Yearbook of radio and television (1964)

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TENNESSEE = General Manager Ray A. Hooper Chief Engineer Glenn Scott Owners of: WBEJ, Elizabethton. WHBT— Harriman— 1947 Frequency: 1600 Kc... Power: 5 Kw. d. Owned By. Folkways Bestg. Co Address . Box 221 Tel.: 882-1600 . .Independent President, Gen. Sta. Mgr. ....... Ken Crosthwait Chief Engineer .Loniue Mullins WIRJ-Humboldt-1949 Frequency: 740 Kc Power: 250 Watti d. Owned By .Gibson County Bcstg. Co. Address 210 N. 22nd Ave. Tel.: SU 4-1740 KBS President .1. F. Wenrmath Gen„ Sta. Mgr.. .H. C. Wilson Chief Engineer. Gerald Hicks WDXI-Jackson-1948 Freq.: 1310 Kc .Power: 5 Kw. d., 1 Iw. n. Owned-Operated By. Dixie Bcstg. Co. Address. . .P.O. Box 353 Tel.: 7-9611 Independent President Aaron B. Robinson. Jr. General Manager J. Kenneth Marston Chief Engineer James Thomas For other Robinson stations see Multiple-Station Owners. WJAK-Jackson-1954 Frequency: 1460 Kc. . . .Power: 1000 Watts, d. Owned By ............... . Jackson Bcstg. Co. Address .416 Poplar St. Tel.: 7-7436 .MBS Pres Dr. Alexander Leech Gen. Mgr Robert Blow Program Director. J. Butler WTJS-Jackson-1931 Freq.: 1390 Kc... Powers 5000 Wts. d., 1000 n. Owned By .................... . Sun Pub. Co. Business Address. 255 W. Lafayette St. Tel.: 7-3316. ABC. KBS Station Representative Adv. Time Sales Station Manager. Frank S. Proctor Asst, Mgr. L. R. Brooks Chief Engineer , Jones Hale W C L C—Jamestown— 1957 Frequency: 1260 Kc. ..... . .Power: 1 Kw., d. Owned By. .Jamestown Bcstg. Co. Address .P.O. Box 127 Tel.: TR 9-2825. KBS Owner . . , Stanley Cravens General Mgr . . R. P. Wright Chief Engineer. .Andrew T» Mitchell WjrC-JeffersonCity~196I Frequency: 1480 Kc. . . . . .Power: 500 Watts d. Owned By ...... . .Jefferson County Bcstg. Co. Address Box 488 Tel.: 475-382 Independent President , Paul O. Metcalfe Chief Engineer Bruce Burgess Owners of: WGRV-AM-FM, Greeneville. WETB— Johnson City— 1947 Frequency: 790 Kc Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned-Oper. By Press, Inc. Business Address Press Bldg. Tel.: WAlnut 8-2141 MBS President Carl A. Jones General Mgr Arthur Kelsey WJCW-Johnson City-1938 Frequency: 910 Kc. Power: 5 Kw.. d., 1 Kw., n. Owned-Operated By ..... Tri-Cities Bcstg. Inc. Address P.O. Box 607 Tel.: 926-6167. .CBS Sta. Representative Weed President Jim C. Wilson Chief Engineer Edward Bryant Owners of: WJCW-FM. WJSO-Johnson CiIy-1958 Frequency: 1590 Kc . .Power: 5 Kw. d. Owned By Mountainview Bcstg. Co. Address Box 148 Tel,: WA 6-3121 Independent Station Representative Gill-Pema Inc. President . Norman A. Thomas Vice President. Jimmy H. Lewis Owners of: WDNT, Dayton, Tenn. WKIN-Kingsport-1951 Frequtancy: 1320 Kc Power: 5000 Watts d. Owned By ..... . ..... Bahakel Enterprises Address Drawer K Tel.: 246-9161 Independent Station Rep Prestige Rep. Organization President. Cy N. Bahakel For other Bahakel stations see Multiple-Station Owners. WKPT— Kingsporl— 1940 Frequency: 1400 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Oper. By Kingsport Bcstg. Co., Inc. Address 222 Commerce St. Tel.: CI 5-4161 .NBC Station Representative. Burn-Smith President C. P. Edwards, Jr. Owners of: WKPT-FM. WATE-Knoxville-1927 Frequency: 620 Kc. Power: 5000 Watts Owned-Oper. By. .WATE. Inc. Address 1306 N. Broadway TeLs 524-4651 .NBC President ................ Cowan Rodgers, Jr. V.P., Gen. Mgr .W. H. Linebaugh Program Director. .John H. Reese Chief Engineer . . .Fred Andrews Ownerg of: WATE-TV. 382