Evening star., 1933-10-31
RADIO RECEPTION
DIVIDED BY RULING
Philadelphia Listeners Gel
New Channel-Chicago
Loses Equivalent

~ Ado listeners in the Philadel-
~ phia area gain a new clear
channel broadcasting station,
operating with 10000 watts
power, and those in Chicago
and its surrounding territory lose an
equivalent amount Of radio service un-
der a ruling of the Federal Radio Com
mission settling one of the most COM
plex problems in radio history.
Out of % separate applications In
yolving Is stations IN the East and
Middle West, the commission selected
for approval the request OF Statlon
KYW, Chicago, for authority to remove
to Philadelphia. At the same time 1t
granted applications increasing the IA
cilities of three small stations in the
Philadelphia area, but denied all other
requests
Borrowed Channel Controversy.
The decisions grow out Of the case
involving the borrowed channel con.
troversy. More than year ago several
stations in the second radio zone, en-
bracing the East Central States, applied
for the KYW channel on the ground
that it belonged to that zone and not
to the fourth or Middle Western zone,
in which Chicago is located. This
channel, under the sweeping station
reallocation Of 1923. was assigned to
the second zone, but was loaned to
KYW because there was no qualified
user for it in that zone.
KYW, owned by the Westinghouse
Electric g. Manufacturing Co., and Chi
cagos pioneer station, as well as the
second station in the country to operate
regularly. later applied for the right to
remove to the second zone and locate
In Philadelphia.
Under the ruling KYW is authorized
TO remain in Chicago with temporary
license pending construction OF the new
station in Philadelphia. This may en-
tail six months or even longer. There
is a likelihood, however. that one or
more of the stations whose applications
were rejected may carry an appeal to
the courts.
Applications Denied.
The Radio Commission denied the
applications of Stations WXYz de
troit), WAS (Pittsburgh), WIP-WFAN
(Philadelphia) and WCAU (Philadel-
phia) for the KYW facilities. Shifts in
frequency or power for stations WRAA
and WPEN (Philadelphia) and for
W1BG (ElklnS PARK. Pa-) were appIO'cu
to clear up possible interference in that
area after KYW moves.
In a related case, involving Stations
WOWO (Fort Wayne, Ind) and VIVA
CWheeling, w. VaD. each of which
sought full time on the 1,l60-kilocycle
clear channel which they now share,
the commission denied both applica-
tions, retaining the status quo. This
case grew out of the proposed removal
of the KYW channel from the fourth to
the second zone.
4 MOTHER series Of weekly symphony
IA concerts has been added to the
N. B, c. schedule. This group OF
programs to originate In Rochester,
will be presented by either the Roches-
ter Philharmonic or the Eastman SYM
phony The first concert is set for No
vember 9, from to pm.
4 SALUTE to WBBM, Columbia key
n station in Chicago. is to be given
by that network tomorrow night
at H. the occasion marking full-ttme
operation of that station. From Chi
cago, New York and Los Angeles will
come quite a bit of entertainment, pro-
vided chiefly by Kate Smith, Bing
Crosby. George Jessel, Burns and Allen
and the Boswells.