise into which he is putting $100,000. It should be on air before year's
end, using long-ordered GE and WE equipment.

mm COVERAGE BY TELEVISION: That television needn't depend upon the movies for

too much of its program material, certainly not for newsreels, was proved again
this week when NBC's own camera crew filmed the Sept. 10 arrival of Gen. Wain-
v.right in V/ashington, rushed the films to New York, televised them over WNBT same
evening. The night before, WNBT got same break as newsreels in releasing Army-
Navy Jap surrender films flown in from Tokyo Bay, and last month same outfit
covered Gen. Eisenhower arrival same way. All major TV operators plan own newsreel
units for remote control events which they can't cover direct until wide-band radio
or wire relays are available. Beauty of setup also is that newsreels subjects
can be repeated as often as desired over TV outlets to reach different audiences
at different times of day.

COAXIAL CABLES SPBEADING: AT&T isn’t going to slov; up, certainly not suspend, its

vast $100.000,000 coaxial cable project, making possible line hookups for network
television, simply because Westinghouse-Glenn L. Martin may think their "skyhook"
project offers better potential for regional and national TV coverage (Sept. 1
issue) .

By end of this year 1,500 mi. of the coaxial, each tube capable of 3 me.
with present amplifying system, affording plenty of band-width for inter-city TV
transmission, will have been laid. The coaxials variously contain 4-8 tubes each.

Even if never used for TV, the coaxial permits hundreds of simultaneous
AM or EM broadcast channels, or 480 telephone channels.

First link of the coaxial, laid experimentally in 1936, connects New York-
Philadelphia, 90 mi. Also operating since 1940 is Minneapolis-Stevens Point, Wis.
link, 200 miles. Both are now used for telephony.

In ground, but not yet operating, are; Baltimore-Washington, 33 mi.;
Philadelphia-Baltimore , 100 mi. ; Terre Haute-St. Louis, 175 mi. ; Atlanta-
Jacksonville , 255 mi. By end of this year Atlanta-Dallas should be in the
ground, too.

Bell System plans four inter-communicating backbone routes; (1) New York-
Miami, via Jacksonville; (2) Atlanta-Los Angeles-San Francisco, of which Atlanta-
Dallas is to be first link; (3) Washington-Pittsburgh-Cleveland-Toledo-South Bend-
Chicago ; (4) Chicago-Terre Haute-St. Louis-Memphis-Jackson, Miss. -New Orleans.

Also planned are links like Minneapolis-Des Moines, Oraaha-Kansas City,
and probably others as need is seen.

DuI^OiiT'S WiDE-SAHB SETS: New DuMont television receivers will be capable of taking

in lower and higher TV bands, and FM frequencies in between.

All of company's television sets v/ill have FM but an additional tuner
will have to be added for AM, depending on still undetermined price of machine
which, in deluxe models, will also contain phonographs.

A feature of DuMont receiver will be the Mallory-Ware induct tuner,
which makes possible continuous tuning on a wide range of frequencies (40-216 me).
Though not necessarily exclusive with this set manufacturer, the induct tuner is not
known to be used by any other at this time.

Private showing of. mock-up cabinets and experimental chasses will be held
next week for DuMont staffers, who will be invited to make suggestions for
improvements.

LITERATUBE OF TV-FI*!: These arts being virtually in their inceptive stages, there
isn't much yet to recommend in the way of required reading outside current periodi-
cals. Out of the rather sparse supply of literature, we suggest starting with
GE's brochures (obtainable free from GE Publicity Department, Schenectady) titled
"Your Coming Radio," "Television Broadcasting Post-War," and "Television at WRGB."
Then there's RCA's "Television" (ask for it from RCA Information Dept., 30 Rocke-
feller Plaza, New York). From RCA also, if you're interested in helping returned
veterans find places in radio and electronics, you should get the excellent booklet
by Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, "Opportunities in Radio and Electronics for Returning
Service Men." And from GE there's a brief folder "Television as a Career" by
James D. McLean. The Sarnoff brochure includes a bibliography of suggested reading
on FM and TV, among other phases of electronics ; the McLean folder has a short but
good bibliography of recent books and magazine articles on TV.

E'SPAFiTHSlIT STOKES PSBX UP: Paced by Wanamaker*s of New York (Sept. 1 issue) and
the powerful Federated Stores group (Bloomingdales , N. Y. ; Abraham & Straus, Brook-
lyn i ; Filenes, Boston; Shillito, Cincinnati; Lazarus, Columbus; Foley, Houston)
department stores may be expected to be big factors in both TV and FM development.
Federated's subsidiary. Metropolitan Television Inc., has been operating an FM sta-
tion in New York City for nearly three years, and holds .CP for experimental TV
station.

So many stores missed boat on broadcasting (with such notably successful
exceptions as Macy's WOR, N. Y. ; Gimbel's WIP and hit's V/FIL, Philadelphia; Outlet's
V/JAR, Providence; Maison Blanche's WSMB, New Orleans; Gable's WFBG, Altoona; Mar-
shall Field's WJJD, Chicago, and WS^AI, Cincinnati; and the Shepard Boston and Provi-
dence stores) that others don't want to be left behind again. Nearly all AM sta-
tions owned by department stores are already FM operators; many more are FM and TV
applicants. In Canada, the Eaton chain, often called the Dominion's Montgomery
V/ard, has ordered a wired system of intra-store television from DuMont for its
Toronto store.

That TV particularly is a natural merchandising medium for department
stores, is self-evident. Its special adaptations for intra-store use — for fashion
shows, product displays, demonstrations from floor to floor — is graphically
described in a booklet titled "RCA Victor Television — Opening a New Merchandising
Era for Department Stores." It may be obtained by writing Thomas J. Bernard, adv.
mgr., RCA Victor Home Instrument Division, Camden, N. J. Recommended reading also
is "Television for Department Stores," by James D. McLean, obtainable from the
publicity dept.. General Electric Co., Schenectady.

BAILHOIkD EYE: One of the principal railroad lines is seriously considering placing

television cameras at front end of locomotives of crack trains and piping results
to lounge and dining cars so that passengers may see country ahead of trains' on
which they are traveling. It is believed that television may thus fulfill boyhood
ambition of many of us to ride in an engine cab, and can thus attract travel busi-
ness when competition resumes normal proportions.

ilEWS AHD VIEWS: Add to Washington radio law practitioners new firm of Miller &

Schroeder, Munsey Bldg., formed by Neville Miller, ex-NAB chief recently back from
UNNRA duty in Balkans, and Arthur Schroeder, just out of Army, formerly with
George 0. Sutton. .. .And then there's the new consulting engineering partnership
of McKey & Shaw, 1108 Sixteenth St. NW, formed by Dixie McKey, recently with the
Oklahoma Publishing Co. radio organization, and Robert C. Shaw, ex-Bell Labs
antenna expert recently released from war duty with National Defense Research
Council. .. .Pent-up demand, as indicated by study, forecasts market for 25 million
radio sets, double industry's best pi’oduction year, Philco President Ballantyne
reported in talk on MBS Sept. 6. He also recalled RMA estimate of 145,000 jobs
in radio industry, 68% over prewar levels. .. .DuMont is completing audience survey
of present television set owners to determine program preferences; Buchanan & Co.,
agency, is doing the job... .NBC ' s WNBT is planning to step up its schedule to 7
nights a week shortly; CBS's WCBW recently went to 3 nights a week. . . .American
Broadcasting Co. resumes TV activity over DuMont's WABD Oct. 2 with 13-week series
comprising two half-hour programs a week; ABC will also handle special events
cooperatively v/ith DuMont ... .Margaret Rice, daughter of Playwright Elmer Rice, is
employed by Television Productions Inc., Paramount subsidiary, for sole purpose of
reviewing video shows, as produced on New York's three stations, for company's
files. Reviews have been compiled by company for a year and a half.

Sept. 22, 1945.

JJASTIN CODEL’s

AUTHOHITATIVS MEWS SERVICE
OF THE

VISUAL BROADCASTINS AND
FRE9UENCY MODULATION
ARTS AND INDUHRY

m STANDARBS ARE READY: At v/eek's end, the FCC was readying for release Standards

of Good Engineering Practice Concerning FM Broadcast Stations which, with Rules
issued last week (Supplement No. 7), will complete your basic file of data on FM
operating requirements.

It is a lengthy mimeographed document, with charts, won't be printed by
Government for some months. So we will print and send it to you in our loose-leaf
style as soon as we- can.

With few exceptions. Standards follow recommendations agreed upon at last
month's open hearing on technical phases, as defined by the special Industry-
Commission engineering committee set up for that purpose.

Meanwhile, reaction to the FM Rules and the frequency assignments to the 53
current licensees and CP holders (Supplements No. 6 and 7) have not been unfavor-
able. No complaints have as yet been received by Commission, though it is known a
few allocees, though silent, are none too happy. All have until Sept. 25 to
register protests.*

FMBI members are "pretty well satisfied," according to Myles Loucks, Wash-
ington director. One top consulting engineer, v/ho prefers to be nameless, declared
that Area I assignments are "best that could be done with the number of frequencies
available. "

We’ve heard, but haven’t been able to verify the report in absence of reply
to our inquiries, that Inventor Armstrong is not too enthusiastic about assign-
ment to his pioneer Alpine station. He had asked for Channel No. 1, perhaps out
of sentiment. He was said to be appreciative, however, of getting one of frequen-
cies permitting extension of coverage beyond the 1,000 uv/m contour. He got Channel
No. 65 (100.9 me), which some engineers regard as best in New York area so far as
coverage is concerned.

Network reactions were mixed. Though none too pleased at being given less
extensive service areas than independents, several of their technicians tell us
that the fact that all network stations were bunched closely to one another might
be more advantageous than greater coverage since public might come to recognize that
network programs were concentrated within a certain portion of the dial.

Networks also are assured continuing wide coverage through their high-power
AM stations which, even if FM drives out AM eventually, are likely to be last to
go, if ever.

WOR-Mutual (WBAM) , CBS (WABC-FM) and NBC (V/EAF-FM) were assigned Channels
No. 45, 47, 49, respectively (see Supplement No. 6).

SNAFU ON TV RULES: Those 13 channels presently allocated for TV in the 44-88 and

174-216 me. bands simply aren't enough for nation-wide service, or even a semblance
of national video, let alone adequate metropolitan service.

So what many had feared came to pass last week, and the FCC, meeting to

consider new TV rules and study proposed allocations, literally threw up its hands
and in effect said, "Let's go into this thing further." That it must do so is
further emphasized by fact that to date 126 applications are on file for new
TV stations (Part A, Supplement No. 8, herewith).

Result v/as entire question of TV allocations was set for public hearing in
Washington Oct. 4. Basis of hearing will be recommendations proposed for TV rules
announced in press release Thursday (see Part B, Supplement No. 8).

One recommendation, that the nov; experimental 480-920 me. band be increas-
ingly utilized, indicates FCC's concern for "a truly nation-v/ide and competitive
television system." It also presages a delay which may give time for proponents of
higher-definition TV on wider channels in ultra-highs (including CBS color) to
prove their point; and, of course, it may mean considerable delay in TV set
production accordingly.

So tight does Commission consider availability of channels vmder present
allocations that in its preliminary consideration it found feasible the allotment
of only 4 channels to New York City (because of nearby heavily populated cities
which want own stations, too) ; but it found it possible to allot 6 to Los Angeles,

5 each to Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area.

Such big cities as Philadelphia, Detroit, Coliimbus could be allotted but 3
each. For a complete listing of proposed allocations to cities, see page 12,

Part B, Supplement No. 8.

Two other major points for hearing consideration are; (1) Commission's pro-
posal to require minimum program schedule of 6 hours a day, and (2) its invitation
for comment on suggested sharing of a channel by two or more licensees.

Schedule of 6 hours a day would be considerable jump from the 4 hours mini-
mum per week now required, or from the 15 hours per week required before May, 1942.

Channel-sharing hasn't v/orked too v/ell in AM broadcasting through the years,
often meaning duplication of plant and generally leading to one occupant selling
out to other, but Commission considers it a possible partial ansv/er to problem of
too fev/ channels for too many applicants.

One hitch in New York area is already apparent. DuMont, in a release Tues-
day, announced that its V/ABD was going off the air until Dec. 15 when it would
resume on Channel No. 5 (76-82 me.). No Channel No. 5 is proposed for New York
under the suggested allocations. Also, according to the Commission, DulJlont's
changeover was only temporary special authorization to go silent for 90 days and to
return on new channel experimentally.

lOZVn's FILM PBQJECT: Televents Corp. of America, a company organized seven years
ago as a personal project by Mortimer Loewi, executive assistant to Allan B.

DuJ.'Iont , to film news for telecast on same day it happens, is being reactivated.

Lt. Comdr. Loewi, executive v.p. of DuMont until he v/ent into Navy, v/ho must be
given major credit for establishment of DuMont oi’ganization, is negotiating v/ith
top figures in sports and other fields to take part in his pet baby. Televents, a
strictly personal enterprise.

Plan is to shoot on 16 mm. film and sell edited footage for 10-minute pro-
grams to sponsors on outlets throughout nation. In beginning, programs will be
available three times a week. Chief advantage claimed for Televents is its almost
immediate presentation by video of spot news and features

Although test programs were made five years ago, the television art was
not yet far advanced to absorb even costs. Present plans call for launching of
organization v/hen i-eceivers are out and shooting initially in New York, Chicago,

Los Angeles, Miami.

TOWN HALL SAYS HO: Doubt over v;isdom of segregating educational radio programs

from commercial outlets was prime consideration prompting New York's famed Town
Hall to break off its flirtation with idea of itself operating an FM station.

Executive committee last week, after hearing 15-page report from its two
investigators, who spent a lot of time in Washington, decided to do nothing for
present. Judgment was that Town Hall, which is mostly supported by contributions,
has neither the endowment to finance nor know-how and plans necessary for 12-17
hours of daily programming.

George Denny, moderator of "America's Town Meeting of the Air," sees real
danger in spotting country with EM stations in hands of educators v/ho put on dull
programs, but he tactfully added there are a lot of educational interests putting
on real programs.

"Town Meeting" hopes to use TV eventually, in fact, once was put on NBC's
WNBT before NBC-Blue separation ; and last fall the program was telecast for first
time under commercial auspices (Readers Digest) over GE's WRGB, Schenectady.

KEEPING UP V/ITH RADIO: There's significance in fact that, outside radio's own trade

journals, other publications are now devoting considerable space to radio, espe-
cially TV and EM. Notable is the space now being given radio in such publications
as Editor & Publisher, newspaper trade organ ; Printers Ink, dean of the advertising
journals; Retailing & Home Eurnishings, Fairchild publication.

In radio's early days they missed the boat, and they don't propose to be
left behind again — doubtless reflecting the now more open and alert minds of their
industries. Printe'rs Ink in recent months has carried some first-rate material on
TV for the advertiser, and its m.ajor effort, a TV directory published July 6-13, is
being offered in reprint form. Editor & Publisher now carries v/eekly radio page
with some attention to publishers' actual or potential interest in TV-FM. Retailing
& Home Furnishings does a good job for the merchandiser.

Advertising Age, Tide, Variety, Billboard have consistently covered radio
news from their own particular angles ; but the friendly note in rest of trade press
is far cry from old disdainful attitude.

