DOCKET FILE CurJ DUPliCATE~-: FCC 75-144 Before the FEDERALCOt1~1UNICATIONSCO~lMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 ,/ In the Matter of Amendment of· Part 73 of the Commission's ) rules to orovide a one-hour advancement· l in the sign-on times of daytime AM broad-· cast s tations· to recoup the morni ng hour ) lost by the enactment of year-round Day- ) light Savi ngTime. ) Docket No. 19902 / I if Adopted : o R D E R February 4, 1975;----Released: February 7, 1975 . By the Commi ssion: ( .. 1. In accordance\~ithPublic Law 93-434, approved October 5, 1974, and effective October 27,1974, most of the nation will observe "standard" (non-advanced) time through 2:00 a.m. Sunday, February 23, 1975, after which daylight saving (advanced) time will be observed through the last Sunday of October 19t5. Absent further actiDn by Congress, most areas under U.S. jurisdiction will, effective 2:00 a.m. Sunday, April 27, 1975, revert to the "6 and 6" formula provided by the Uni form Time Act of 1966; i.e., the observance of non··advanced time between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of April, and the observance of advanced time during the remaining six months of the year. 2. Thus, in 1975 (and perhaps for this year alone), the onset of advanced time will occur two months prior to the traditional last Sunday in April. In our Order of October 8, 1974, in this proceeding (FCC 74-1086; 49 FCC 2d 89), we recognized that" ... bet\·leen February 23 and April 27, 1975, vihen most of the country again returns to daylight saving time, daytime stations will suffer varying (but diminishing·) degrees of hardship." This ',Jill occur because substantial portions of their audiences will have departed for work or school prior to local sunrise, particularly during the last six days of February, when licensed sign-on times are comparatively late. For this reason, we indicated our intention, barring ·unforeseen circumstances, to reinstate the benefits ...', .."' :'t- '. - 2 - of the earlier emergency Orders 1I during thistwo~~onthperiod and, in addition, to incorporate whatever further pre-sunrise operating benefits could, in the meantime, be negotiated internationally,~We find the pUblic interest will be served bJimplementing this intention. 3. Authority for the adoption of this' Order. is contained in Public Laws. 93-182 and 93-434,. and.in sections 4 (i) an.d303(r)~of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended', Because of the urgent need. for the interim adjustments here.i nordered and because we i nterpretc- ' .PL 93-182 as permitting these adjustments to· be made· without regard. to heari ng rights whi ch mi ght otherwise be asserted by co-channel full time stations under section 316 of the.·Comnunications Act, we find that com pliance with the notice and effective date provisions' of the Administra tive Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) ,is. not required. '4.: Accordi n91y, rr IS ORDERED,Th~teff~ctiveFebrua~y23, 1975, the.temporary pre-sunrise operating benefits available. to-class II . and class III daytime stations under the emergency Orders adopted in this proceeding on December 18, 1973 (FCC 73-1324), and February 6, 1974 (FCC 74-135), ARE REINSTATED through Sunday,:April 27,.1975, at which time all AM stations SHALL REVERT to-their licensed and/or authorized PSA modes of operation as provided in sections 73.87 and 73.99 of the Commission's rules.. 5. IT IS FURTrlER ORDERED, That daytime stationsassigri~dto the Bahamian I-A. clear' channel (1540 kHz) NAY, between February 23.