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at the end of '52, 1000 broadcast applications
were still pending, and
some of the station requests were becoming
really ancient items. In 1944,
KARM of Fresno, California, asked
permission to change its frequency
from 1430 to 1030 kc. Because of the
still -pending decision on the seven -
year clear -channel and daytime sky -
wave case, this request and 77 others,
too, are still waiting for action.
WOWO, in Ft. Wayne, who asked for
permission to use 50 kilowatts with a
directional antenna about six years
ago, is also waiting for a decision, delayed
because of an anti -trust investigation
of the station's licensee,
and a review of the proposed antenna
tower and its possible air hazard
height and location.
WITH OVER 200 new TV authorizations
now on the books, and a surge
of grants on the way, it appears as if
the early summer may see as many
as 500 approvals recorded. During the
first few weeks of the new year, the
active hearing group sent out OK's
for nearly 100 stations, and this record
will be broken soon.
As this column is being written, all
but two states (New Hampshire and
Vermont) have TV and they'll probably
have video -facility grants soon,
too. The continued broad distribution
of new TVers is strikingly illustrated
in the listing appearing on page 74 of
this issue. It will be noted that many
western states without any TV are
now among those in the approved
column; Montana, to illustrate, has
received three standard -band grants
for Channels 4, 5, and 8. New Mexico
will have a Channel 2 station, and
Wyoming is now scheduled to be the
home of a Channel 5 transmitter. An
ultra -high station (26) has been alloted
to Chicago, and in Fargo, North
Dakota, a Channel 6 station will be
placed on the air soon.
A BUDGET OF OVER $8- MILLION,
to run the Commission during the
fiscal year of '54, was submitted by
former President Truman just before
he left office. More than $1.5- million
of the funds were said to be for radio -
monitoring and direction- finding. For
the broadcast division, $1,667,074 is
being sought; for applied technical research
and frequency allocation activities,
nearly $500,000; for safety
and special radio services, over $700,-
000; and for executive staff operation,
over $1- million and a half. A boost
of nearly $500.000 appears in the
broadcast request to take care of the
additional examiner teams that will
be required to process the new station
applications; such a team consists
of an attorney, engineer, accountant,
clerical help, and the examiner.
Currently there are 10 examiner
teams; the additional funds
should make it possible to hire another
10 teams.
TV was described as a key medium,
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