EXPANDING FACILITIES: Building boom anticipated as result of lifting of Government
stops is not all limited to home construction. Expansions to take care of radio
facilities, notably by newspapers, are in prospect, too. New York Times has sched-
uled an 11-story addition to include its radio stations WQXQ (FM) and WQXR (AM) on
ninth floor. Chicago Tribune plans 8-story tower, fifth floor of which will house
expanded facilities of its WGNB and WGN, including 3-story studio big enough to
handle full-size symphony orchestra. Milv/aukee Journal will now go ahead v/ith its
ambitious Radio-Television Center, plans for which were drav/n but construction
halted by war.

TV Station WBKB, Chicago (Balaban & Katz) looks for early release by Navy of
Radar School in State-Lake Bldg. , plans new studio there.

TRY AND GST ONE: Have you ever tried to buy a TV receiver since the wartime shut-

down of production? With the resurgence of interest in TV, a lot of folks have,
notably executives of radio and motion picture companies in the areas already
served with TV's rather limited schedules. Except in few instances, where owners
sold them because they couldn't manage the repairs, or where the plea was that the
sets were intended for veterans' hospitals, they were generally unsuccessful. One
man offered to sell his $385 pre-war set for $1,500, was taken up, next day reneged!

FBICSS AJiD PH0BUCT!0}l: OPA is awaiting cost data from North Atlantic parts manu-

facturers before reviewing increase factors as requested by industry. These fig-
ures will be considered together with mid-west information left with OPA last week.
Industry's objections are based on inability to produce at ceiling prices without
loss.

Senate V/ar Investigating Committee has also informed RMA that an investi-
gation is being made of situation, especially in regard to possibilities of
unemployment.

Permission to fill orders for parts to go into original radio sets, v/ith
prices to be adjusted after OPA reviews costs figures, had been anticipated by
industry and discounted.

Set manufacturers, still unable to get parts and go into production, are
beginning to lose their early optimism re quantity output this year. Some produc-
tion, mainly AM, based on parts inventories on hand, is probable, but in nothing
like volume hoped for. Set manufacturers are not looking forward too hopefully for
ruling on price ceilings until parts price knot is untangled — not for several
weeks at best.

mm AND VIEWS: General Electric is understood to be preparing a cheap adapter
for present FM sets, making possible their use on new band, but GE on inquiry
v/ill state only that their "engineers are studying FM converter problem. ”... .Federal
Telephone & Radio Corp. , which is building CBS's ultra-high-frequency TV transmit-
ter, is shopping around for a manufacturer to make camera and all other studio
equipment except lights. . . .Farnsworth showed two types of TV receivers at distrib-
utors meeting in New York last V/ednesday, one a direct viewing table model and the
other a projection model with a 16x22-inch screen. Neither was demonstrated nor
v/ere prices announced. ... Sponsored by the magazine "Televiser , " a Television Insti-
tute opens in New York's Commodore Hotel Oct. 15. Speakers scheduled include ex-
*FCC Chairman Fly, DuMont's Dr. Goldsmith, CBS's Dr. Goldmark, American's Paul
Mowrey, Paramoiint's Paul Raibourn, and others. .. .Tom Hutchinson's resignation from
RKO Television Corp. does not mean company is retiring from field of producing TV
programs for stations, networks, agencies, advertisers, says Ralph B. Austrian,
exec, v.p., in letter designed to scotch rumors. Company is dropping live-talent
programming and will confine efforts to programs on films.... CBS v/as granted per-
mission to identify WABC New York over its FM affiliate, WABC-FM, during operation
of latter from 6:30 to 7;45 a.m. This is exception to Sec. 3.287 (f) of Rules for
FM Broadcasting as published last week (Supplement No. 7).... Just released from
Navy, v/here he was with "guided missiles" project, in which TV played an important
part, Lt. Leonard Hole has returned to CBS Department of Editing and Copyright as
staff editor and liaison for TV activities. ... Solid, f eet-on-ground facts and
thoughts on TV is contained in "Television Grey Matter," monthly bulletin issued
by Grey Advertising Agency, New York. It's good reading for those concerned with
advertising slant on subj ect . . . . TV gag of the week; "Hurry television along, because
we want to see Drev/ Pearson demonstrate his sponsor's product!"

EXTHA COPIES or FM RULES: We are proud to report that our printed edition of

the new FiM Rules, published last week as Supplement No. 7, was the only wholly
complete and accurate copy published by anyone. We were fortunate enough
to catch errors and omissions in FCC's mimeographed release before going to
press, and so by running off extra copies we were even able to comply with
FCC's request for several hundred reprints. The FM Standards will also be
published by us in similar loose-leaf form. From our extra supply we will be
glad to furnish a few extra copies — but to our subscribers only.

m STANDARDS: We call your special attention to the FM Engineering Standards

included herewith as Supplement No. 9, and to the Sliding Scale for use with
Figure 1, page 11, in computing groundwave signal ranges v/ith power other than 1 kw.
This scale was printed on four-ply paper, to FCC specifications, for the convenience
of our subscribers. Extra copies of the Standards as well as the associated FM Rules
(Supplement No. 7) are available. We can furnish up to two extra sets, but to
subscribers only.

V/HO's WHO iH TELEVISION: What manner of men, what kind of capital, will go into
television?

We gave you detailed data on the 9 existing stations and CP holders in
our Supplement No. 1. Last week, we gave you a who's who of the 126 applications
on file with the FCC as of Sept. 22 (Part A, Supplement No. 8 — as corrected).

The names among those 126 TV applications are indicative of what to expect among
the new faces and old, the new capital and old, v/ho will comprise the TV broad-
casting industry when it really gets under way.

As expected, of the applications for TV facilities, all but a few — 54 to be
exact — are from AM broadcasters. Most of these 34 are newspaper publishers.
Actually, newspaper publishers, after AM broadcasters, lead among the TV applicants,
for there are applications for 39 stations from publishers, some of them already
in AM.

Next to publishers are radio manufacturers and motion picture interests.
Manufacturers are asking for 15 stations; motion picture people, 14.

Among the manufacturers, DuMont , already; operating in New York, seeks
stations also in Washington and Pittsburgh; Philco . with a license in Philadelphia,
asks for two others, in Washington and New York; Raythe on. in Chicago, New York
and Waltham, Mass.; Westinghouse, in Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh; Crosley. in
Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton.

The 14 applications from the motion picture industry include:

Paramount , which already has holdings in DuMont's WABD, New York; Balaban
& Katz's WBKB, Chicago; Television Production Inc.'s W6XYZ, Los Angeles, seeks
additional outlets in Boston and Detroit.

Twentieth Century-Fox asks for stations in New York and Los Angeles,
and may add Boston.

Loew's (MGM) wants outlets in New York,- Washington and Los Angeles.

Howard Hughes, motion picture-aircraft tycoon, asks for stations in
Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Department store interests, largely newcomers to radio, ask for 12 TV
stations.

Significant are the networks' hopes for TV outlets.

CBS , with one station in New York, hasn't asked for any more — yet —
probably awaiting its forthcoming color-television showings.

NBC, with one station in New York, asks for others in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Washington, Cleveland.

American, with none yet, seeks outlets in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles.

Mutual, with none, hasn't applied for any — but its chief ov/ners have:
Macy-Bamberger , in New '.'crk, Philadelphia, Washington; Chicago Tribune, in Chicago;
Don Lee (already operati.ig in Los Angeles), in San Francisco.

Yankee . new to TV, proposes outlets in Boston, Hartford, Providence.

All this leads to

TV OCT. 11 :The ^64 question in the broadcasting industry today is, what

shall be the solution to the problem of too few channels for a national TV system.

Even before final rules are promulgated, v/ith 126 applications for as many
TV stations already on file (Part A, Supplement No. 8) it is already apparent
there aren't enough channels to go around — much less to provide anyivhere near a
nation-wide service.

After study of proposed allocation tables (Part B, Supplement No. 8),
pessimists feel TV is back where it was in 1942. The few optimists we can find
ask such questions as:

Will present 15-charinel allocations be maintained, and applicants screened
ruthlessly? Should ultra-highs be opened to commercial TV? Should Metropolitan
Station classification be eliminated, and all be reduced to Community Station
status? Should there be channel-sharing? Should number of eligible TV cities
be reduced to 100, maybe even 50?

These and other questions may be answered at FCC's television hearing
Oct. 11 (postponed from Oct. 4), which we suggest all TV operators and applicants
attend. There they can give voice to their suggestions, their plaints, provided
they file briefs or give notice of appearance by Oct. 8. TBA decided at its . ... ,
board meeting last Thursday to be on hand with briefs, argument. Consensus there
v/as, "Let's get going now and work out the details later."

Much depends on Commission's attitude after this hearing. If it conveys
impression TV is to have but limited commercial beginnings on present bands,
some factors in industry may conceivably refuse to go ahead with operations that
they think destined to become obsolete shortly.

LEVER'S VIDEO ON CBS: CBS Television and Ruthrauff & Ryan will begin an interesting

production experiment with four half-hour periods bought by agency's client. Lever
Brothers Co. (L\ix, Lifebuoy, Rinso, Spry) from Oct. 9 to around Christmas. Net-
v/ork's video department will allow agency to select producer but will seek to strike
happy medium by using its own directors. Sponsor is second to be acquired by CBS,
first being Bulova (thru The Biow Co.) for time signals.

Opening show, "Big Sister," and third, "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories"
(sometime in November) are adaptations from radio presented last year at DuMont by
Lever and R&R as "televersions." Remaining pair will be a sports program (Oct. 30)
and a special Christmas show.

Cost of station facilities to sponsor will be $150 an hour for major studio
use, including air time, in which should be computed camera rehearsals.

m SimBlNGS: up_ for FCC decision are two ma.i or problems in the FM field. First

is action on protests received regarding frequency reassignments to existing FM
stations (see Supplement No. 6). Second is demand by FMBI for extension of
commercial FM band.

Set for hearing Oct. 15 are the New York assignment protests from NBC's
WEAF-FM and CBS's WABC-FM. Both objected to reduced coverage inherent in v/ave-
lengths assigned to them as against the superior coverage allowed non-netv;ork
stations. Both v/ere asked by FCC to indicate frequencies they'd prefer, and also
to state their recommendations for frequencies that should be assigned to other
FM broadcasters in that city.

Persons desiring to participate in this hearing must file appearances v/ith
Commission before Oct. 10.

It is interesting to observe, in this respect, that Mutual's WBAM (WOR)
did not file an objection to its New York assignment. ABC has no FM assignment in
New York as yet, though it is an applicant.

The only objections to power authorizations, filed by Zenith's WWZR,
Chicago, and WDRC-FM, Hartford, will be considered at a future date. Both stations
contend reduced power cuts down service areas.

Commission says it will act later on requests from licensees for delay in
meeting its test and program deadlines for occupancy of new frequencies (Dec. 1,
1945, and Jan. 1, 1946, respectively). Five stations (V/BCA, Schenectady; V/MTW,
Boston; WDRC-FM, Hartford; WMIT, Winston-Salem; KHJ-FM, Los Angeles) pleaded
equipment will not be ready in time.

It is known the Commission feels station engineers should be able to
improvise converte-rs that would enable licensees to get on air on new frequencies,
even though on reduced power, in time to meet deadlines. It is understood Mil-
waukee Journal's WMFM is already using auxiliary transmitter for low-band trans-
mission (44.5 me.) while converting main transmitter for upper-band use (92.3 me.).

At this v/riting, FCC had not officially received FMBI statement released
after its board meeting last Tuesday. Inquiry indicates, however, that no imme-
diate action is probable, since question of extension of FM band ties in with TV
allocation problem, facsimile position, and educational channels.

So critical does Com.mission consider the FM (and TV) situation, that in a
notice Sept. 25 it announced a policy of tightening up on all applications for
experimental and developmental stations in the TV band and in the old and new FM
band to determine essentiality of proposed research. In same release, the Commis-
sion approved two developmental applications — Hallicraf ters ' and Zenith's, both in
Chicago. Fourteen other applications were denied.

FM3I-HAB MEROEB; FMBI executive board's meeting in Nev/ York last Tuesday disclosed
strong inclination to join up with NAB — provided NAB accedes to its enunciated
policies respecting FM (see story on this page). There are some v/ho don't want the
merger, but the pro-consolidation group is understood to be spearheaded by President
Walter Damm and to have enough strength to put it over. In any case, NAB's newly-
named president, Justin Miller, v/ill be waited upon by FMBI's executive committee
(Wayne Coy, V/ashington Post; Cecil Mastin, Vi/NBF-FM ; Gordon Gi’ay, WMIT) shortly
after he assumes office Oct. 1, and they will make their "offer." If Miller is
agreeable, he may have to take it up with NAB board where sentiment is regarded as
favoring one strong trade association.

Meanwhile, it's more than likely that Myles Loucks, FMBI managing
director, will resign to return to private industry.

BSFFIHG TH2IR UHIFOBMS: As indicated in our Sept. 8 issue, more consulting engi-

neers, attorneys, badly needed, are coming out of war service and entering Wash-
ington field. Latest addition to engineering firms: Weldon & Carr, 1605 Connecticut
Ave., formed by James 0. V/eldon, former OWI communications chief, builder of many
high power stations here and abroad, and Lester H. Carr, formerly with CBS, recently
doing war work for Navy.... Out of Navy and back in Washington consulting engineer-
ing practice soon v;ill be Comdr. Joseph A. Chambers, latterly head of Special
Weapons Division and before that chief of Navy's radar ... .Already mustered out and
back with WGN as chief engineer is veteran Lt . Comdr. Carl Meyers. ... Comdr . Robert
M. Booth, lawyer-engineer who headed Navy's aero-radio and radar at Philadelphia,
goes out of uniform Nov. 1 and joins Kremer & Bingham, Washington attorneys, v/hich
Lt. Comdr. William A. Porter joined this v/eek....Lt. Comdr. Ralph Clark, of Ring &
Clark, consulting engineers, expects to be out about Jan. l....Dr. Frank G. Rear
doffs Navy uniform Oct 1, his partner Bob Kennedy a fev; weeks later, and they're
continuing in harness as Rear & Kennedy, consulting engineers .... Comdr . ?iillard M.
Garrison, formerly Jansky & Bailey, expects to be out in November. .. .And due back
momentarily from his AMG post in Germany is Capt. Arthur' Scharfeld, Loucks &
Scharfeld, who may get his discharge soon.

VLaSHI}?aTOH GADFLY: Don't sell FCC Commissioner Clifford J. Durr short simply

because he's been painted as a starry-eyed reformer in some quarters. You may not
agree v;ith him, may not like some of things he does and says, but he's a man of
character, integrity and brains. One-time Rhodes scholar, brother-in-law of
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, he's the FCC's chief dissenter, believes in
"progress by protest," has a considerable following within Commission, in Govern-
ment and on Capitol Hill, won more kudos than otherwise by his keen dissent in the
Avco-V/LW case. You can't dismiss him as "just another New Dealer," v/hether or not
he rubs you wrong with such speeches as he made last week before New York's Christ
Church Forum wherein he (like Chairman Paul Porter) took a stand, against over-
commercialism, concentration of control, etc. V/e ourselves, for example, can't go
along v/ith his bearishness on FM as a potential source of improvement. As we see
it, FM will bring more stations, more specialized stations, more competition, v/ider
choice of programs — and in long run a survival of program fittest, with public
the ultimate judge.

