Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

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NEW SERIES VOL. 3 No. 17 TELEVISION DIGEST— 3 Broadcasters With CATV Interests Following are listed by station location or by headquarters of broadcasting parent. Includes former broadcasters. Name in parentheses is that of principal owner or managing executive. STATIONS KIVA Yuma, Ariz. (Bruce Merrill). KCOP Los Angeles, Cal.; KPTV Portland, Ore. (Bing Crosby). KSBW-TV Salinas-Monterey, Cal. (John C. Cohan). Harry Butcher, ex-KEYT Santa Barbara, Cal. KCTO Denver, Colo.; KTVW TacomaSeattle, Wash.; radio KELA Centralia. Wash. (J. Elroy McCaw). Televents Corp., Denver, Colo. (Alfred Stern, ex-NBC vp). Mrs. Frank Russell, Washington, D.C. (vrife of ex-NBC vp) Radio WKWF Key West, Fla. (John Spottswood). Radio KOJM Havre, Mont. (Charlotte Braden). Radio KPRK Livingston, Mont. (Paul McAdam). (Station being sold) Radio WWNH Rochester, N.H. (Albin Malin). Fortnightly Corp., N.Y., buying WBOY-TV Clarksburg, W. Va. (Nathan Levin). CATV SYSTEMS Christmas, Globe, Miami, Phoenix, Ray-Sonora, Yuma, Ariz.; Big Bear Lake, Brawley, Calexico, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial, Cal.; Panama City, Fla. Indio, Rancho Mirage, Cal. Salinas-Monterey, Cal. (franchise) Santa Barbara, Cal. Chehalis, Wash. Fayetteville, Ark.; Athol, Orange, Pittsfield, Mass.; Little Falls, Minn.; Claremont, N.H.; Aztec, N.M.; Allegany, Glean, N.Y.; Coos Bay, Eastside, Empire, Myrtle Point, North Bend, Powers, Ore.; Bradford, Clearfield, Eldred, Minersville, Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven, Warren, Pa.; Bellows Falls, Vt.; Harrisonburg, Va. Ellensburg, Wash. Key West, Fla. Havre, Mont. Anaconda, Big Timber, Butte, Dillon, Helena, Lewistown, Livingston, Miles City, Mont. Laconia, N.H. Clarksburg, Fairmont, W. Va. STATIONS RKO General Inc., N.Y. WOR-TV-AM-FM, N.Y.; WNAC-TVAM-FM, Boston; KHJ-TV-AM-FM Los Angeles; WHBQ-TV-AM Memphis; WHCT Hartford; CKLW-TVAM-FM Windsor Detroit; radio WGMS & FM Washington; radio KFRC&FM San Francisco. (Hathaway Watson). WECT Wilmington, N.C. (Dan Cameron). Cox Stations, Dayton, 0. WHIO-TV-AM-FM Dayton; WSOCTV-AM-FM Charlotte, WSB-TVAM-FM Atlanta; radio WIOD Miami. (J. Leonard Reinsch). KBES-TV Medford, KOTI Klamath Falls, KPIC Roseburg, Ore.; KVIP-TV Redding, Cal. (William Smuilin). Radio WRTA Altoona, Pa. (Martin Malarkey). Triangle Stations, Philadelphia, Pa. WFIL-TV-AM-FM Philadelphia; WFBG-TV-AM-FM Altoona; WNBFTV-AM FM Binghamton; WNHC TV-AM-FM New Haven; WLYH-TV Lebanon, Pa.; KFRE-TV-AM-FM Fresno. (Roger Clipp). WIS-TV-AM Columbia, S.C.; WSFATV Montgomery, Ala. (G. Richard Shafto). KTBC-TV-AM-FM Austin, Tex.; KWTXTV-AM Waco, Tex.; KXII Ardmore, Okla. (Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson). KTRE-TV-AM Lufkin, Tex.; KLTV Tyler, Tex. (Marshall Pengra). Kerns-Tribune Corp., part-owner of KUTV Salt Lake City. (J. W. Gallivan). Radio KXRO Aberdeen, Wash. (Fred Goddard). CATV SYSTEMS Concordia, Kan.; Clarksdale, Gulfport, Miss.; Altus, Ardmore, Hobart, Hugo, Mangum, Okla.; Bonham, Childress, Memphis, Port Lavaca, Sherman, Lufkin, Wellington, Tex. Wilmington, N.C. Lewistown, Lock Haven, Tyrone, Pa. Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford, Roseburg, Ore. Wilmington, N.C. (with WECT) Binghamton, N.Y. (franchise); New Haven, Conn, (applicant). Ocala, Fla.; Myrtle Beach, Conway, Georgetown, S.C. Austin, Tex. (franchise). Lufkin, Tex. Elko, Nev. Aberdeen, Montesano, Wash. UHF PROSPECTS & PITFALLS: A uhf enthusiast who looks for solid growth over long haul is Washington consultant David L. Steel, pres, of Assn, of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers. We asked him about do's & don't's last week, got these points: (1) "We need a good 3-or 4-position converter, and it should look good. These continuous tuners are difficult for the average person to tune. You've got to make it easy for them." (2) "Transmission facilities must be first class. You remember that some stations started with 100watt transmitters in the early '50's? Their service areas were garbage dumps — and some of them are still garbage dumps, even though the power was increased. The pubHc never got over it. Give them plenty of power. The extra cost of adequate facUities is peanuts compared with the cost of operation. The savings made possible by the FCC's relaxation of technical standards don't mean much — maybe for satellites, but not for basic installations."