-and April 27, 1975, and without regard.to whatever privileges. they already hold underpre-sun~iseservice authorizations (PSA's) issued by the· Commission, OPERATE FOR ONE HOUR INt<1EDIATELY PRECEDIflG LOCAL SUNRISE at the power levels specified in Appendix A. 11 In general terms, those Orders provi ded.a ml mmum of one hour of additional operation during the pre-sunrise period, with a power of at least 50 watts, except where preclUded by international .agreement• ..~ ~Two international agreements bearing on this situation have been im plemented since our. adoption of the October 8, 1974- Order in this proceeding: a permanent agreement, reached' September 4, 1974, with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas respecting the pre-sunrise operation of U.S. class II daytimers assigned to the. Bahamian I-A clear channel 1540 kHz; and a -tempora ry agreement reached January 22, 1975,~Iith Canada respecting the pre-sunrise operation of U.S. daytime,s as signed to frequencies' on \'ihich Canada holds I-A and I-B clear channel priorities . : ,*.•.. ........ '.' . ( - 3 - 6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That daytime stations assigned to Canadian I-B clear channels MAY, during said t'l/O-month pel--;od and with out regard to what2ver privileges they already hold under PSA's issued by the Commission, OPERATE FOR ONE HOUR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING LOCAL SUNRISE at the power levels specified,in /l.ppendix,B. 7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That daytime stations assigned to Canadian I-A clear channels MAY, during said two-month period, OPERATE, FOR ONE HOUR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING LOCAL SUNRISE at the power levels specified in Appendix C. 8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That any temporary pre-s unri se operati on undertaken pursuant to this Order SHALL NOT Cm1i1ENCE Efl,RLIER THAN 6: 00 AM LOCAL TI t1E, SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY LOGGED, and a descrip tion of the method used to reduce power to the level specified herein SHALL BE ENTERED in the maintenance log. " , , ",',/.'."::" " -'<.~ '" , ...;" Apoendices , , ", " .'.' \. / , ' " ), : I : ~. _, ", J " ' \ , ' FEDERAL COMMUNI CATIONS COMMISS ION ~nffi4' secret~.- ( APPENDIX A The folloving stations may operate yith the pm18rs indicated, delivered to their daytime or critical hOUTS antenna systems, as ap-:rropriata: li40 kHz HCOX ~'lANL KZRK KPOL HJGA \,JQGA USNI HBNL ~ILor Canrlen, Alabama LL~sville,Alaba~ Ozark, Arkansas los Angeles, Cali:f. Jackson. Georgia Sylvester, Georgia Litchfielit, illinois Booneville, Indiane Ie Porte, Indiana 19 18 50 50 11 7 50 50 50 , 1 " KI'·lEX KLKC 'HKGB KeTO KGIA "mON HS"IG KEXl1 i,JKXR HYRD . ,·IKYK j·JRPL HITl'! 1;lECO j·INR.'·~ WABQ HNIO JJBTC I':ZEL TrTRCP 'tIPTS HPi'!E HADK ,/KIm 1{/>lIB. 1;IJJT 1;lERY KBUY !·fr;Pherson, Kansas 50 Parsons, Kansas 50 H:L~dman,Kentucky 19 Columbia. louisiana 50 Gretna, i.oui§iane 35 ~'lheaton,Haryland 50 Greenwood, llississippi 50 Kannett, Hissouri 50 Exeter, }lew Hampshire 50 East Syracuse, Hew York 50 Burnsville,I~orthCarolina 19 Charlotte, North Ca.J:'oli..YJa 15 Elkin, North Carolina 20 Bucyrus" Ohio 50 Circleville, Ohio 21 Cleveland, Ohio 50 ,-riles , Ohio 50 Uhrichsvilla, Ohio 50 Eugene, Oregon 50 Philadelphia, Pa. 50 Pittston, Pa. 50 PLL?1Xsuta ....mey, Fa. 50 Newport, R..'J.ode Island 50 Pickens, South Caroli."a 17 P",henW6lit, Tenn. 47 Jellico, Tenn. 32 Hoodbury, Tenn. 39 Fort Horth, Texas 50 KGBC REDA "lRGt·-i KBES ~1T:~I,t -2- 1540 kHz Galveston, Texas San~\ntonio,Texas Richmond, Virginia Bellevue,1;JashL~gton Y,artford, 1;)isconsin 50 50 7 50 50 ( (" APPE~lDIXB The folloving stations rr.ay operate with the