LEWS AND VIEWS: Facilities of old General Television Corp. in Boston, which once

held license for now deleted WIXG in mechanical scanning days, have been leased by
Twentieth Century-Fox, and obsolescent equipment has been reconditioned by GE.

With applications already filed with FCC for commercial TV outlets in New York
and Hollywood, Twentieth Century presumably will also apply for Boston.... In East
contacting electronic organizations, former Senator C. C. Dill, co-author of the
Communications Act of 1934, now a member of the Columbia Basin Commission in his
native State of Washington, reports that television is included in plans for a
V/ashington State Building at site of Grand Coulee Dam. Plan is to entertain
tourists in big aluminum-covered building with high tower overlooking Roosevelt
Lake above the dam.... Home from his psychological warfare job in the ETC, Col. Bill
Paley , who has been vacationing in Colorado Springs, should be back at CBS helm
shortly. ... Series of 9 articles on audience reactions to TV programs, written by
Oscar Katz and Ei’nest Dichter of CBS Research Dept, for Tide Magazine, has been
reprinted in booklet form by CBS and is available on request. . . .Philadelphia
Inquirer's $1,900,000 purchase of WFIL and WFIL-FM from Lit Bros. Dept. Store may
herald FCC's new open-to-all-bidders policy on station sales (Sept. 8 issue) in
view of Commission's newly cautious attitude on transfers.

October 6, 1945.

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WASHIHfiTON POST GETS FM: One of the country’s oldest developmental stations

using FM, its CP dating from 1938, Jansky & Bailey's experimental W3X0, Washington,
(Supplement No. 5) is now owned by th’e Washington Post. FCC authorized tranfer
this week, approving ^75,000 purchase price, and Eugene Meyers' right-hand Wayne .
Coy announced station will probably apply for commercial status forthwith. Located
in Capital's northwest district, station has been operating 7-11 p.m. daily from
its 60 ft. antenna, power 1,000 watts, and latterly has been programmed to consid-
erable extent by the newspaper which also owns AM station WINX. Deal includes all
facilities except real estate.

THE TELEVISION TANGLE; It ' 5 Still a fact that the 13 channels presently assigned
to commercial TV aren't enough to go around, nor enough for anything much more
than limited service in the big-city areas. Everyone agrees to that, but....

The regulatory clouds hanging over TV since FCC put forth its tentative
rules and allocations (Part B, Supplement 8) began to scatter a bit under rays of
optimism pervading the ranks of TV’s go-ahead proponents, notably the TBA.

As one TEA leader puts it on eve of FCC's Oct. 11 hearing, "Let's get going
now. When it's time to move TV into the upper band (480-920 me., now labelled
experimental) we'll whelp a better litter. Meanwhile, we v/ill have had experience
in the lower frequency operation."

But pessimism persists among those who hold that the Commission has vir-
tually admitted the current assignments are only temporary. They insist few will
invest $300,000-$500,000 in transmission facilities that may be obsolete within a
few years. Nor, say they, should public be saddled with costly receivers for only
temporary service.

They still urge; Move TV to the higher band — now if technically possible,
later if bugs must yet be ironed out. This sentiment is strong among interests that
are both TV and FM applicants. The FM-ers, of course, are still hopeful of cap-
turing more channels out of the present TV bands.

CBS doubtless feels vindicated in its course up to now — plugging for high-
band . But from what we gather the Commission has not altered its determination to
move ahead in the lov; band.

Dr. Goldmark's uhf color experiments were privately demonstrated in the CBS
laboratory last week end to FCC Commissioners Denny and Jett and Engineers Wil-
loughby and Braum. It v/as bruited in New York circles this week that the first
trade demonstration may come within a month, instead of December as first
expected.

Meanwhile, CBS has not asked FCC for extension of its experimental uhf CP,
which expires Nov. 1, lending to belief it may be readying an application for a
license. Nor has CBS applied for more stations than its one in New York on the

lower band, as have the other networks (Sept. 29 issue).

As of Thursday, only three appearances for the hearing next Thursday had
been filed with FCC — these from TEA, NBC and NAB.

tea stated that though it was not in accord with all aspects of FCC pro-
posals, it had data to help better utilize the FCC allocations formula. This may
require further engineering conferences. NAB and NBC promised to file briefs, as
presumably will CBS and others before the Oct. 8 deadline.

The FCC, in putting out a corrected and revised table of proposed TV channel
allocations (see Supplement No. 10 herewith), apparently swung back to a prior TBA
recommendation. But the channels are spread more thinly than proposed by TBA to
meet requirements of Sec. 307(b) of the Communications Act relating to equitable
distribution of broadcast facilities by States.

Though Commission's release with its corrected table refers to "typo-
graphical errors," these aren't nearly so n\imerous as changes of mind about where
channels should go. Among major cities, for example, the new table shows Boston
reduced by 2 channels to a net of 3 ; San Francisco given an additional channel to

make it 6 .

There's no question that opposition will be strong at hearing against
channel-sharing, unsuccessful in AM, and against the 6-hours-a-day minimum schedule.
Argument against latter proposal in rules is that concentration on quality pro-
gramming could be exerted better if minimum is cut to 2 or 3 hours per day, and
then increased gradually as art progresses. Little fellow especially would have
tough going, it is said.

One variation of channel-sharing suggested is f acilit ies-sharing. Instead
of each TV licensee investing in whole cost of installation, 3 or 4 might band
too-ether to put up capital pro rata and share transmitter, studios etc. But they
would still have to share channels.

m TI3S m FRONT: Compared to the stormy seas of television, FM waters are rela-

tively serene. Except for objections of NBC and CBS to their New York assignments
(Supplement No. 4), FM licensees and CP holders are apparently concentrating on
meeting changeover deadlines of Dec. 1 for testing, Jan. 1 for programming.

Meanwhile, as of Oct. 4, total of new FM applications reached 532. and
they're still pouring in — mostly from AM operators, many from large and small
newspapers not now in radio. (We'll have the full log of applicants with detailed
data, on which we have had staff working for 5 weeks, ready for you within a few

weeks. )

Only major FM news this week centered around network protest hearing, set
for Oct. 15, and FCC reaction to FMBI statement of last week demanding more channels

for FM.

Both networks protest principle of inequality in assignments in New York.
NBC's WEAF-FM coverage, it claims, would be only 4,800 sq. mi. against best non-
network assignee's 7,200 sq. mi. CBS says its WABC-FM service area would be but 62%
of that by best non-network competitor, adding: what about formation of new FM net-
works which then would have access to superior New York key than those of old-line

networks?

At hearing both networks have been placed on spot by FCC s request that
they suggest alternative allocations not only for themselves but for the other 7
allocees in New York.

As to FMBI demand. FCC is sitting tight. Concensus within its staff is

that more stations can be crowded into congested areas of U.S. (Area I) by pro-
tection to 1,000 uv/m contour than number that could be accommodated if RTPB
original proposal to protect to 50 uv/m had been adopted. As many channels are
now available, it is said, as at first desired by FMBI. Also, there's manufacturing
problem of two-circuit receiver.

Yankee's request for 30-day postponement of time for filing objection to
assignment for WGTR, Paxton, v/as denied. Yankee wanted to see what Commission was
going to do with its applications for new outlets in Boston, Providence, Hartford,
before taking issue with \/GIR assignment. FCC said it could file for change later,
if it so desires.

LIKE GOOD BED MEAT; That phrase about epitomizes the reaction of those who heard
NAB President Justin Miller's inaugural address the other night. V/e'd add, "But
without either wine or applesauce"....

For at long last American broadcasters have leadership akin to what base-
ball and the movies have enjoyed with reasonable success.

Mr. Miller, ex-jurist, ex-professor, was inclined to be a bit didactic in
his speech, but he made a most favorable impression among the scores of Senators,
Congressmen, military brass, high public officials, broadcasters and other VIP's
who crowded the Statler's Presidential room for a banquet big as most NAB conven-
tion banquets.

He isn't a sparkling speaker, and he spoke almost as though reading an
opinion from the Federal bench he graced so long and successfully. But the nub
of his speech — that broadcasters must balance good taste and good manners without
intervention or compulsion by Government, must practice self-control and self-
discipline along lines of greater public interest — struck a wholesome and
responsive chord.

He's already at his desk in V/ashington, along v/ith A. D. (Jess) Willard,
his executive assistant. Aside from the moral suasion over programs and commer-
cials that will be their continuing headache, their first big administrative job
will be to v/ork out consolidation of FMBI into NAB.

Although opposed by Ira Hirschmann (Metropolitan Television's WABF) , one
of the 9 out of the 53 FM grantees to date not now in AM, on grounds FM needs own
aggressive organization, it looks as though merger plan is definitely in bap.

NAB committee has approved FMBI terms, and final action awaits FMBI board
meeting Oct. 20. Tentative idea is to have an FM Division within NAB, strongly
staffed, governed by committee of 3 FM and 3 AM independents. FMBI members not
already in NAB will be invited to join.

SMOKES AJID COOL DBIHKS: Veteran editor and onetime radio commissioner. Dr. 0. H.

Caldwell, a television enthusiast, who runs a sort of "television theater" for
friends and neighbors at his home in Greenwich, Conn. , estimates that he has
operated his TV receiver at least 300 evenings or afternoons an average of 2-3 hours
per day during the last year. With average audience of 5 viewers, he says that,
had they bought that number of tickets (1500) to the movies, at 50 cents each,
the year's outlay would have been $750. Nearest cinema being 4 miles away, to go
by car would have entailed 2,400 miles of travel costing $200 or more for gas and
tires, not to mention time consumed. "Instead," he adds, "with television we were
able to enjoy ourselves relaxed in our own living room to the accompaniment of
smokes, cool drinks, shoes off and minimum dress — that that's the kind of tele-
vision enjoyment that is awaiting everyone in all of tlie 30 million American
homes that now have radios and who will eventually be seeing as well as listening."

DOLL^HS AHD CENTS; FCC Chairman Paul Porter tossed out some significant statistij
respecting radio expenditures to guests at NAB's inaugural dinner for President
Justin Miller the other night.

He foresaw total spending of $5 billion on communications during the next'
fev/ years. FM alone, with 2-3,000 new stations in sight, v;ill represent $250
million in new capital expenditure. And if only half of America's 55 million AM
sets are replaced v;ith FM, there's another §1J^ billion. •

As for TV, harder to appraise fiscally. Porter said he expects 157 key
cities to be covered within 5 years; didn't estimate capital costs but, on the bas
of 2% million video set sales per year, he quoted one manufacturer as estimating
the public will spend $1 billion on TV sets within 5 years.

Even AM outlays aren't over, for there are about 250 applications pending
v/ith FCC for as many new stations, and 147 existing stations seek authority to
make wavelength, power etc. changes that will cost money.

The rest of that $5 billion will be spent, presumably, on facsimile,
police, aeronautical, navigational, relay and various other phases of radio com-
munications — plus one item alone of $56 million already earmarked by AT&T in its
$100 million coaxial cable program.

FOB TV: ^ elevision viewing device, resembling a lorgnette and held ii

hand, has been built and tested successfully by Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, the con-
sulting engineer, to transform monochrome reception of a color television trans-
mission on a black-and-white receiver back into color. Device is intended to
instill confidence of consumers in buying monochrome receivers so that, v/hen
color video machines are eventually developed, black-and-white set owners v/ill be
able to see color as well.

Inside lorgnette there is a spinning color disk driven by’ a tiny motor at
such a speed that it matches color the incoming pictures should have and supplies
that color. Lorgnette weighs only a fev/ ounces, is plugged into a little amplifie
connected to a receiver. , '

Like many of Dr. Goldsmith's inventions, this one will probably be bought
by RCA. Thought up more than 5 years ago, patent was filed November, 1941.

ASCA? ACTS m TV; ASCAP has sent its members contract covering television dated
Oct. 1, granting TV same rights as in radio v/ith certain limitations including;

(1) Any member with interest in a work may restrict performance of production
number or any other number; (2) Any number other than production may be restricted
if it becomes part of stage show or is used in film, unless such use is merely
background or incidental.

NEWS AND VIEWS: Lt. Col. Jack DeWitt. veteran consultant and chief engineer of

V/SM, Nashville, now CO of Signal Corps' Evans Lab at Belmar, N. J. , v/ill be out
of Army by Nov. 15 and may go into consulting practice. .. .ABC has engaged Clure H.
Owen, ex-FCC broadcast engineer, as specialist on FM, TV, transmitters, antennas
etc. . . .Col.' E. C. Page's engineering staff at MBS now includes J. Wesley Koch, ex-
Signal Corps propagation expert and former KFEQ chief, and Pete Johnson, ex-FCC,
recently doing civilian research with Signal Corps. .. .Operational uncertainties ir
TV field have led TBA to decide upon sometime next March or April, not this wintei
as expected, for its annual convention, coincident with which may be an equipment
manufacturers trade show — that is, if equipment is available by then.... Said to
bring the cost of FM receivers down to that of comparable AM sets is new RCA ratic
detector circuit, announced by company Oct. 3. - . .

RCA'S ALL-SEEI?i& EYE: RCA's hitherto closely guarded TV ace-in-the-hole, a super-

sensitive tube which makes its Iconoscope the keenest seeing-eye yet devised by
man, is to be demonstrated by RCA-NBC to the press next Thursday, Oct. 25. Tube
not only broadens scope of pickups but is said to eliminate need for batteries of
light under which studio performers must sweat, is so sensitive that shadows appear
as shadows and don't obscure images, can almost see in the dark.

Its value to motion pictures is as great as to TV. It's said to be another
war baby, whose military applications, if all can be told, should make this
demonstration a front-page story.

STRANCS BEDFELLOWS: Our staff has been v/orking for some six weeks, and are still
working, on that log of applicants for new FM stations, now numbering more than
650. We hope to have it for you very soon, with detailed data on each applicant —
ownership, cost figures, antenna factors, counsel, engineers, etc.

Meanv/hile, scanning the material already completed, w'e find some interesting
combinations, indicating the hopes and confidence of some industry leaders, news-
papers, et al., in FM's future.

From New York City, for example, there's an application in name of American
Network Inc., whose officers are John Shepard 3rd, pres. ; Walter J. Damm, v.p. , and
Gordon Gray, secy-treas., all already prominent in FM, along with Jack Latham, the
ex-agency man, as exec v.p. They propose locating studio and transmitter in Lin-
coln Bldg., on 42nd St., would spend 551,860 for installation and an estimated
$15,000 monthly on operation. Presumably this would be a personal enterprise for
each, apart from their other connections, and possibly they plan it as an eventual
new network key.

Maj . Edwin H. Armstrong, FM inventor, is partner with Jansky & Bailey, the
consulting engineers, for a new outlet in Olney, Md. , about 12 miles from Wash-
ington, which with the 50 kv;. they request might cover both Washington and Baltimore
and on which they propose spending $133,500.

Crosley Corp. . not yet in FM, proposes stations not only in Cincinnati, but
also in Columbus, Dayton and Washington, D. C.

Among the newspaper interests, Scripps-Howard seeks full limit of six out-
lets in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Memphis and San Francisco.
(Scripps-Howard is already a TV applicant for V/ashington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and
v/ill probably file for two more; its radio chief, Lt. Jack Howard, has just returned
from 21 months Navy duty in Pacific and should be in civies soon, as should Lt. Col.
James Hanrahan, exec v.p.)

