# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S411
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Miscellaneous 411

‘Henry L. Schulz, chairman, Emil H. Hartmann, treasurer; Walter
Schroeter, secretary; Theo. H. Bohlmann; Wm. Drees; Wm.
ato; John C. Wegner; Drs. John H. C. Fritz, Geo. V. Schick, Louis
the first chairman of the KFUO

Sieck. Mr. Louis H. Waltke,
as called to his eternal reward February 23,

dio Committee, W'

39, and Dr. Richard Kretzschmar, chairman of the Board of Con- .
trol of the Seminary and one of the founders of this station, died
after a brief illness on March 5, 1940. Both of these men rendered

KFUO invaluable service, and therefore their death was @ severe

ss to KFUO.
3. Synodical Radio Committee. — In 1935 the KFUO Radio
Committee was chosen by the Cleveland synodical convention to
fe serve also as Synodical Radio Committee to promote radio broad-
asting throughout Synod. In this capacity the KFUO committee is
. activ in the various Districts of

. Synod; it arranges for a radio conference during the synodical con-
~ vention; it publishes The Announcer, which is sent to directors of
~ local Lutheran broadcasts everywhere; it makes electrical tran-
~ geriptions of our Lutheran chorales for use by pastors on their local
proadcasts. The General Convention, which was held at St. Louis
- in 1938, had granted the Synodical Radio Committee an annual ap-
-. propriation of $1,500 for the making of electrical transcriptions con-
sisting of complete religious radio programs in various languages,
for use by stations in the United States and abroad; also $500 for
making electrical transcriptions featuring our chorales for general
use by pastors in connection with their local broadcasts; and $1,000 ©
for the work of the Synodical Radio Committee in general. We
regret that the Fiscal Conference, which meets in the fall of every
/ year, could not see its way clear to grant the Synodical Radio Com-
* mittee any of this appropriation.
4, KFUO’s Triple-Grant. — Since the founding of the station, in
1924, KFUO has been broadcasting on & time-sharing basis on the
same frequency (550 k.c.) with Station KSD, the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch. This was a satisfactory arrangement for about nine
years. Then KSD desired full time on the 550 frequency, and hence

there followed a long and costly frequency controversy between the

two stations. In 1935 KFUO applied for the 640 frequency. After
11%% years the Federal Communications Commission denied this
petition. In 1936 KSD petitioned the Commission to delete KFUO,
so that KSD might have full time on 550. At the same time KFUO
applied for more time and more power. The Commission denied

~ both petitions and ordered each station to continue the operation of

jts station as presently licensed. However, the Commission recog-
nized the outstanding service of KFUO and determined to solve the

St. Louis frequency problem. In May 1940 the Commission granted