poyers iI'.cicated, delivered to their daytime or critical hours antenna systems, as appropriate: 6W kHz ( " ',10 I ",jEW 1JNAIl WINE WLQH WMlX HCND . ({IDG WJOR WCPC KSWM WClT IVNAL HESA WGRP WECO KTON KATQ J~NRG WEOO WFAW . WCSW A:roos, Iowa Akron, Ohio Norman, Oklahoma 940 kHz Brookfield, Connecticut Chiefland, Florida ',Mount' Vernon,.. Illinois:- .SheJ:byvilT~,'Kentucky Saint Ignace;" Michigan South Haven;' Michigan Houston~Mississippi Aurora,~issouri . Lima, Ohio_ Nelsonville, Ohio Charleroi, Pennsylvania Greenvill~~Pennsylvania Wartburg, Tennessee Belton, Texas Texarkana, Texas Grundy, Virginia Smithfield, Virginia Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Shell Lake, Wisconsin 50 302 50 13.2 30 6.4 13.4 '0 3.8 11 27 28 10 19.5 8.4 o 27.7 5.22 12.45 20 17.4 4.0 3.5 '11;-~,):Ynpe:rnte if }1ichingan adopts romerR,ency daylight,~a1J.ingtime from February 23 through April 27, 1975. , \', . \ KIm H:{HB ,flla 50 KIEY Hellington, Kansas 50 KBIR Bolivar,Ni~sOUl"'i50 HFlB Benson, North. Caro li..1'1a 50 '!,:JCBX llien, NorthGarolin:a 50 KBNR Bismarck, North Dakota 39 HASP BrO'.J!lsviD.e, Penn. 50 HEEO Haynesboro, PeIM. 50 HPlJB Camden, South Carolina 50 ~IAMGGallatin, Te:rm. 50 { HDTI1 Selmer, Tenn. 50 ' .. K'dBY Edha, Texas 50 KBGH M3mphis, Texas 50 ,Ttl'lL Rainelle,~·lestVirginia 50 ( . . '~.... ' . , ( 1/ 1*100 \-TEXT WRHC WOGO WYOU WTHB WYNX WJ1L ·WCSJ KlWA KillC WGRK WIRV WMSK \,LUX WSER WNTN ·WSHN WSAO KGMO KLFJ KICS WCGR WKOT WBVM WGNL }jYNA WTYN W"PGD KQWB WDLR KMAD KXOJ WLOA WTTC WKYE WPTN WOKl WTBP WPJD K\!BC WKBA WVAB WXVA WMIR WMAD WEVR Nay operate l:'p h"-'Ii'trv 23 -3- 12~OkHz Mobile, Alabama Wes t Hartford, Cormecticut Coral Gables, Florida New Smyrna Beach, Florida Tampa, FloI."ida Augusta, Georgia Smyrna~Geocgia Jacksonvill"e, Illinois Morris, Illinois Sheldon, .owa Winfield, \ansas Gree~sb~rg,K~ntucky Irvine-, Kentucky Morganfield, Kentucky Baton Rouge, Louisiana Elkton,"~ryland Newton, Massachusetts Fremont, Michigan Senatobia, Mississippi Cape Girardeau, Missouri Springfield, Missouri. Hastings, Nebraska Canandaigua, New York Kingston, New York Utica, New York Greenv'ille, N('lrth Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Tryon, North Carolina Winston-Salem, North Carolina Fargo, North Dakota Delaware, .Ohio . Madill, Oklahoma Sapulpa, Oklahoma Braddock", Pennsylvania Towanda, Pennsylvania Bristol) Tennessee Cookeville) Tennessee Oak Ridge) Tennessee Parsons) Tennessee Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee Navasota). Texas Vinton, Virginia Virginia Beach,.Virginia Charlestown, West Virginia Lake Geneva L Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin . River Falls) Wisconsin if Michiga.n hdopts emergency dnyli ght through April 27, 1975. 188 2.9 85 84 79 12.1 13.2 18.8 12.8 12.4 50.5 5.95 3.7 7.5 14 1.08 2.0 2.07 JJ 18.5 40 21.2 43.6 o 1.9 0.0 9.0 6.6 7.0 6.2 7.2 21 21 41 0.7 1.4 4.6 5.3 5.5 9.0 7.2 6.2 2.3 8.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 2.3 saving time from , , APPENDIX C The following stations may operate wlth the powers indicated, delivered to their daytime or critical hours antenna systems, as appropriate: 540 kHz 740 kHz (Cont) wVOK Birmingham, Ala. c' KVIP }(1",,'MT ''';OMII HLIX ;iITC liARD WYNN WDXN KDLT WRIC 'WYLO KBBA KAPI "ADS KTCR KSTL KEYR KRCO KUSD KZEY ''';ZAP ''';NNT WELD WAGO '..;BAM KBIG 'WSBR WLN Redd ing, CalIf. Ft.Dodge~Iowa Pocomoke City", Md. Islip, N.Y. Wendell;Zehulon, N. C.' Cannon5burg~Pa. Florence, S.C. Clarksville, Tenn. Delta, Utah" Richlands, Va. Jackson, ',.J'ise. 690 kHz Benton, Ark" Pueblo, Colo. Ansonia, Conn. Minneapolis,. Ninn. Saint Louis, Mo. Tarrytown" Neb. PrineVille, Ore. Vermillion, S.D. Tyler, T-ex. Bristol, Va. Warsaw, Va. Fisher, W. Va. Oshkosh, Wise. 740 kHz Montgomery, Ala. Avalon, Calif. Boca Raton, Fla. Olney, Ill. 56 59 26 15 109 173 57 33 113 21 121 63 155 159 74 - 7.5 32: 26 18. 