The Wolfes* RadiOhio Inc. (Ohio State Journal and Columbus Dispatch), who
already own pioneer FM-WELD, seeks outlets in Marion, Portsmouth, Springfield,

Copyrlglit lO'lS by Radio News Bureau

Zanesville, also in Ohio. Cleveland Plain Dealer wants them in Cleveland, Columbus,
Akron, and the Brush-Moore chain in Canton, East Liverpool, Jvlarion.

Then there's the extensive Copley Press group, which seeks FM to parallel
its nev/spapers in Alhambra, Glendale, San Diego, San Pedro, in California; in
Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, in Illinois. And the Newhouse newspapers v/ant stations in
Jamaica, L. I,, West New Brighton, Staten Island.

Chicago Tribune-New York News interests, already in FM through former's
WGNB, ask for outlets thru latter in New York; thru sister Eleanor Patterson's
Washington Times-Herald in V/ashington; thru Chicago Tribune in Milwaukee. In addi-
tioii they've formed subsidiary Midwest FM Network Inc..>which seeks stations in
Peoria, Fort V/ayne, Grand Rapids.

Then there's Nashville Radio Corp. . with Publishers Stahlman of Nashville
Banner and Silliman Evans of Tennessean, as joint principals, asking for a new out-
let there — a chuckle for those who recall Stahlman' s attitude toward radio when
he was president of ANPA and Evans' old anti-radio position.

And in Tulsa, the World and Tribune, rival nev/spapers that use the same
mechanical plant, have joined for an FM. One Tulsa publisher, a dozen years or so
ago, turned dov/n the late Bill Gillespie's suggestion he buy Stephens College's old
regional AM (for a mere $7,000, which the college needed for an organ for its
chapel!) and move it into Tulsa. That station under other auspices later became
the very successful KTUL.

Atlanta Constitution also is a new applicant ; it once ov/ned WGST, gave the
Station to Georgia Tech only to see it go commercial later in other hands.

These are just a few we've uncovered thus far. You'll be interested in our
final list, not only for sidelights like these but because it will be first analysis
of FM applications by states and cities yet made available.

KECSIVSRS IN THE WDBKS: a general feeling that they've gotten all they can from
OPA pervades the radio manufacturing industry after digesting last v/eek's price
increase factors for sets and parts. Consensus seems to be the time has come for
production and that the interplay of competition will straighten out prices.

Parts manufacturers are still somewhat reluctant to go ahead v/ithout
attempting further adjustments in certain categories, such as variable condensers.
But, on the whole, these will be done on an individual basis.

No decision has been reached as to dial numbering — whether to use channel
numbers or frequencies — but the RJAA Set Division (chairmaned by E. A. Nicholas,
president of Farnsv/orth) has taken the question under study.

Meanv/hile, a survey of manufacturers made by W'ELD, Columbus FM station,
indicates most plan to produce one-band receivers by early 1946, a few as early as
January. Among these are Bendix, Howard, St ewart -Warner , Farnsworth, Garod, RCA,
Meissner, Emerson. Two-band sets are planned by GE, Stromberg-Carlson, Motorola.

And Lear reported it might put out both one-band and two-band sets. 1

CL.^m FOR 'SKIATRON': Comes now Scophony Corporation of America (in which Paramountlj

and General Precision Equipment Corp. hold a 50% interest) with an assertion that
its ”Skiatron" tube„ used for radar, offers "great and generally recognized inher-
ent advantages for large screen television projection, and picture reproductions }
both in black and white as well as in color." This claim is made in a special |

press release this week titled "Now It Can Be Told" and labeled cleared by War and i
Navy Depts. 1

EQUALIZING FM COVERAGE: Boyish Bill Lodge, CBS engineering chief (he looks 25, is

actually pushing 40) , came f orv/ard with a new FM allocation plan at FCC hearing
last Monday which looked good enough to Commission engineers, and to most others
affected, so that it — or a variation of it — very likely will be adopted within
next 10 days.

Plan was answer to Commission's demand that CBS and NBC, only tv/o dissidents
to Area I plan previously announced (see Supplement No. 6), produce an alternative.

It is designed to iron out disparities between one channel and another in
New York area. But since that city is key to whole of Area I, it inevitably affects
all prospective assignments in whole northeastern area.

CBS alternative grew out of networks' objection to their assignments to
lower-coverage frequencies — just because they were netv/orks — with so-called
independents getting the choicer channels. The Lodge plan reduces New York cov-
erage spread from FCC's high of 8,060 sq. mi. and low of 5,500 sq. mi. to a high of
7,490 sq. mi. and low of 7,000 sq. mi., with exception of VVNYC-FM which remains at
5,400 sq. mi. under both plans.

Three stations in New York (Metropolitan Television's WABF, Maj . Armstrong's
WFMN, New York Times' WQXQ) lose area coverage under CBS plan, while two (Muzak's
Vv'GYN, Loew's WHNF) lose population coverage. But the others gain. In all, cover-
age on some 48 channels in Area I is reduced as compared with FCC's original allo-
cation, whiie coverage on virtually all the others is extended.

There were few objections to this equalization plan, but several assignees,
who liked what they got in original allocation, , asked that no change be made; their
objections, for the most part, apparently could be met even under the CBS plan.

NBC's Henry Ladner went along v/ith CBS plan, but suggested that, if it is
not deemed acceptable. Commission make assignments on basis of length of FM develop-
ment, program service etc. In other words, not to discriminate against the
networks.

Chairman Porter pointed out that Commission was eager to get FM going
quickly, and he and other commissioners manifested a real desire to straighten
out discrepancies — so that an early emergence of final allocations seems certain.
Though everyone was grabbing for choice assignments, it was pointed out that FM
stations are only guaranteed protection to their 1,000 uv/m contour , and that
future assignments in metropolitan areas might cut down whatever excess coverage
is apparently gained under any plan of channel allocation.

READYING FOR TV: Encouraging reports from FCC staffers on TBA's plan for the use

of directional antennas to permit greater number of channels in New York City and
other metropolitan areas lend to belief that TV rules and channel allocations may
be ready in 2 or 3 weeks.

FCC engineers still have to check the contours of the 48 cities in which
directive transmission is proposed. If found as satisfactory as TBA proponents
claim, Commission will be ready to go ahead with the form.ulation of rules and
channel assignments.

Meanwhile, Larry E. Gubb, Philco chairman, upheld the FCC's stand on the
go-ahead for TV on present low-band frequencies. Speaking before the Cornell Club
of Michigan, Gubb said, “I doubt if anyone would have foregone the pleasure of his
automobile as a means of transportation to wait for the developments of 1945."

TV's method of presenting symphony orchestras — long shots and closeups
of individual instrumentalists vs. Disney's Fantasia scheme — a subject under
discussion by teleproducers from time to time, came in for some ribbing from Paul
IftTiiteman, ABC music director. In a letter to the New York Times, Whiteman said.

"Chances are that our first year of television will be quite a conglomeration of
experiments, ranging from artistic attempts to interpret music visually to a fev/
outlandish exhibitions of bad taste.... But the first clown who tries to mount his
camera on my collarbone for a shot of the oboe section v/ill feel the v/eight of an
'atomic* baton which I am now designing for that particularly grim occasion."

TIIS TV X5EDIUM: Though the movie moguls generally haven't comprehended

television’s potential impact as yet, some of them are watching it intently.

Among them a few researchers stand out, not the least being Paul Raibourn, Para-
mount v.p. in charge of TV, v/ho happens to be a graduate economist as well as an
electrical engineering alumnus of Bell Labs. He also is perhaps the keenest
enthusiast for TV in the motion picture industry.

He sees TV's progress as inevitable, faces the competitive phase realistic-
ally, has done some interesting analyzing which he partially revealed at Televiser
Magazine's forum in New York last v/eek. Breaking dovm advertiser cost figures for
newspapers, magazines, radio, he arrives at these conclusions:

1. That S3 billion a year is now spent on services with w'hich TV will be
competitive .

2. That this cost is borne now about 50% by public; 50% by advertisers.

3. That radio sound broadcasting is a more inexpensive and faster growing
medium to reach general public than any other.

4. That TV can cost considerably more than radio sound and still not exceed
cost to sponsors for the same effect obtained by magazines and nev/spapers since it
combines sight, as they do, with the. attention value of soiuid and action, v/hich
they do not.

5. That advertising experts estimate ratio in favor of TV all the way from
3 to 10 times in selling value. Assume just 3 times, TV v;ill do an extraordinary
job competitively even if costs are up 3 times.

6. That as for getting sets into hands of public, it is fact that in 1929
when radio sound sets cost over S150 apiece more than 3 million were sold, although
at that time only million ’was spent on all broadcasting, including programs.

You simply can’t stop TV, Raibourn concluded.

KEWS VIEWS: Applications haven't been filed with FCC yet, but report from

Hollywood has it that Walt Disney Studios contemplate seeking 3 to 5 TV stations in
Southern California to specialize in cartoon-type of visual broadcasting, from
Disney lot in Burbank. Transmitter site atop Mt. Lowe is said to have been
reserved. . . .DuMont is reported to have arranged to relay opening program from its
Wanamaker studios, scheduled in December, via Philco's relay system to Philadelphia
v;ith projection to audience there over Philco's WPTZ. ... Through an inadvertence, we
erroneously referred last v/eek to Philadelphia Inquirer’s purchase of WIP, Phila-
delphia; it should have been WFIL and its WFIL-FM. for v/hich Publisher Walter
Annenberg is paying §1,900,000 and for transfer of v/hich counsel has applied to FCC
under nev/ 60-day-public-notice rule. Newspaper, also applicant for TV, proposes to
spend additional §500,000 or more on video. .. .Maj . Armstrong calls our attention to
the fact that his objection to WFMN's power authorization (Oct. 13 issue) is based
on fact that it v/as originally licensed for a 50 kw. transmitter. With an antenna
gain of 5, this v/ould give him about 250 kw. effective radiated power, as against
the 6 kw. effective radiated power recently authorized. This, Maj . Armstrong
claims, is equivalent to reducing the power to 2.4% of what Alpine was licensed for
.... Fuss and feathers stories about the Senate Committee on Small Business investi-
gating FCC have nothing to them, says Senator Glen H. Taylor (D. , Idaho), oommittee
member who has been doing the "investigating. "... .President Truman will be tele-
vised for the first time during his Navy Day address in New York's Central Park
Oct. 27, via NBC’s WNBT.

V/E EXPAND AHD MOVE: We have changed our address to new and expanded quarters at

1519 Connecticut Ave. NW, occupying former quarters of Federal Telephone & Radio
Corp., where we'll be glad to have you visit us, use our files, etc. It's vir-
tually a radio building now, and one of our neighbors is the newly formed consulting
engineering firm of Chambers &: Garrison -- consisting of Comdr. Joe Chambers, just
out of Navy where he headed all aero radar throughout the war, and Comdr. Millard
Garrison, formerly with Jansky & Bailey, now chief of Navy aero electronics
materiel, who doffs his laniform Dec. 15.

AS FM SHAPES UP: Neither our staff, nor indeed our printers, have been able to

keep pace with the deluge of FM applications that have poured into the FCC. Hence
we've been forced to publish our log of applications, on which we've been working
some 7 weeks now, in two parts — as Supplement 14A herewith, and as Supplement 14B
which we'll send you next week.

These two sections v;ill give you the most complete file yet made available
on FM applications now before the Commission. We'll report the others regularly.

Meanwhile, in compiling our detailed log and proofing it, we've observed
some significant facts and trends which v/e can report now:

1, Nearly 700 applications for new FM stations have been filed thus far,
including 136 as of Oct. 20 not then accepted for filing (a clerical formality) on
which full details were not available but which v/e list nevertheless with an
asterisk.

2 . By far the preponderance of applications are from existing AM interests ,
but, incredible as it seems, there are still 300-400 AM owners v/ho have as yet
indicated no intention of going into FM — or at least haven't filed up to now.

3. Far and away the majority of newcomers proposing to enter the FM field
are newspapers. Through Alabama-New York (which we cover in Supplement No. 14A) ,
you'll find 62 applications from newspaper interests not now in A.M, only 28 from
non-newspapers. When final figures are tallied, if all or nearly all the applica-
tions are granted, and if you count in the newspapers already in AM who also seek
FM, it is probable that the picture will indicate a future broadcasting industry
half or more controlled by newspaper interests.

4. We reported last week on some of the group nev/spapers, like Scripps-
Howard, Brush-Moore, Newhouse, seeking FM. Now we can report also that the big
Frank Gannett chain, the smaller Guy Gannett group in Maine, the, Speidels, the
Cov/les and other newspaper groups all seek quotas of FM to add to their present AMs.

5. The networks, of course, all ask for enough FMs to parallel the AMs
they own, except for Mutual which itself is not an owner of stations but whose
owning stations all seek full complements of FMs — Macy-Bamberger, Chicago Tribune,
Don Lee, Yankee etc.

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6. Amona radio manufacturers proposing to enter commercial FM broadcasting
— in addition to Crosley and Farnsworth who are already proninent in AM, and GE,
Westinghouse and Zenith, already in FM — there are such firms as Raytheon,

Teapletone . Lear and Harvey.

7 . Nearly every applicant has a different idea of what it will cost for
plant , few any clear idea of operating costs. The variations in the figures
reported are complicated by fact that most AM operators simply intend to add FM
and thus not spend too much for overhead. Average estimated cost of plants would
seem to run somewhere betv/een $40,000 and $60,000. NBC, v;hich should know costs
by reason of its experience with its New York AlA, let alone its RCA affiliation,
estimates §53,000 as the cost of its proposed Washington plant, §3,000 for monthly
operating costs. On the other hand, there's little ICENO, Las Vegas, Nev. , which
estimates only §3,500 for plant, §300 for monthly operating cost — the lowest
figures v/e've seen. The highest reported figures for FM plant are San Antonio
WOAI's proposed §220, 000-§225 , 000, St. Paul KSTP's proposed §225,000, .Crosley's
proposed §175, 000-§200,000 for the station it seeks in Washington, D. C.

8. Plant cuid operating cost figures, we think, are guesswork at best, often
uneducated guesses by lawyers or engineers — but the fact does remain that a mar-
ket for more than §50,000,000 v/orth of FM studio and transmitter equipment is
opening up.

9. Few of the big interests — whether AM owners, newspapers or newcomers
such as labor unions — seek less than the prescribed limit of 6 FM outlets.

You'll find many multiple applicants in our log.

10. Eleven of the 64 "conditional grants" issued this week by the FCC (Part
II, Supplement No. 13) went to newcomers in radio, mostly newspapers. You can check
up on the identities, cost factors, technical data of all these 64 (v/ho must yet
present additional data to FCC before they get final grants) by referring to
Supplements 14A and 14B.

We'll have additional dope for you later, when we have completed the full
log for your files and ours. The foregoing, and what v/e reported in these pages
last week, just gives you some preliminary ideas on trends, etc. of a picture that
should shape up more clearly as more applications are processed, more grants are
made and more FM stations go on the air.

I!0LLYW00D-!H-HAHLm: RKO Television Corp.'s Ralph Austrian last week described
details of "A Complete Motion Picture Production Plant for Metropolitan New York,"
before Society of Motion Picture Engineers in New York. Not the least important
phase of plan, v/hich encompasses altering Pathe News' recently acquired ll~story
building at Park Ave. & 101st St., is project for shooting commercial pictures and
films for television. Building has 35,000 sq. ft. with shooting stage 97x74 ft.,
32 ft high. Only other comparable space for shooting films or staging TV shows in
New York to date is Duljlont's projected Wanamaker studios, CBS's Grand Central
Terminal studios — and, of course. Signal Corps Fort Lee, N. J. studios.

