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DYNAIR ELECTRONICS, INC. 6360 FEDERAL BOULEVAAO SAN DIEGO, CALIF. 92114 U.S.A TELEPHONE: 714-502-9211.mn• Circle IOI on Reader Service Card www.americanradiohistory.com MARCH 1973/VOLUME 9/NUMBER 3 6 Broadcast Industry News New AM-FM operator rules go into effect. 24 Interpreting The FCC Rules and Regulations Rundown of operating rule changes effective April 4, 1973. 31 NAB-73 Unveils Significant New Products For Eager Buyers Helical VTRs in limelight. 60 Buffalo: A Modern TV Plant Aids, And Shares In, Regeneration of Downtown Area Both function and appearance of WGR-TV's new downtown plant add muscle to the city's bootstrap operation. For the first time in 64 Eight Years of Updating End in a Final Splurge• several years some signifi• Result Is A Completely Modern Stereo FM Plant cant new equipment will WWDL in Scranton kept adding to facilities, then put a new be shown. Buyers won't building right around the old one to hold it all. exactly be bidding from the floor, but they have pur• 68 Traffic Speeds Up and Station Personnel Slow Down As chasing in mind. Computer Tie-Ins Solve Long-Time Problems See article, page 31. KOB-TV, Albuquerque, is happy with BIAS 72 The Competition Sounded Louder Than We Did-How We Met The Challenge "Sound shaping" has to be used with discretion if a radio signal is to stay clean and also be "loud" enough. 76 Quick Success On The FM Band: Getting All Around Town Pays Off For New Station Being johnny-on-the-spot for local happenings wins a strong BROADBAND following for WOOD-FM. INFORMATIONSERVICES,INC. 274 Madison Ave. 81 WCVB-TV, An All-Digital Station-No Other Way To Go New York, N. Y. 10016 The initial shake-down period is rough, but it's worth it. 212-685-5320 85 Broadcast Equipment New and significant products for broadcasters Editor James A. 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These facilities Hennessey and White include AM, FM. and TV broadcast stations; CATV systems; ETV stations; networks and studios; audio and video recording studios; consultants, etc. Subscription prices to others: Advertising Director $15.00 one year. $25.00 two. Copyright © 1973 by Broadband Information Services. Inc .. New York City. Charles C. Lenz Jr. Controlled Circulation postage paid at East Stroudsburg, Penna. 4 MARCH, 1973-BM/E www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com FCC Relaxes Operator Rules Bremen Radio Cornpanv. to forfeit system operators. the FCC has For AM and FM Stations $3000 for violation of Section 509 affirmed its bans against joint own• (;1) (-t) of the Comrnunicat ions Act. erships as specified in Section In response to a petition from the by prc:1rr;111ging the outcome of a 76.501 of the rules. The Commis• National Association of Broadcast• contc-t with intent to deceive. Ac• sion said it had given thoughtful ers, the Federal Communications cording to the FCC. wwcc in consideration to the petitions, but Commission has partially relaxed Novcn;bcr I97 I broadcast a con• remained persuaded that the bans the operator requirements Ior ..\\ii test in which no more th:111 one per• "arc in the public interest and and FM broadcastcrv. Effective 'l)Jl could win per day. but led lis• should continue in force." The goals April ?.7. I973. an as-.ivt.mt chief tcnc r-, lo believe that ;1 person of the rule. said the FCC. arc "in• operator will be allowed to act ª' might win on :iny of the broudcavts creased competition in the economic chief opcr.uor "hen the latter is :1b• of the contest. even after another markctplucc and .. in the market• sent A second amendment make' person had won on a particular place of ideas ... The major broad• part ial proof of pcrf'ormancc on di• dav. The FCC rejected the manage• cast networks are already so domi• rectional .mtcnn.rs due c1 en· three mcnts request that the forfeiture be nant in television. said the FCC, vcars. rather than cvcr , v cur ;1' :11 reduced bccau-c of the small in• that any further expansion of their prcvcru. for <t.nion-, «ithout fir-.t• come of the si.u ion. pointing out control should be "stopped and class radiotelephone operators on ih.u the -.utiu11·-. financial condition turned around before it become dut v , The nc« rule require- only a h.rd been i.ikcn into account in set• entrenched ... The Commission did, <kclcion proof Of pcrf'orm.mcc Cl LT, tinu the amount. The st.u ion man• however. extend the deadline for vcar for such -r.uion-; The FCC. :1~c::-lll;n1 did not :1l':1il it.;;elf of its divc-tu urc-, required under the rule however. denied the NAB rcquc-: ri~ht io an c1 idc nt iary h~ari11g. lo Auuust I O. 1975-thc deadline for deletion of the requirement of had bc:·n Augu'l I O. 1973. automatic 'hut do« n if the arucnna FCC Refuses to Drop Iuils to <witcl: propcrlv. Ior st.u ion-, Cross-Ownership Rules FCC Opens Major Inquiry Into u-;ing lcvscr-uradc opcr.uor-. point• Relations of Hotel-Movies ing out ih.u even if the .uuorn.u ic 111 :111-.11cr ll1 :t number of petition' cut-off were not required. <uch -.1:1- for rcconvidcr.uion of the prohibi• Cable, and Broadcast Systems iions would be· required lo <hut tion-, a~ain,¡ crovs-owncrship hc• The F cdcr.rl Comm u 11icut ions Corn- down rnnnuallx under Section l 11 ccn TV broadca-tcr« :111d cable continued on page 8 73.93 ( t!) uf tl1c rulc-.
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