[BC] WOAI

[ACN]

And KXA in Seattle was very much involved in the KOB case.

It lost it's full time on 570 to KVI Tacoma which was a virtual daytime on 
760.   KVI filed on KXA's renewal and won the 570 frequency in a Hearing so 
KXA had little option than to take the 760 and was later moved to 770.

Today they are 50kw on 770, daytime and some lesser power at night.

You might ask why the FCC gave 570 to KVI?   Because Tacoma had fewer 
stations than did Seattle.

So what did KVI do after the war, move to Seattle and leave Tacoma.

So much for consistency in FCC actions.

(Above from a story by the American Pioneer Broadcasters, Northwest Pioneer 
Broadcasters chapter)
www.radiotvhistory.org



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PeterH5322" <peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] WOAI


>
>>Don't forget the eternal 770 battle between WABC, New York and KOB,
>>Albuquerque. WABC was left as the only network flagship that wasn't
>>really clear.
>
> The alternative was for WABC to install a DA, and become a Class I-B, as
> the FCC had ruled.
>
> Instead, ABC did nothing, became a skofflaw, took the case to the SCOTUS,
> and The Supremes decided that as New Mexico already had a "station of the
> Class I type", namely KSWS, then 50/10 kW DA-2, and that the "white
> areas" of that region were, by then, adequately covered by FM, that NM
> was NOT deserving of a Class I-A, AT ALL!
>
> Therefore, it returned the problem to the Commish, which fixed that
> problem by amemding the Class II-A List to include NM, with 770 assigned
> as a Class II-A to NM, only.
>
> Any number of U.S. Class I-A Clears hadn't been really clear, from as
> early as 1955, IF NOT EARLIER.
>
> 830, 1030, 760 and possibly others are examples.
>
> Now, there are NO true clears ... ANYWHERE!
>
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