SIMTOVISIDN TSSTS: Westinghouse got go-ahead signal from the FCC Oct. 24 to test
its Stratovision (see Sept. 1 issue). Grants for 5 developmental stations were
made to study; (1) effects brought about by ground reflections on signals trans-
mitted from moving planes, especially fading, fluttering and ghosting; (2) feasi-
bility of relaying programs from plane to plane; (3) effectiveness of antenna
designs and other equipment ; (4) area served by transmission from 30,000 feet ;

(5) best methods of transmitting signals from ground to plane in flight.. Fre-
quencies are to be assigned by the FCC chief engineer; power, 5 kw.

AH ALADUJJI LAMP F03 TV: Major significance of RCA *5 new Image Orthicon, super-

sensitive video camera tube demonstrated to press in New York Thursday, lies in its
effectiveness for round-the-clock telecasting of special events, indoors and out-
doors, under ordinary or even sub-ordinary lighting conditions.

New tube is said to have 100 times the light sensitivity of the regular
studio Orthicon, and gives vastly greater depth of focus. It was perfected under
war exigencies, until now has been a top secret in connection with military's
remarkable "guided missiles" €uid other radar projects.

Audience saw studio scenes picked up v/ith exceptional clarity under rela-
tively dim illumination. Stunt pickups included scenes by matchlight, candlelight.
flashlight . One remote pickup from Madison Square Garden rodeo was received clearly
under normal lighting conditions. A comparative shot by Orthicon showed up badly.

Problem still to be ironed out is improvement of resolution, not yet up to
par of studio Iconoscope. But since outdoor shots are from longer distances,
resolution loss is not very noticeable. V/ork continues in labs to incorporate
improvements into studio Orthicons. In addition, new camera obviously offers great
prospects for better movie-making.

Image Orthicon shown was a portable developmental model. Deliveries to
TV broadcasters are expected in about 6 months.

CAHD HATES FOB TV: A new pay-as-you-go policy will be instituted by DuMont’s

WABD with December opening of its new Wanamaker tri-studio facilities.

Broadcast time, formerly free, is being quoted at $180 a half hour or any
part thereof, plus the following hourly rates for camera rehearsals: Studio A,

$65; B (present studio at 515 Madison Ave. headquarters), $50; C, $50; D, $40.

Previously, air time had been furnished free, only charge being for camera
rehearsal at rate of $50 an hour for present Studio B and $35 for former and nov/
dismantled Studio A atop the 42-story Madison Ave. building. V/hen the one-time
bandbox Studio A was converted into an engineering workshop, the $50-per-hour
camera-rehearsal charge remained. For some time there was no charge for either
air time or rehearsal, reasoning being — as it still is to some extent — that
limited set circulation did not warrant charges.

DuMont, so far as is known, is only station where future broadcasters may
also gain experience. V/hile there was no charge originally as with experimental
sponsored programs, a $1,250 hourly rate on air, including rehearsal, v/as insti-
tuted some months ago — at which time ABC, WOR and WNEW, v;hich had been experi-
menting at DuMont, left the air. This has been recently changed, so future users
of the station’s facilities will be charged $1,250 for 2 half hours on the air per
week, including 3 hours of rehearsal for each of 2 program periods. ABC consum-
mated a deal of this kind before DuMont went off air for 90 days.

V/hereas DuMont has allowed advertising agencies and package outfits to pro-
duce and direct their own sponsored shows, situation is different at WNBT-NBC and
WCBW-CBS v/here, though commercials are invited, stations take over production of
programs and add this cost to air and rehearsal time.

Exclusive of program costs, depending on type of production, air time at NBC
is: one hour, including 5 hours of camera rehearsal, $750, plus $100 for trans-
mission; half hour on air, including 3 hours of camera rehearsal, $500, plus $100
for transmission. Additional camera rehearsals are $150 an hour.

At CBS, where programs must also be directed by station staff, a charge of
$150 an hour is made for all major use of studio, whether for ctimera rehearsal or
broadcast. A half-hour dramatic show, including production cost, figures to run
from a low of $1,500 to a high of $2,500, depending on talent, sets, rehearsals, etc.

nSVISSD FM CHAHHEUHG; With a bow in the direction of CBS, FCC on Friday announced
its new FM channeling allocations for Area I based on the proposal submitted by
Columbia engineers at Oct. 15 hearing (Oct. 20 issue). The CBS alternative narrowed
the gap existing between high and low coverage in same communities. The FCC em-
phasized, however, that the new channeling allocations which include actual
assignments to current license and CP holders (see Part I, Supplement No. 13 here-
with) will not be adhered to in "any hard and fast manner," but will serve as a guide
to further assignments in that area. One of the things the Commission liked about
the CBS proposal was that it cut number of instances in which interference will
result within the 1,000 uv/m contours from 9, under the FCC plan, to 3 under the
alternative.

BQ03LE Looks as if the independent FM stations will have to carry the .

ball for high fidelity live music programs if the AFM ruling on duplicate broad-
casts stands for any length of time. AFM President Petrillo advised networks Tues-
day they would have to hire an extra crew of musicians if a program is broadcast
simultaneously over an AM and an FM outlet. '

The networks' immediate answer v/as to cut out double transmission of all
live musical programs as of Oct. 29. Their position is that, since they make no
extra charge for FM broadcasts, nor count FM listeners as additional audience
(figuring that an FMer is a listener subtracted from Ali audience), there should be
no double indemnity.

Recorded music will be substituted, no doubt, for such high-fidelity live
shows as Toscanini, Philadelphia and Boston Symphonies etc, NBC has already so
announced, and CBS and MBS are expected to follov; suit. ABC as yet owns no FM.

PfiETEH SCOTCHES RUMGBS: Recurrent rumors that Paul Porter will quit to run for

Senator or Governor of his native Kentucky, given additional currency by Walter
Winchell, is dismissed by the FCC chairman as, "Not a damn thing in it." Giving
the FCC an excellent administration under the heaviest work load, worst personnel
situation in its history — aggravated by TV and FM problems — Porter's retirement
would be regarded in most radio quarters as nothing short of a calamity. But the
fact that he's heading for big things, considering the record he's made so far,
cannot be gainsaid. Using his own device of the pat anecdote, we'd size the situa-
tion up something along the lines of a story told by ex-Senator Jim Watson when
his retirement as chairman of Senate Interstate Commerce Committee was imminent and
he was mentioned for several radio posts: "Young man," he told a reporter, "ever
since I was defeated for reelection, they've had me bracketed for everything from
piano player in a whorehouse to Keeper of the Pearly Gates. I'm too old for the
former and too profane for the latter." Porter is 41,

KEWS AHD VIEWS: FMBI and NAB have reached complete concordat, and after Nov. 1

former v;ill close down present headquarters and operate as an FM.dept. within NAB,
with John Shepard 3d, Wayne Coy, Gordon Gray as FM members of joint supervising
committee headed by Walter Damm, and AM members to be selected by NAB President
Miller .... Owners of Serutan Co., Jersey City, big radio advertiser of its Serutan,
Nutrex and Healthaids, are large stockholders in AM station WAAT in that city
which holds a CP for an FM station. They are the brothers Rosenhaus, Irving being
gen, mgr. of WAAT and Matthew B. president of Serutan .... Westinghouse 's assembly
line for home radios, mostly AM-FM, has been set up at its Sunbury, Pa. plant and
3,000-5,000 sets per day are now being produced and sent to dealers. TV receivers
{■re not included, but Manager H. B. Donley says these v/ill be "ready for the market
early next year." .... DuMont is inaugurating a regular monthly newsletter to
department stores, beginning Nov. 7, on subject of intra-store television.
Merchandising ideas and the like will be discussed to promote sale of wired
video equipment.

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CENSUS 0? FM APPLICATI9KS: Our inventory of FM applications is how complete, and

we count 667 of them up to October 22. They're coming in now in driblets, so that
to all intents and purposes our log (Supplements No. 14A and 14B) affords a fair
sizeup of the situation to date.

Of the 667, many of them multiple applications up to the allowable limit
of 6, we count 162, or nearly 23%, from newcomers to the radio field. Of these
newcomers, we find 96 are newspaper interests, 90 miscellaneous interests not
identified with newspapers. In other words, just about every other new company
seeking to crash the broadcasting field by way of FM is owned in whole or part
by newspaper people.

Thus some 505 of the applications are from AM interests. Thus, too, it
would seem there are still around 400 AM operators who haven't yet applied for FM.
if you allow for those AM operators already licensed for FM (Supplement No. 4).

As might be expected, the bigger states like New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, California, Texas, embrace more applicants than any other states, and of
course these cluster largely around the big cities where in some cases there are
more applications than available channels. As we see it, the FCC will readily grant
qualified applications in the non-congested areas. But it will be forced to hold
hearings where demand exceeds supply.

Second batch of 65 "conditional grants" for new FMs, mostly in South and
Midwest (see Part II, Supplement No. 14B herev/ith, and Part II, Supplement No. 13
for first batch), was announced by Commission Friday. Total grants to date, 129.

Of the 65 newly issued grants, 12 went to non-AM operators. Of these 12 newcomers
to radio, 8 were newspapers — among them the Atlanta Constitution, Cedar Rapids
Gazette, Mobile Register & Press.

Later supplements will list later applications as well as report all grants.

Incidentally, we still have a limited supply of the supplements mentioned
herein; also a few extra copies of FM Rules and Standards (Supplements No. 7 and 9).
They are available to our subscribers on request.

CVSH THE SOUND Mm FUHY: Here's the straight dope, as we get it, on V/ashington' s

thinking with respect to uhf TV . with its potential advantages of color, higher
definition, more channels;

Before TV can be opened up commercially in the upper reaches of the spec-
trum. it must be demonstrated successfully. Only after that, can uniform standards
be set. Meanwhile, the FCC has no intention of clamping down or discouraging the
present so-called medium bands, even though they afford only 13 channels.

So far, according to our sources, uhf TV has not been adequately demon-
strated. and its potential, even conceding that we know a lot about uhf character-

istics from their wartime uses, remains to be proved. A lot of time remains before
uhf standards can be developed.

This thinking, of course, was expressed to us as an ansv/er to CBS’s well-
studied campaign for uhf TV, which it' is waging almost single-handedly against both
the FCC's go-ahead policy and TBA's urgings.

CBS has shown its color TV to some members of the Commission, some engi-
neers, and recently had another private demonstration of 500 me. operation to
which we v/eren’t invited. But one of our friends was. And this was his reaction,
the reaction of an authority who isn’t an engineer but isn’t a layman either:

”Color was fine, well up to 16mm home movie quality. Performance was swell.
Pictures were clean and steady. No ghosts, and the engineer v/orking the antenna
orientation even picked up reflected signals (from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and
from Radio City) that were on a par with the direct signal reception. There v/as
no aberration in the picture either.”

The broadcast took place, with narrow beam transmission, from the Chrysler
Bldg, antenna to CBS headquarters at 485 Madison Ave. Custom-built equipment, not
yet on the line, was used, of course.

"After seeing that demonstration," our informant added, "I’ve become a
convert."

It’s idle to attribute venal motives to CBS, as some have ; that company is
too big, too important, too smart to want to hold back the inevitable simply for
the sake of a few years grace and profits. At the same time, the other side strains
at the leash; black and white, especially the large image, is excellent, certainly
acceptable. The go-aheaders contend that, even admitting that TV ultimately will
find lodgement in uhf, the art must not be "suspended" in the meantime; the
pviblic can be properly advised and warned, and some even think the reconversion from
vhf to uhf in home sets won’t be too much of a problem.

Meanwhile, CBS has asked for none of the 13 available commercial channels
other than the one used by its WCBW, New York. It isn't shutting down that medium-
channel station and it recently took its first commercials on it.

But in Cleveland last week FCC Chairman Porter told the Radio Council that
higher frequency TV is in the experimental stage while low-band, black-and-white TV
is ready now. That’s the Commission’s thinking.

Ts5S ILA20H RflllHBU?: James Caesar Petrillo’s action in the FM field last week,

requiring dual musicians for AM-FJJI combinations, is but one facet of the many-
sided prism that is broadcasting’s labor problem.

To say that FM interests, still chiefly AlA operators, are perturbed — see
in the latest Petrillo move a danger signal that may slow down FM, if not stop it
dead in its tracks — would be putting it mildly. Early this week an NAB committee
went into a huddle in Washington on the Petrillo pronunciamento , and tossed into it
nev/ President Justin Miller’s lap not only this but the whole problem of radio’s
labor-employer relations.

Sentiment seems to be that Petrillo is too shrewd to think he can get away
with a move so drastic that it may retard FM development (which in its normal
grov/th promises more employment for his men). Petrillo is believed playing some
sort of game, possibly asking for a lot now and expecting to compromise for less
v/hile at same time establishing firmly his jurisdiction.

Back in 1943, AFM fought broadcasters over the use of canned music on the
air. Petrillo’s predecessor Joe Weber wasn’t very successful, and finally had to
withdraw, regroup and execute a flanking movement against the record makers. It is
pertinent to recall, too, that when sound came to motion pictures, AFM fought it

vigorously because it spelled the doom of theater orchestras. But that didn't stop
the "talkies."

Czar Petrillo's network shenanigans are thought to go much deeper than
ostensible union difficulties with affiliates. Best guess is that union jurisdic-
tion over broadcasting employes is root of his strategems.

In TV, rumor has it that AFM has thrown its influence to the International
f Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW-AFL) to oppose the International Alliance
of Theatrical & Stage Employes (lATSE-AFL) in return for aid when AFM v/ants it.

• Currently, cameramen and technicians at CBS are IBEW ; stagehands, lATSE.

NBC has technicians who belong to the National Assn, of Broadcast Engineers & Tech-
nicians (NABET-Ind. ) and stagehands who are members of lATSE, At D-uJAont , a 5-year
contract was recently signed v;ith lATSE covering all TV workers.

Awaited is NLRB decision on where CBS white collar TV v/orkers belong.

Recent CBS integration of TV operating personnel into whole CBS organization,
according to those in the know, was management attempt to do away with any distinc-
tion among different departments on labor matters. lATSE, however, wants TV office
workers considered separately.

pulse pickup FOH TV: A new TV pickup unit, utilizing pulse-time modulation, has

been announced by Westinghouse. The unit, for high definition monochrome and color
television pictures, is based on CBS development. Westinghouse was custom-builder
of CBS's color studio equipment.

Pickup handles both picture and sound transmission simultaneously on same
carrier. Picture signal is transmitted by the camera tube in the pickup apparatus.
FM sound is added in the fraction of a second in which the electron beam is moved
back to the left edge of the picture to begin scanning the next line. The tech-
niques are based on wartime radar and point-to-point radio relay. Economies in
that only one transmitter will be necessary for TV broadcasting instead of two —
one for video, one for sound — are apparent.

The new units will only pick up pictures from film or slides. Development
work is going ahead, however, for live pickups as well.

FM CHAHSSOVEBS: One by one, existing FM stations are going off the air — to

convert transmitters to upper bands allocated by FCC (see Supplement 13, Part 1).

This v;eek. New York's WEAF-FM, WABC-FM and WBAM closed down for equipment
changes, and others are doing same. FCC schedule calls for tests on new frequencies
by Dec. 1, program service by Jan. 1.