49 500 22 25 13 54 500 500 500 20 KBOE "'NOP \lCAS KBAB WGsl-t \lMBL ' WPAQ WCH WBAW WlRJ WJlG HMBG WBOO WHRT WAMI KOSE KWRF '.'lAZE WKKO \-IXAP KWPC WSON WAYE liSBS KNUJ KARS WFt10 WsTH KSHA flAMO IITEL '.lLBG WUCR KFST KPAN KSFA KWHO WEY A WOAY ',/NOV OskRloosa,: .Iowa ,Newport, Ky. Cambridge,~~ss. Carlsbad,- N.M'. Huntington, N.Y. Morehead City. N.C, Mount Airy',N~.C.. Che'ste'r, Pal' Barnwell, S.C. Humboldt J; Tenn .. Tul1ahoma~Tenn. Williamsburg, Va. Bar~boo,;..jise.. 860 kHz Hartselle, Ala. Opp, Ala. Osceola, Ark. Warren, Ark. Clearwat~r,~la. Cocoa, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Muscatine,Io~a Hend erson,. Ky .. . Baltimore, Md. Great Barrington,Y~5S. New Uim) Minn. Belen. N.M. Fairmont, N.. C. T~ylorsville,~.C. l1"dford, Ore. PittSburgh, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Laurens, S .. C. Sparta, Tenn.. Fort Stockton, Tex. Hereford, .Tex. Nacogdoches, Tex. Salt Lake City, Ut. Emporia, Va. Oak Hill, W. Va. Milwaukee, Wise. 40 23 9 26 61 23 .16 69 57 41 28 18 500 60 168. 61 176 500 463 59 31 22 196 ,10 15 250 52 28 28 o 160 47 33 250 250 489 62 33 27 15 ( -2- 990 kHz 1010 kHz WEIS Cent.ra, Ala •. 54 ~';'H"''';F Fayette") Ala •. RO KIQI San Francisco, Calif. 9 WTCB Flomaton, Ala., 187\~CNUCrestview, Fla. 197 KTYD Santa Barbara, Cil. lif. 280I~BIXJacksonville· Beach, Fla. 500 KRKS Denver, Colo. 94 '1INQ Tampa., Fla. 500 WNTY Southington, Conn. 5.7 WGUN Atlanta, Ga. 57 WDwn Dawson,. Ga. 115 WGHL Hinesville, Ga. 115 KSHN Hasan City, Ia. 21 WCAZ Cartage, Ill. 30 KIND Independe.nce, Ks. 153 KOLA De Ridder, to ... 491 ,l'tCQT Garyville, La. 342 KAYL Storm Lake, Iowa 23 WSID Baltimore, Md. 17 KRSL Russell, Ks. 123 WITL Lansing, Mich. 18.5 :1/ t':N~R. New Orleans, La" 250 ;{l-II)! r-1aple .....ood, Hinn. 6 KRlii~ayville,La. 213 KCHI ChilLicothe, H o .. 60 :1/WCRH Clare, Mich. 35 KXEN Festus-St. Louis, Ho. 500 WAEO TJa ynesborn,~1iss• 173 KRMO Nonett, Mo. 105 HCNL Newport, N. H. 5 WEEB Southern Pines, N.C. 39 _. WABZ Al bermarle, N.C. ')34 J;-lBTEWindsor~N.C a 42 WFGW Black Hauntsin, N.C .. 204 WJEfI Gallipolis, Oh. 10 WELS Kinston, N.C. 45 I , 'riTIG Hassillon, Oh .. 250 tHO I New fuston) Oh. 11 KRKT Albany, are.• 12 \-IUDO Lewisburg, Pa. 8 WVSC Somerset, Pa. 23 WHIN Gallatin, Tenn. 28 WLK~.[ Providence, R.I. 500 IWRM Savannah, Tenn. 52 WAKN Aiken, S.C. 57 KAWA Waco-Ha. rlin, Tp-x. 500 KI~ANl-~emphis, Tenn. 108~IEVNarion, Va. 19 KAl1L Kenedy-Karnes City, Tex. 95 HPHH Portsmouth, Va. 279 KDYL Tooele, Ut. 65 1-!CST Berkeley Springs. W. Va. 11 t-lNRV Narrows-Pearisburg, Va. 17 WSPT Stevens Points, Wise. 10 \-IANT Richmond, Va. 20 WNNO Wisconsin De lls, Wise. 17 1/ Hay operate if }Iichingan adopts emergency daylight saving time from February 23 through April 27, 1975. '. 137 49 114 52. . 53 16 12 192 14 34 o 222 11 . 7. 8 46 29 20 52 35 250 250, 500 479 110 250 26 18 18 •., l~ K\·:IP KPIK -:,.;sap ~·IGTH: r'-;CCF \,KIG h"rrZ ':-ii )ofo_ Coz"d,~eb. Hernmontc 1 n,.~:~J~ Hashingt.on, N.J_ Albuque~que~N.M_ Patchog 1 .ze·.,. l';. Y .. Albemarle, N.C. Columbus~Oh_ Blacb-v-2"li,. Ok._ . Colu.mbIa,. Ea_ Ebensburg, Pa ... ~·laynesburg,.Pa. Orangeburg, S.C. Travelers Rest, ·S.C. Knoxville,. Tenu_ Henderscnj Teno_ Shelbyville, ,Tenn. Gainesville,.Tx~ DenverCity~Tx~ Nission,.'T~c Rusk., T:L:_ Seguin7>'Tx_ Shamrock:- Tx_ Danyille,7 Va_ Pulaski,Va~ ~-laterto-.;.;n,.l,a~ 1/ Hay operate if Michigan adopts emergency dAylight Sltving ,time from February 23 '. through April 27, 1975.'