Station List - 1944

[KeithE4]

From White's Radio Log, Winter 1944 (Issue 21). Licensees shown where known (or guessed). Commercial licenses were all for channels 1-3, although W2XWV Ch. 4 NYC would become WABD later in 1944.

Channels - wartime allocations, of course. Listings in WRL show frequency band rather than channel numbers (I believe that was the convention then. IIRC, usage of channel numbers on-air began after the 1946 reallocation). UHF experimental channels had no numbers (There were no official FCC allocations above 300 Mc prior to 1947). For those who don't know what "Mc" means, I can provide a Megacycles-to-MegaHertz conversion chart upon request. ;D

1: 50-56 Mc 8: 162-168 Mc 15: 258-264 Mc
2: 60-66 Mc 9: 180-186 Mc 16: 264-270 Mc
3: 66-72 Mc 10: 186-192 Mc 17: 282-288 Mc
4: 78-84 Mc 11: 204-210 Mc 18: 288-294 Mc
5: 84-90 Mc 12: 210-216 Mc
6: 96-102 Mc 13: 230-236 Mc
7: 102-108 Mc 14: 236-242 Mc

Los Angeles, CA
1 W6XAO/KTSL (Don Lee)
4 W6XYZ (Paramount, to become KTLA)
12 W6XLA (cp - port/mobile)
-- W6XDU (port/mobile, 316-330 Mc)

Washington, DC
1 W3XWT (cp - Dumont, to become WTTG)

Chicago, IL
1 W9XZV/WTZR (Zenith)
2 WBKB/W9XBK (Balaban & Katz)
11-12 W9XBT (port/mobile)
-- W9XBB (port/mobile 384-396 Mc)
-- W9XPR (384-396 Mc)

West Lafayette, IN
3 W9XG (Purdue University)

Iowa City, IA
1 & 12 W9XUI (University of Iowa)

Passaic, NJ
4 W2XVT

New Scotland, NY
8 W2XI

New York, NY
1 WNBT (NBC)
2 WCBW (CBS)
4 W2XWV (cp - Dumont, to become WABD)
8 W2XMT (cp)
8 W2XBT (port/mobile)
-- W10XKT (port/mobile 258-270 Mc)
-- W2XBU (port/mobile 288-294 Mc)
-- W2XCB (cp - portable)

Schenectady, NY
3 WRGB (General Electric)
8 W2XGB & W2XI (GE owned these as well?)

Cincinnati, OH
1 W8XCT (cp - Crosley, to become WLWT?)

Philadelphia, PA
3 WPTZ/W3XE (Philco)

Milwaukee, WI
3 WMJT (Milwaukee Journal)

 

[landtuna]

A megacycle is the biggest one....right?

I loved megacycles! Never could do a conversion to hertz.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

For those who don't know what "Mc" means, I can provide a Megacycles-to-MegaHertz
conversion chart upon request. ;D

LOL! With apologies to KOOL Listener Lauren, this might be one of
those "you younger posters..." references.

And could you also explain the term "ancient modulation"?

 

[radiorob2.0]

For those who don't know what "Mc" means, I can provide a Megacycles-to-MegaHertz conversion chart upon request. ;D

Doesn't that have something to do with the metric system? ;D

 

[KeithE4]

For those who don't know what "Mc" means, I can provide a Megacycles-to-MegaHertz
conversion chart upon request. ;D

LOL! With apologies to KOOL Listener Lauren, this might be one of
those "you younger posters..." references.

And could you also explain the term "ancient modulation"?

No can do. I didn't buy the rights from the good Doctor/Nurse. (Why did we get started with the Phoenix-board shtick in this thread? ;D ).

 

[KeithE4]

For those who don't know what "Mc" means, I can provide a Megacycles-to-MegaHertz conversion chart upon request. ;D

Doesn't that have something to do with the metric system? ;D

I could tell you. All you have to do is go into Daddy's wallet and take out those green pieces of paper with presidents on them. Then put them in an envelope and send them to me. Then I'll send you my patented cycles-to-Hertz conversion chart. The section that converts Megacycles to MegaHertz will require that you send me one of those pieces of paper with Andrew Jackson on them. ;D