Already on the air on upper-band channels are WDUL, Duluth; WMFM, Milwaukee
(which has been sending programs out on upper band as well as old channel via two
transmitters) ; V/HFM, Rochester, also using dual transmission.

Most conversions thus far are improvisions since no commercial transmitters
are available as yet. According to an RMA report, first transmitters (250 watts to
3 kw) will be ready sometime between next February - May from 6 manufacturers ;

10 kw jobs between April - August from 3; above 10 kw, not for some time yet.

BAD STABT, GOOD FiHISH: Our observers at RCA's intra-store TV demonstrations in

Gimbel' s big Philadelphia store tell us they got off to a rather poor start last
week, but reports since then are that improvements in technical setup have been
made and response of keenly interested public has been very good. Criticism from
press observers at first day's demonstrations centered around limitations of
"telesite" scheme and Class B productions staged in store auditorium. Receivers
were placed badly, caused traffic tieups. Unfortunately RCA had to use 16 of old-

type small-screen sets, only two of newer large-screen projection models, failing
to explain to viewers of former that these v;ere old models and pictures v/eren't best
available. Gimbel's all-out consumer promotion job, especially W. L. Stensgarrd &
Assoc, window displays, was described as excellent. RCA plans to take the setup to
other stores throughout country.

m SSLLSNS A STATION?; First two legal notices of sale ever published, conforming
with FCC recommendation covering station sales, appeared this v/eek in Philadelphia
(Inquirer and Legal Intelligencer) and Boston (Post). The Philadelphia insertion
covers deal whereby Philadelphia Inquirer proposes to buy V/FIL and WFIL-FM for
§1,900,000. The Boston notice covers the §850,000 sale of V/HDH to the Boston
Herald-Traveler. Notice of sale, its legal terminology approved by FCC, invites
other interested persons to apply for same facilities on same terms and condi-
tions. FCC will take all proposals under consideration 60 days from first
insertion.

ST3H2 SHOUP LAYS LOW: Affiliates of Federated Department Stores, withdrawing appli-
cations for FM and TV last week, ascribed action to present uncertainties in both
fields. Until the FM, TV situation is clarified and resolved, a statement said, thf
3 applicants (Filene's, Boston; Lazarus, Columbus; Shillito's, Cincinnati) decided
to defer decision. Continuance of the group's New York outlets v/as assured, the
statement added. Metropolitan Television Inc. (Bloomingdale-Abraham & Straus) hold;
a license for FM-WABF and a CP for experimental TV-W2XMT.

!J2WS AiMD VIZWS; An architectural gem is WCAU's projected new §2,000,000 AM-FM-TV
center to be built on Philadelphia's famed Broad St., scheduled for completion by
December, 1947. It's complete even to landing field on roof. Significantly, in
announcement by the Levy brothers, owners who are also major shareholders in CBS,
they say they expect "that when the nev/ center is completed all television broad-
casts will be in color." .... It's Robert T. Bartley, NAB director of government
relations, for the directorship of NAB's newly organised FM Dept. Bartley was an
assistant to Yankee's John Shepard 3rd and v;as first secretary of FMBI before
coming to NAB in 1943 .... Federal Telephone & Radio Corp. is going to "wet its
feet" in receiver manufacture, according to Norman V/underlich, general sales
manager. First production will be in the §25-§50 price line and v/ill cover only
5 or 6 models of AM sets. Later plans embrace FM sets, too. Federal is also build
ing CBS's 1.5 kw TV color transmitter, and expects to go into full FM transmitter
production sometime in first quarter of 1946 .... DuMont Laboratories is offering
catalog selections of cathode-ray tubes for television receivers in both electro-
static and magnetic deflection and focusing types. Tubes are in 5 sizes with a 6th
to be added shortly. The useful picture area for each tube is also given ....

TV receivers at §195 and up are due next spring, Frank M. Folsom, RCA Victor
executive v.p. , announced Oct. 31. In areas served by TV broadcasters, Mr. Folsom
forecasts between 300,000 and 400,000 receivers will be sold during 1946 .... Bill
Paley is back at CBS helm, but plan to make him chairman, relieve him of onerous
details so he can concentrate on TV, FM and programs, upping Paul Kesten to presi-
dency, is still very much in the works .... Paramount's TV expert. V.P. Paul Rai-
bourn, leaves New York Nov. 3 for two-week TV mission to HollyiTood, where he'll
headquarter at company studios .... Tide Magazine's Nov. 1 issue carries about the
best sizeup yet of FCC's oft-dissenting Commissioner Durr, which we recommend
reading .... Clark Foreman, economist, president of the Southern Conference on Huma
V/elfare, and secretary of the National Citizens Political Action Committee (PAC) is
secretary of Metropolitan Broadcasting Co., applicant for a nev; FM in V/ashington
.... And add to labor unions seeking FM. the application of Joe Curran's National
Maritime Union, seeking New York outlet .... New York's Harlem may get its own sta-
tion. too, if Commission grants plea of Edgar G. Brown, giving address as Harlem Y,
identified with National Negro Council, Washington.

003 FH ALLOtJATIOH CHABT: Taken along with the FM Allocation Plan for Area I (Sup-
plement No. 13), the chart we send you herewith (as Supplement No. 15) will permit
you to observe at a glance just what channels are available in that area, and
exactly where. You can pencil in the channel-power assignments already made and
others as they are made. The utility of this chart, with its mileage table, is
manifest at a glance ; we’re sending you not only this reduced print for your binder
but, under another cover, a blowup four times this size which you can use as a
worksheet . We hope to have similar charts for rest of the country when allocations
are decided.

For the idea and execution of this chart we are indebted to Jack Poppele.
chief engineer of WOR, who conceived it, and to his staff, who drafted the originals
from which we made these prints.

TV RULES AND ALLOCATIONS: Looks like the new TV rules and channel allocations

will be forthcoming from FCC by end of this month, after which v/ill come actions on
more than 150 pending applications, (We'll publish detailed log of applicants
soon.)

Commission engineers, favorably inclined to TEA directional antenna pro-
posal, put forth to make more channels available and obviate channel-sharing where
applicants outnumber channels, have found some bugs in TEA setup. Drawing up their
own contour maps for Area I cities. Commission engineers asked TEA for comparative
data and are now studying both.

Somewhere betv/een the two lies the answer.

TRAHSIIITTEE PRICES: There's been a lot of guesswork, notably in FM applications
filed with FCC (see Supplements 14A and 14E) , about the cost of FM plants. So we
made inquiries among some of the leading manufacturers, few of whom have issued
catalogs as yet, and we can give you this roundup of transmitter prices currently
quoted by these representative companies for deliveries in about 6 months:

Federal Telephone & Radio Corp. — 250 w, $5,500; 1 kw, $9,100; 3 kw,

$12,500; 10 kw, $23,200; 50 kw,$70,000.

General Electric Co. — 250 v;, $3,950; 1 kw, $7,800; 3 kw, $11,900.

RCA — 250 w, $4,500; 1 kw, $9,200; 3 kw, $12,300; 10 kw, $22,000 (esti-
mated) .

REL — 250 w, $5,500; 1 kw, $10,500; 3 kw, $12,500; 10 kw, $23,000.

Western Electric — 1 kw, $9,000; 3 kw, $12,080; 10 kw, $20,500; 50 kw,

$70,000.

Westinghouse — 1 kw, $9,500; 3 kw, $14,000; 10 kw, $24,000; 50 kw, $70,000.

GE claims a new circuit, utilizing its new driver tube development, accounts
for its below-average prices. GE, REL and Westinghouse figures are estimates only.

v;e v/ere informed. Where a transmitter type is omitted, it means ' that no price has T
been set or that production of that type is not contemplated. - ;

Foregoing prices include a set of crystals and operating tubes, plus, 'in -
some cases, spares.

Purchasers of Federal, General Electric, Radio Engineering Laboratories,
and Western Electric transmitters must also pay one-time royalties to FM inventor
E. H. Arm.strong for the use of his phase-shift modulator. These figures are being
revised dov/n'.vard. Dr. Armstrong informs us, but as of today remain as follows;

250 w, §300; 1 kw, §500; 3 kw, §917; 10 kw, §2,000; 50 kw, §5,000.

RCA prices afford "complete patent protection," v/e v/ere told, v/hile. West- i '
inghouse is contemplating a similar guarantee.

V/hile on the subject of royalties. Dr. Armstrong also advises us that
royalties on FM receivers v/ere being reduced from about 1.75% of manufacturers
selling price to 1%. This would figure out to about 0.5% on the retail selling
price. '

We also procured some figures on antenna arrays for the new 88-108 me band '
from 3 companies.

RCA, putting out an array in v/hat it calls sections, has the following
maximum prices; 1-section, §1,500; 2-section, §2,850; 3-section, §4,200. Each ,
section is roughly comparable to a 2-bay turnstile, and is tuned to the entire =11
FM band. Lighting facilities, where necessary, can be had for an additional §400. 1

Federal lists these prices; 1-bay, §1,700; 2-bay, §2,000; 4-bay, §3,000; L
6-bay, §3,500; 8-bay, §4,200. Federal cuts and tunes to the desired frequency at ^
the factory.

REL quoted these prices: 1-bay, §1,700; 2-bay, §2,000; 4-bay, §3,000;

6-bay, §3,500; 8-bay, §4,200. REL puts out three standard sizes, each of which 1
covers a portion of the FM spectrum.

SO illKT? If you are one of the fortunate 129 v/ho already has been, given £
"conditional" grant for a new FM station (Part II, Supplement 14A, and Part II,
Supplement 14B) , and are pawing the ground in your desire to get going — sit tight
You can’t do anything more until one of two things happens; Either the FCC asks
you for more details (engineering, financial, etc.) or you are told that you have
been granted a bona fide CP.

Commission staff has been wading into the conditional grantee files and |
action should be forthcoming in the not-too-distant future. One thing the FCC
must wrap up is the matter of channel allocations for Area II. FCC engineers have
already figured out service areas for most major communities in Area II, but have
not completed the whole area. Until that is dene, processing of applications 1

will continue at a slow pace.

Guiding principle for channel allocations in Area II is to give each
community enough channels to care for existing AM stations, plus 50% more for nev/
iMers. As of this week, about 400 AM broadcasters still had not applied for FM.

YV THEM IN; First tv/o weeks of RCA’s intra-store TV demonstration in Gim-

bol's. Philadelphia, brought 200,000 extra people into store, considerable increast
in sales (especially of TV-demonstrated items) over seasonal average. Both store
ov/ners and RCA staff are mighty pleased, see the idea spreading soon to other
parts of country. After Nov. 14, apparatus v/ill be dismiantled and prepared for
similar shows in stores in other cities, not yet decided, after Jan. 1 when RCA
hopes to have tv/o units on the road. _

^ TE.^ip;ssT mm baS'ISS: "You're another," the FCC in effect said late Friday to

Zenith v/hen it came out with the results of its own tests on both the low and }tir-,h
FM band. Zenith, as all the industry by now knows, had announced Thursday that
tests showed that signal strength on 45.5 me. was 3 times that on 91 me.

FCC, in releasing its report, stated that its tests "established the e:;act
opposite of claims made by the Zenith Radio Corp. "

' The FCC tests were made with signals from Washington's developmental sta-

2 tions W3X0 (Washington Post) on 43,2 me. and W3XL (Commercial Radio Equipment Cc.)
t on 99.8 me. The signals were measured at the FCC laboratory at Laurel, Md, , ^

:■ miles distant. The Commission pointed out that V/3X0's antenna v;as 400 ft. above
sea level, W3XL’s 200 ft. Even so, the FCC report read, the difference was negli-
gible — 51.0 uv/m for the former station, 47.3 uv/m for the latter.

" If the two antennas were of the same height, the field strength of the
station in the high band would have exceeded that of the low band station , " the
FCC engineering report stated.

Zenith's tests were made July 20 to Sept. 21 between WMFM (now WTMJ-FM)
i in Milwaukee, operating on both 45.5 and 91 me., and a receiving site at Deerfield,

! 111., 76 miles away. These tests showed. Zenith's public report sent to all set
makers stated, that signal strength on the Ioy/ band was 3 times that on the high
: band, and that a power ratio difference of 49 to 1 was present (i.e., to get the

same signal strength for a 10 kw transmitter on 45.5 me. at the same distance
would require a 500 kw transmitter on 91 me.).

As a matter of fact, both Zenith and the Commission are essentially in
agreement. Zenith's findings v/ere for field strength beyond the horizon. The FCC
has already admitted that signal strength falls off rapidly at that point.

In addition, the FCC has put itself on record as favoring limited coverage
for Metropolitan stations, so that more FM outlets are available. Finally, the
. Commission in its press release Friday stressed that moving FM up in the spectrum
was necessary to eliminate Sporadic E interference.

7/hat most reporters missed, in telling the Zenith story, was the statement
' at the end of Zenith's letter declaring that "a frequency of 91 me. will not give
satisfactory rural ’ service and that the FM system as planned for 100 me, would be
satisfactory only for local service."

Local service — that's exactly what the Commission, in the main, says it is
requiring of FM. But Zenith, Prof. Armstrong, et al., insist as against this
policy that FM should also afford the greater rural coverage possible on lower band.

JOMHMy-CSME-L^TELYS: Very politic and very polite, yet firm and factual, was FCC

Chairman Porter's reply last Wednesday to PAC's telegraphed objections to granting
FMs without public hearings, to newspapers particularly, fearing "monopoly" and
"threat to freedom of speech and press." PAC wants "hearings, proof of public
service, ample opportunities for small businessmen, veterans, farm groups, trade
unions, cooperatives" ... etc.

First off. Porter points out question of nev/spaper-radio ownership was
settled in January, 1944 after extensive hearings; Congress alone can stop that,
and (we might add) hasn't shown any disposition to do so. Secondly, grants so far
are "conditional" in order to get FM art going without delay, and arc to non-
congested areas where there are still plenty of channels for future applicants (of
v/hich there are quite a few already from groups PAC appoints itself to represent).
Thirdly, Commiission will welcome facts bearing on any particular applicant's quali-
fication to operate in public interest.

Porter might have added that limit of 6 stations to any concern, not more
than one in any community, automatically forestalls any danger of monopoly.

?3yM0)<T TV SUSVEY: DuMont's 4-month-old survey of TV set ov/ners in the New York

netropolitan area is about half over now, and we are able to give you a preview
of what roughly will be the final answers.

The survey is based on both DuJ<Iont's and RCA's TV mailing lists which
include about 7,500 names. However, these include many who are not bona fide set
owners, some having written in for programs, or having viewed a TV broadcast from
a public spot. Also, some 400 names are for the Schenectady-Troy-Albany area which
will not be made part of the study. And, of course, there are duplications.

Based on returns from 2,800 calls, a total of 899 TV sets have been tabbed.
Of these, 758 are operating, 161 are out of order. (Of those out of order, 81 are
DuMont sets; 80, other makes.)

The 899 sets break down as follows: RCA, 463; Duliont, 257; Andrea, 17;
Emerson, 3; Fada, 2; GE, 79; home built, 44; Philco, 2; Stewart Warner, 2; Strom-
berg-Carlson, 6; Westinghouse , 11; Baird, American Television Screen Co., Jamaica,
Observox, 1 each; make unknown, 9.

Original purpose of survey was to determine how many sets DuMont would
change over to new channel (which it has promised to do when FCC allocations come
out) and also how many needed repairs.

