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Technical Limitations Restrict TV Ronqe

Tbis is The second Of series Of three
articles on. bs. coming OF nationwide
tslepision serpsee)
The expansion. of video into nu1-
TV areas is based on the Federal
Communications Commissions plan
to open up a new section of the
radio spectrum, known as the Ultra
High Frequency Range, for COM
mercial and educational television.
This will permit 70 new channels
for TV broadcasts, as compared to
the IL channels now in use in the
limited Very High Frequency
Range. BY opening UHF and ex-
banding WIFI, the FEC will offer
licenses for nearly 1000 new sta
tons, divided among every state
in the union.
The FEC has indicated that it
will put it up to private enterprise
in the towns and cities concerned.
If they want television they can ap-
ply for it, and, following final allo-
cations expected soon, licenses
will be granted to applicants found
acceptable. On the basis of tenta-
tive ALLEGATIONS and provided each
state fulfills its license quota under
the expansion program, the nation
will have this number of TV sta
tons:
Alabama, As; Arizona, 30; Arkan-
sas, 80; California, 80; Colorado.
SO; Connecticut, IA: Delaware, 4;
District of Columbia, 6; Florida,
Sc; Georgia, So; Idaho, %; Illinois,
Sc; Indiana, As; Iowa, So; Kansas,
40; Kentucky, 80; Louisiana, 40;
Maine, 90; Maryland, IL; Massa-
chusetts, %; Michigan, 65; Missouri,
So; Montana. 80: Nebraska, "a; Ne
vada, %; and New Hampshire, IL.
Also, New Jersey, 9; New Mexi-
CO, IS; New York, SIS; North Caro-
lima, 81; North Dakota, 80; Ohio,
ST; Oklahoma, 81; Oregon, 80;
Pennsylvania, So; Rhode Island, a;
South Carolina, 27; South Dakota,
30; Tennessee, 81; Texas, N6;
Utah, 10; Vermont, 10: Virginia,
81; Washington, Al; West Virginia,
%; Wisconsin, "A; and Wyoming.
27.
This expanded service contrasts
dramatically with the present re-
gional ALLEGATIONS.
In many one-station cities like
Albuquerque and Seattle, network
programs have been unobtainable
because relay facilities, either
microwave or coaxial cable, do not
reach them.
But the cables and the radio re-
lay towers are today pushing stead
lily into new areas. In 1851, chain
of lofty microwave towers which
relay video signals with split
second precision was completed
from coast-to-coast. Coaxial cables
are spreading through the south
from Kansas City to Wichita, to
Dallas, San Antonio and Houston.
jackson, Miss, a southern termi-
nal, is being tied to New Orleans,
a northern branch is headed for
Montreal; and cables are being
laid from Los Angeles through Ari-
iona, Texas and New Mexico to
cover the southwest.
InlS vast expansion OF waco re-
lay facilities means that scores Of
new television towns, with either
UHF or WIFI stations, will be able
to tap into the terminals along the
route and relay the major network
programs through remote rural
areas.
Main Streets Role
It is difficult to forecast accurate
ly today how quickly Main Street,
US.A., will erect the nearly 1000
new stations for which licenses
might be available and how quick
ly extensive home coverage will be
obtained. There is the question of
material shortages in defense
economy, of local financing of new
stations and of the speed with