Results, however, will also include age groups, social-economic standings,
type of residence (apartment house, private home, business address), number, type
and position of antenna, as well as height above building and above ground, amount
of lead-in wire, and quality of reception from each of the three New York City TV
stations — WNBT-NBC ; WABD-DuMont ; WCBW-CBS.

In order to work out repair costs, DuMont has set up experimental repair
shop v/ith 4 ex-Navy radar men as crew. Sets are tested in homes and hourly rates
charged when repaired. Components are furnished at regular prices. DuJAont also
hopes to establish repair cost factors to avoid pitfalls of early radio days when
service charges were high and irregular.

Upon completion of survey, statistical analysis of returns will be made by
Buchanan & Co., DuMont advertising agency.

HEWS VIEWS: Look for announcement shortly of new publications in FM and TV

fields , headquartered in New York, staffed almost entirely by ex-servicemen, headed
by Martin and Edward Codel, and including as stockholders and directors Dr. 0. H,
Caldwell, noted editor and scientist, and Col. Egbert White, BBDO v.p., who was
founder and exec officer of Stars & Stripes and Yank. Col. White's association
grows out of friendship formed with elder Codel v/hile they were stationed in
Mediterranean area.... In our "Hollywood-in-Harlem" item (Oct. 27), we failed to
point out that 20th Century-Fox's Movietonews studio in New York, with one stage
75x100 ft., another 60x80, where practically all talent tests, commercial shorts
and some features (notably the hit "House on 92nd St.") are made, is also geared
for shooting films or staging shows for TV. We regret the omission. .. .Paramount
added another executive who knows radio inside out when it appointed Col. Curtis
Mitchell, just released from duty as head of Army Pictorial Branch, as director of
advertising and publicity; he was former editor of Movie & Radio Guide. . . .Last
two weeks of this month will see FCC Chairman Paul Porter away in Bermuda, along
v/ith group of staff experts, attending Anglo-American Communications Conference
opening Nov. 19; he's vice-chairman of American delegation headed by Asst. Secy,
of State Donald Russell. .. .All FCC commissioners, including Mr. Wills (now recovered
from serious illness), and some of their staff spent early part of this week
visiting Bell Labs and AT&T Long Lines Dept. , inspecting various aspects of develop-
mental and communications work — including certain wartime tube developments. .. .TV
Station V/RGB, Schenectady (GE) celebrated its sixth birthday Nov. 9.

KEEPIHG U? WITH CMEIGES: We'll try to keep you up-to-date on new applications for
FM — and also for TV — as frequently as feasible. Accordingly, v;e send you
herewith Supplement No. 14C, which reports additions, changes and corrections to
Supplements No. 14A and 14B. Total FM applications now number 670. A later sup-
plement will bring our log of TV applications (Supplement No. 8) up to date.

SMUSHSSS, IIISHTIA OH STUPIDITY? We asked a number of our AM broadcaster friends
v/hy, since some of radio's best minds are agreed FM v/ill eventually displace
regional and local AMs, they haven't joined the FM parade. For, as we've several
times pointed out, there are somewhat less than 750 FM stations granted or applied
for to date, of w'hich about 20% are newcomers to radio. This leaves a rough count
of about 400 broadcasters who have not yet applied for FM.

The reaction^ of our friends may or may not be typical. Their reasons for
eschewing FM thus far; (a) V/e can't see FM worth a darn. (b) We're doing v/ell
enough v;ith our AM stations now, so why upset the applecart? (c) V/e don't need
FM out in our part of the country, where interference is negligible.

A few said, yes, we'll get around to FM in time, but what's the hurry?

When it v/as suggested their competitors — either rival AM operators or well-heeled
newspapers or other newcomers — might quickly exhaust the potential channels in
their areas, they said: "We'll worry about that when we come to it."

So it seems that, if he expects all existing broadcasters to promote FM
and to be the stalv;arts among the 2-3,000 new FM stations he has predicted, FCC
Chairman Porter is somev/hat sanguine. Some 40% of the existing broadcasters appar-
ently aren't yet ready, willing or even inclined to go into the field — though
certainly most of them should be able to do so since FM plant costs are so rela-
tively low (see Vol. I, No. 11).

It seems, too, that some of our vaunted broadcasters, who through their
association and spokesmen have prided themselves on their progressiveness, don't
agree that FM is their "natural heritage". Nor are they much different, in the
smugness of their status quo, from the newspapers which scorned radio at first,

the horse-and-buggy boys who scoffed at gas buggies at the turn of the century

or even from the late president of V/estern Union, Newcomb Carleton, who once blandly
remarked that it's silly to think those crackling sounds through the air will ever
span oceans and take traffic away from his precious cables I

COmON SITES FOH TOWEHS: Look for a proposal soon from CAA to FCC to set up

procedures v/hereby broadcast applications will be treated in batches for the purpose
of centralizing all transmitter locations in individual communities. Informal
meetings between aviation and radio interests under CAA auspices have already
resulted in such a move in Birmingham and Nashville, while in Los Angeles area

they're planning a veritable "Radio Row" of transmitters alongside one another atop
Mt. Wilson.

At present, FCC submits singly proposals for antenna sites for CAA approval.
If a proposed tower will interfere with existing air lanes, CAA can object and
applicant must find another location.

With the great increase in new broadcasters expected in the next fev/ years.
largely FM, CAA and aviation leaders have become conscious of the need for an over-
all policy on antenna location. Additional factor is pending Public Airport Bill,
which, upon passage, would promote airport boom.

One of the reasons for the rule governing common antenna sites (Sec. 3.239,
FM Rules — see Supplement No 7) was this problem of aviation hazards.

Added possibilities in favor of the use of single antenna sites are the
practicality of using a common tower for 6 or more antennas and the feasibility of
feeding a common radiator from tv;o or more transmitters, if frequencies are far
enough apart.

Thus far, according to CAA's William J. McKenzie, radio interests have been
most cooperative. On record as recommending the common antenna site as the
answer to the hazard problem are the Aviation Pilots Assn, and the Air Transport
Assn.

Out in San Francisco last week, Don Lee played host to other FM and TV
applicants who plan to use Mt. Tamalpais, 10 miles across the bay, north of San
Francisco, as a transmitter location. Plans for allocating sites, constructing
buildings, roads, installing v;ater supply, power and light v;ere discussed.

Among those present were representatives of AIjI Station KYA, San Francisco Examiner
and Chronicle, Television Productions Inc., and Globe Wireless. Mt. Tamalpais is
owned by the Marin County Water Co., Don Lee having first option to lease a site.

KSTV/GBK TV STARTS: Those several thousand New Yorkers having TV sets, many of

them in vet hospitals, not only will be able to view the Army-Navy game over WNBT
from Philadelphia Dec. 1, but they'll be getting pickups from Washington (probably
including the President and other VIPs) regularly after Jan. 1.

In other words, network television can now get under way — thanl^s to
AT&T's coaxial cable, that magical set of copper "pipes" capable of carrying wide-
band radio frequencies. And football, like prizefights and wrestling matches, is
particularly well adapted to televising.

AT&T this week came forward with a welcome offer, approved by FCC and
readily accepted by the TV broadcasters, to furnish coaxial service free of cost
to TV broadcasters for an indeterminate experimental period. During period of
TV's birth pains, when it's practically all outgo, no income, the Bell System is
making its Nev/ York-Philadelphia-Washington "lines" available two iiights weekly
each to CBS, DuMont and NBC. (For plans to extend coaxial service, see story in
Vol. 1, No. 3).

h HATURAL FOR TV: Elgin Watbh Co. has given its agency, J. Walter Thompson Co.,

the go-ahead to purchase all available time signals on existing and new TV stations
Idea is not to let Bulova grab off choicest spots in television, as it did in
radio. Elgin currently is on NBC's WNBT, with relay Sundays to GE's WRGB. Of 6
JWT clients, to v/hom a number of TV sports and live-talent program ideas have been
submitted. Ford and Textron have indicated acceptance of the mediiim but no
appropriations have yet been made.

TEMPEST OVER BANDS (CONT'D.): Consensus of engineers at this week's Rochester

IRE-RMA meeting, after hearing Zenith report on high vs. low-band EM, was that for
good rural FM service, range must be at least 100 miles. No formal expression in
favor of either Zenith or the FCC position (see Vol. I, No. 11) was made, however.

Still on the warpath. Dr. Armstrong contended Zenith tests proved conclu-
{ sively that low band FM gave 25% better performance than high band. "This is the
! first time radio has been forced to follow an unsound theory," he said in again
rapping FCC-sponsored high-band operation.

But indications are FCC v/ill stick to its guns as to 88-108 me FM. In its
statement last week it insisted neither its tests, nor Zenith's, was conclusive
• on question of power. "Subsequent tests may establish that somewhat higher power
might be desirable in the new band," the FCC statement went on .... however, "power
can be greatly reduced if antenna structures are designed for high gain and placed
I at high locations. "

And, finally, the FCC maintains that no Sporadic E interference has been
i observed in the upper FM band.

I REPORT 0H THE FRENCH: There's been a lot of talk about high-definition (1015-

lines) TV having been perfected in France, but we have it direct from Jean LeDuc,

; managing director of Campagnie des Compteurs and president of French Gaumont, that

I it's still "only in the experimental stage" and that "color is merely being

studied. " So he told our reporter in New York Friday, interviewed with his engi-
neers as they prepared to wind up their two-month tour of U.S. television, which

j next v/eek is to include sessions with RCA's David Sarnoff probably looking to a new

( patent deal. It was in M. LeDuc 's labs that Rene Barthelemy gave room-to~room
I demonstration of recently much-publicised French "advance" over U.S. methods. He's
i the man who built French government's Eiffel Tower TV sender; his 450-line trans-
t mitter in Renault Works, he reported, was bombed out by RAF in 1942.

I IHTEBESTING PESPLE: Possibly their appetites were whetted by the success of General
i Tire & Rubber Co.'s Bill O'Neil with his Yankee Network operations. Whatever the
i case, a group of 10 principals, mostly Firestone officials or ex-officials from
, Akron, have applied under the name of Telair Inc, for new FM outlets in Akron,

I Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland. Each owns 10%, and in Akron alone they propose

: spending $67,350 for plant, $9,000 a month for operations. It's an imposing list

of stockholders, too: W. A. Fraser, ex-Bureau of Standards, Patent Office and
Firestone engineer, now head of Invention Industry Inc. ; Sterling W. Alderfer,

Akron rubber man formerly with Firestone; George R. Vlober, president of Export
Traders Co. and former Firestone European manager; Alexander C. Dick, member of
New York's plush law firm of Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantyne ; R. W. Dunlap, Fire-
stone auditor; Fred W. Danner, Akron printing plant owner; John E. Schick, Westing-
house man in Akron; Joseph Thomas, Firestone general counsel; Irving Fisher, the
Yale economist and author; George C. Bromsworth, former Firestone engineer.

Here are a few more "interesting people" v;ho seek to join the FIvI frater-
nity: Jack Knight, the big publisher, wants outlets to parallel his Chicago Daily
News, Detroit Free Press, Akron Beacon- Journal and Miami Herald (he already owns a
^ big part of WQAM, Miami). Then there are applications from politicos like James
I^, Louisiana's ex-lieut. gov., who owns two AM stations and seeks a whole string
of FIJI outlets in that State; Ex-Gov. Francis P. Murphy, of New Hampshire, who
owns Alv^-W^UJR, Manchester, and seeks an FM there ; Ex-Gov. Ed Rivers, of Georgia who
wants an FM to go with his AM-WGOV, Valdosta; Ex-Gov, and Ex-Senator Elmer Benson,
of Minnesota, seeking a new Twin Cities FM ; William O'Dwyer, newlv electfid Mayr.r.

of New York, listed as chairman of a company controlled by Orbach's dept, store
which has joined the N.Y. scramble for FM facilities.

An early New York applicant, now offering preferred shares at §100, and
proposing a "community-owned progressive and powerful voice of democracy," is
People's Radio Foundation Inc. (Supplement 14A, page 19). It lists as "sponsors"
such figures as Joseph Curren (whose Maritime Union is itself an applicant for its
own FM) , Howard Fast and Langston Hughes (the left-wing authors). Rev. Adam Clay-
ton Powell (the Negro Congressman, husband of Haael Scott), Rockwell Kent, Charles
Chaplin and Corliss Lamont, among others.

TO Vihll 0B HOT TO WAIT: Television is ready to go now. RCA's Dr. C. B. Jolliffe

told N.Y. Radio Executives Club Friday, adding: "The bugaboo of quick obsolescence
has been over-emphasized. If we wait for the perfect system, it (TV) will always I
be 'around the corner,' for men will think and v/ill make new discoveries. Mean-
while we have the makings of a new industry that in all likelihood eventually v/ill
produce an annual income of between §1 and §5 billion. Why wait?" ,

CBS Affiliates Advisory Board — representing 145 independently-owned sta-
tions — has unanimously endorsed uhf television, CBS reported Wednesday. Resolu-
tion further expressed hope uhf TV "should be authorized under commercial licenses.;
from the FCC at the earliest possible date."

A new system of FM channel numbering was adopted by the FCC
Friday. Under new system, first FM frequency (88.1 me) will be numbered 201 and
so on up the band to. Channel No. 300 (107.9 me). This eliminates numerological
headaches if present band should later be expanded, up or down. Under old numbering
system 88.1 me was Channel No. 1. NAB had requested change.

TV ASSI5HMEHTS: FCC has received TBA charts showing contours for all 13

television channels in Area I as applied to various metropolitan districts in that
section. Comparative studies are under v/ay with its own revised allocation plan,
v/hich, we learn, provides same number of channels in major cities as recommended by
TEA, v/ithout use of directional antennas. As soon as study is completed, TV rules,
including channeling assignments, v;ill be released — perhaps week after next.

HEWS Ai'!3 VIEWS: RCA transmitters for TV aren't expected to be ready in less than
year, but a line of receivers (ranging from §200 small-screen table models to §450
consoles with projection screens about size of a newspaper page) should be ready in
about 6 months — this latest avowal from Frank Folsom, exec, v.p., speaking Thurs-
day night before National Heavy Outwear Assn A few days earlier Dr. Allen B.

DuMont told Newark Advertising Club he thought TV receivers should be on market
in volume by latter 1946, v/ith OPA price-fixing, labor costs etc. acting as the

current deterrents Like the report of Mark Twain's death, talk of merger of

Television Broadcasters Assn, into NAB, as v/as done v/ith FMBI, is premature — by
several years at least. TBA top-dogs say they still have big TV promotion job
to do, and aren't going to subordinate that job to over-all industry problems,

primarily AM-FM at the moment To meet low-priced TV receiver market. DuMont

has developed a cathode-ray tube v/ith an accelerating potential of only 2,500 volts.
Low voltage helps keep down power costs. The 7-inch tube provides a normal screen

image of 5% x 4)^ inches, with high luminosity ABC has resumed negotiations

with DuMont for a 13-v/eek contract, 2 half-hours per week, effective Dec. 12 when
V/ABD returns to air; rates are §1,250 for the 2 half-hours weekly.

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SWISS TV SYSTEM: A theater TV system that is exciting much talk in video circles

is that developed by Dr. Fritz Fischer and staff at the Swiss Institute of Tech-
nology at Zurich. It is known as Eidophore. Its major improvement over existing
large-screen systems is said to be the effective light on the screen. It's "of a
magnitude greater than any knov/n today," according to Andrew G. Haley, Washington
attorney, v/ho spent three days with Dr. Fischer in Zurich last week. He tells us
that, although the new system is still in the laboratory stage, Swiss technicians
feel confident of its commercial practicality soon. The magnitude of the light,
Haley feels, will permit higher monochrome definition and should be of great im-
portance in the development of color TV. Haley represented clients who are inter-
ested in securing the North and South American rights to the development.

COMEUPPANCE FOB PETBILLO?: Wheels of Congress grind exceeding slow, but they're

grinding. Latest bill, aimed at curbing James Caesar Petrillo's dictatorial powers
over radio, was introduced this v/eek by Rep. Clarence F. Lea, chairman of the
pov/erful House Interstate & Foreign Commerce Committee.

Lea's bill provides a penalty of §5,000 and/or 2 years imprisonment for the
"use of coercion to force the hiring of a greater number of employees than wanted
by a broadcaster or the exaction of tribute from non-compensated performers partici-
pating in a non-commercial, educational program or from broadcasters for the use
of transcriptions."

It v/as called for. Lea said, by the recent Petrlllo action in banning the
duplication of AM programs on FM bands without hiring a second set of musicians.

It also v;as called forth by the AFM's ban last year on the broadcasting of the
National Music Camp at Interlochen, Mich.

The Lea Bill combines in its provisions the substances of the Vandenburg
Bill, which was passed by the Senate early this year, and the Dondero Bill, intro-
duced in the House — both of v/hich v/ere concerned with the Interlochen situation.

THE TV ALLOCATIONS: In issuing its final TV allocation table (Part I, Supplement

No. 16 herewith) along with a preliminary report on Rules and Standards (full texts
of which are yet. to come) the FCC this week definitely gives vhf television the go-
ahead. And its allocations accomplish, without requiring directional antennas,
essentially v;hat TBA recommended be done with directionals.

Moreover, significantly enough, the Commission's report takes no note of
CBS's claim that uhf high-definition color TV is ready — which that network pro-
poses to demonstrate to the press sometime during December.

The go-ahead proponents apparently are quite satisfied, if not elated.
Jack Poppele, TBA president, summed up their attitude; "We know what to do now.
We're all set to go."

Next step, of course, will be channel assignments to those of the 140-odd

applications for new TV stations now on file. These should be coming along soon.

The non-directional setup v/as v/orked out, the Commission stated, "by pro-
viding for Community Stations in the smaller communities where the TEA plan had
proposed high-power stations with directional antennas. In addition, television
stations have been located somewhat closer together in the eastern part of the
United States than was done in the original Commission proposals."

Commission's allocations provide for 389 Metropolitan TV stations and 17
Community outlets. New York City gets 7 channels, as proposed by TEA, as do Chicago
and Los Angeles. San Francisco is down for 6 channels; Eoston, Detroit, Cleveland,”
5; Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, 4. Little Lancaster is assigned 1 Com-
munity channel.

Under the new allocations, only Channel No. 1 is reserved for Community
Stations. All other channels are available for either Metropolitan or Rural sta-
tions; in Smaller cities, however. Community Stations can also be assigned on
these channels. Protection to the 5,000 uv/m contour is provided.

A minimum operating schedule of 28 hours a week, at least 2 hours a day, is
prescribed. Ownership is limited to 1 station in a service area, with a maximum
of 5 throughout the country to any single entity. Suitable antenna sites must be
available to all TV licensees.

One reason the FCC frowned on directionals , its report stated, is "the
great increase of Civil Aviation (which will) make it increasingly difficult to
find suitable antenna sites that do not constitute a hazard to air navigation. If
directional antennas are used, there is much less flexibility in choosing antenna’
sites..." The Commission also pointed out that unidirectional antennas have to
be located away from cities, with their attendant shadow problems and multipath
distortion. It also objected to what it called "highly artificial service areas"
resulting from directional antenna patterns. And, finally, it found that service
area of a Metropolitan Station, using a directional, v/ould be no larger than a
Community Station.

Chain network regulations were made applicable to TV broadcasting, and
announcements of mechanical reproduction are required at the beginning and end of a
program, unless used for background or incidental effects. Station identification,
both aural and visual, is required at the opening and closing of station day, plus
at least once each hour on the hour. The latter may be by either aural or video
means.

C0LLSG2, LISBASY T3EUP: Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. has agreed to lend its

§110,000 mobile television unit to New York's City College for research and closed-
circuit use in a course on television programming. Equipment is to be installed ir
December at the Yorkville branch of the New York Public Library, where the 16-week
course v;ill be conducted, beginning in mid-January. Lectures are planned to be
repeated tv;o afternoons and two evenings a v/eek.

New York Library is reported negotiating with Farnsworth, DuMont and RCA
for installation of television sets in its branches after Jan. 1, seeking loan of
receivers by the companies, which v/ould get benefit of public reaction. Another
plan under consideration by the Library system is a telecast program either under
its ov/n auspices or those of the American Library Assn.

LSADSnS AND LAGCAHDS: States leading all the rest in number of FM applications:

California 64, Ohio 60, New York 51, Pennsylvania 48, Illinois 44. States without
a single application yet on file; Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Vermont. There are none in yet from Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico — and we wonder
v/hether the Philippines, in building its broadcast structure anew under the libera
tion, will go to FM.

JOINING U? FOB TV: Newspapers and theater interests continue to dominate the new

entries into the TV race. We'll have a complete new log of television applicants
for you shortly, bringing our Supplement No. 8 up to date. Meanwhile, in compiling
it, we find such additional newspapers seeking TV as; Louisville Courier- Journal &
Times, V/orcester Telegram & Gazette, Buffalo News. Harrisburg Telegraph. Philadel-
; phia Bulletin. And such theatrical interests as: Walt Disney Productions, for a
' station in Burbank, Calif.; Television Productions Inc. (Paramount), for San

Francisco in addition to the experimental it already has in Los Angeles ; Comerf ord
Publix Theatres Corp. , half owned by Paramount, for Scranton, Pa. Then there are
two more sought by DuMont — Cincinnati and Cleveland. Earle Anthony (KFI) asks
for Los Angeles; American for San Francisco; Sherron Metallic Corp. for Huntington,
Long Island, suburban to New York City; O'Neil interests (Yankee) for Cleveland;
Unity Corp. for Erie, Pa. ; Kaufman Dept. Stores for Pittsburgh; and Institutum Divi
Thomae Foundation (Sperti pharmaceutical, cosmetic interests) for Cincinnati —
this latter listing Mary Pickford as its "program consultant."

FM TEANSMITTER PRICES: We've been checking further into FM transmitter

prices (see Vol. I, No. 11) and we procured some additional data. Gates Radio Co . .

I Quincy, 111., informs us that tentative prices are as follows: 250 w, $3,500; 1 kw,
$6,000; 3 kw, $8,000; 10 kw, $17,000. Armstrong royalties to be paid by purchaser.

I New in the field is the Transmitter Equipment Manufacturing Co. , New York

! City. It reports a 250 w transmitter ready in limited quantities in January, with
full production in February. Prices have not yet been set. Also to be manufactured
I are 1, 3 and 10 kw transmitters.

Farnsworth states that its plans for the production of FM transmitters have
not as yet crystalized to the point where even tentative prices can be quoted.

OS's STREAMLINED FM: Due to be demonstrated Dec. 6 is General Electric's new FM

transmitter that utilizes a driver tube responsible for the elimination of 8 other
tubes and 10 circuits. The driver tube also increases crystal stability, according
to what we can find out about it. GE isn't talking — yet. But, advertising of the
i new FM transmitter broke early this week. Copy is headed "A Revolutionary New
I Circuit for FM Broadcast Transmitter," and adds that this is "the most significant
news in broadcasting since the introduction of crystal control." It is understood
j patent problems are holding up full disclosure of new circuit,

BRITAIN'S TV PLANS: First to broadcast TV programs to public some 10 years ago,

using RCA system while it was still kept under wraps here, England's BBC expects
I shortly to get back Alexandra Palace transmitter site from military and resume pro-
grams by next spring. That famed plant went thru blitz unscathed. Lord Morrison
promised Commons last month there will be minimiim delay in resuming TV in London,
then expanding it to provinces. By 1939 there were 20,000 sets in use in England
(against 10,000 sold here up to war’s outbreak). Chief obstacle right now is par-
i suading military to release much-needed technicians, whose pre-war TV work helped
! greatly Britain's magnificent radar contributions.

British TV- set owners pay a 10 shilling ($2) fee each year, same as for
regular radios, but talk of raising this to £1 ($4) is prevalent. TV sets in
Britain, prewar, ran from about $100 to $375.

As for BBC going commercial, subject of a lot of loose talk lately, here’s
it the testimony of Prime Minister Clement Atlee, replying to a question put to him
i, by a radio trade paper correspondent v/hen in Washington recently: "Not if I have
anything to say about it." Anyhow, that's Britain's own business, and what Britain
ri i does isn't going to affect either us or our Canadian cousins who seem to be doing
well enough with their combination governmental-private system.

FI'I GOES TO BOSTOH TOWN; Prospect for new FM construction goes into high gear with
Friday's FCC announcement of a hearing on the 11 applications for new outlets in
Greater Boston area, where 10 channels are available (Part I, Supplement No. 13;
also Area I Chart, Supplement No. 15). Date of hearing, first for FM, has not yet
been set, which will be done after applicants' 15 days grace for filing appearances.

The 11 applicants and their present AM affiliations, if any; Bristol Broad-
casting Co. (E. Anthony & Sons Inc., WNBH, New Bedford) ; Columbia Broadcasting
System (WEEI) ; Fidelity Broadcasting Corp. (Boston Herald-Traveler) ; Matheson Radio
Co. Inc. (whose WHDH sale to Boston Herald-Traveler pends FCC approval) ; The North-
ern Corp. (WMEX) ; Yankee Network Inc. (WNAC) ; Unity Broadcasting Co. of Mass. (Int'l
Ladies Garment Workers Union) ; Templetone Radio Mfg. Corp. ; Massachusetts Broad-
casting Co. (WCOP) ,* Harvey Radio Laboratories Inc. (Cambridge) ; Raytheon Mfg. Co.
(Waltham) .

Coincidently , FCC announced third batch of 45 conditional grants for new FM
stations (Part II, Supplement No. 16 herewith), 10 of them in Community Station
category. This brings total to 174 to date (for previous conditional grants, see
Part II, Supplement No. 13 and Part II, Supplement No. 14B).

Significantly, 22 out of this group of 45 are newcomers to radio. V/orth
noting, too, is fact that 26 of them are newspaper interests.

THE OLD OBDEH CHANGETH; We've been told, but of course the actual figures are
trade secrets, that radio now represents 1/3 of the domestic revenues of UP and 1/6
of AP. With FM coming along, many new client prospects open up for those press
associations. So important is radio now that, in making plans to amend its by-laws
under recent Supreme Court decree, AP will consider associate memberships .for radio
stations , now merely customers, at its Nov. 28 meeting in New York. Shades of the
late Marlen Pew, who once told us, "This monster (radio) must be crushed!"

IJEW3 AHD VIEWS: Philco, demonstrating its new line of 43 radio models in New York

this week, announced its Philco Advanced FM Circuit, which it claims as important
as the first superhet ; it does away with need for limiter tubes, is embraced in 8
models of Philco 's 1946 line. Company promises 100,000 to 125,000 radio sets,
mostly table models, for the Christmas trade — many more as soon as OPA price
muddle is finally settled .... New York City's famed Museum of Modern Art has made
tieup with Metropolitan Television Inc. , FM licensee of WABF and licensee of experi-
mental TV station W2XMT v/hereby closed-circuit television tests are being conducted
with home-made equipment. In same field. Metropolitan Museum of Art is reported
planning inclusion of audio and TV studios .... RCA's development work on 3-dimen-
sional color TV was discussed at the NBC Station Planning and Advisory Committee

meeting last week in New York. A public demonstration is expected soon .... Add

new Washington consulting engineering firms; Colton & Foss, Carry Bldg., formed by
ex-Chief of Array Signal Corps research and development Maj . Gen. Roger B. Colton
and William L. Foss; and Harold B. Rothrock, 301 No. Greenbrier, Arlington, Va, ,
recently with May, Bond & Rothrock which is now known as May & Bond .... Looks
nov/ as though DuMont's Wanamaker Store studios won't be ready until about Jan. 15.
due to difficulty in obtaining component parts for camera chains, building labor

troubles etc Recommended as a must for your reference library — and good

reading too — is Orrin E. Dunlap Jr.'s latest book, "Radio's 100 Men of Science" —
published by Harper & Brothers ($3.50) .... In order to provide additional space
for navigational aids, TV relay has been moved up the spectrtxm from 1245-1325 me
to 1295-1375 me, FCC announced this v;eek .... Since video techniques are still sub-
ject to improvement, current and prospective TVers should read Victor Keppler's "An
Advertising Photographer Looks at Television," Printers Ink, Nov. 16 .... Newly
elected president of Television Producers Assn, is Bob Emery, TV producer for WOR.
Other officers elected: William Wallace, DuMont, v.p. ; Bob Anthony, WHN, secy;
Clarence VanAucken, Biow, treas.

, TH£ TV RULES: Quick action by the FCC brought forth earlier-than-expected issuance

of its "Rules Governing Television Broadcast Stations," which we publish herewith as
Supplement No. 17. The full text of the rules, which you should keep on file for
reference, contains no changes from the substance we published last week (Supple-
ment No. 16) and incorporate the same city-by-city channel allocations. Next will
come "Standards of Good Engineering Practice for Television."

In the meantime, we are revising our directories of existing commercial TV
stations and CP holders, experimental TV stations and CP holders and applicants
for TV (now numbering 141) , which we will publish shortly together with a handy
allocation chart.

^ *

Speeding TV along, FCC on morrov/ of issuing rules announced consolidated
hearing for 9 applicants for Washington, D. C. Hearing date v/ill be set after
appearances are filed by applicants. It's to be first hearing on TV.

Asking for the 4 TV channels allocated to Washington (see Supplement No, 17
herewith), are the following; Bamberger Broadcasting Service Inc. (WOR, Nev; York);
Capital Broadcasting Co. (WV/DC) ; Allen B. DuMont Laboratories Inc. ; Evening Star
Broadcasting Co. (WMAL) ; Marcus Loev/ Booking Agency (WHN, New York) ; National
t Broadcasting Co. Inc, (WRC) ; Eleanor Patterson tr/as The Times Herald; Philco Radio

I & Television Corp. ; Scripps-Howard Radio Inc. For information on these applicants

see Supplement No. 8.

! FCC denied request of NBC for reinstatement of its CP for Washington TV

station, lapsed due to the war.

' TOO LITTLE MD TOO LATE; Delay by manufacturers in submitting data, delay by OPA

in getting ceiling prices out, shortage of components, all add up to an inescapable

fact — radio set production for Christmas v/ill amount to little more than a tease
campaign.

What sets there will be on dealer shelves — figured at less than 250,000 —
will all be AM. FM is out for the remainder of the year.

! Due Monday are new increase factors for variable condensers, expected to

i meet slightly the objections of parts manufacturers to the increases granted last
month. This item has been one of the bottlenecks in the component field.

j Ceiling prices for the first 17 sot manufacturers were set by OPA on

! Nov. 29.

WHAT FMers WOULD SPEND: Not counting the 53 pioneer
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