Broadcasting Telecasting (July - Sept 1952)

Television Applications Filed at FCC (Continued from page US) gineer A. D. Ring & Co.. Washington. Principals include President and Treasurer James R. Rubenstone (57%), employe of WFIL-AM-TV; Secretary Irwin Apfel, attorney, and Edward L. Frater. There will be ten other equal stockholders, all local businessmen, after grant. f INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.— Indianapolis Bcstg. Inc. (WIRE), VHF Ch. 13 (210216 mc); ERP 316 kw visual, 158 kw aural: antenna height above average terrain 694 ft., above ground 769 ft. Estimated construction cost, $566,623, first year operating cost S350.000, revenue $450,000. Post Office address: 307 N. Pennsylvania St.. Indianapolis. Studio location: 307 N. Pennsylvania St. Transmitter location: New York and Talbot Streets. Geographic coordinates: 39° 46' 1«" N. Lat., 86° 09' 18" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Pierson & Ball, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include President Eugene C. Pulliam, Vice President Willard C. Worcester, Secretary-Treasurer N. G. Mason and Eugene S. Pulliam. Central Newspapers Inc., Indianapolis, is sole stockholder of applicant and licensee of WAOV Vincennes, Ind. f WATERLOO, Iowa — Josh Higgins Broadcasting Co. (KXEL), VHF Ch. 7 (174-180 mc); ERP 24.32 kw visual, 12.03 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 522 ft., above ground 540 ft. Estimated construction cost S198.000. first year operating cost $200.000. revenue $250,000. Post Office address: Joe DuMond. 500 E. 4th St., Waterloo. Iowa. Studio and ' transmitter location: 1.2 mi. E. of city, U. S. Highway 20. Geographic coordinates: 42° 30' 00" N. Lat.. 92° 15' 30" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, antenna RCA. Studio equipment DuMont. Legal counsel Dow. Lohnes & Albertson, Washington. Chief engineer Donald E. Kassner. Principals include President J"e DuMond (54.3%); Secretary B. F. Swisher (1.8%), attorney; Treasurer Wi'liam A. Reed (1.5%), president of Tribune Press (job printer) and former newspaper editor: Director Horace L. Lohnes (14.9%), Washington radio attorney. Stockholders total 25. i TOPEKA, Kan. — S. H. Patterson (KJAY), VHF Ch. 13 (210-216 mc); ERP 25.2 kw visual, 12.6 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 534 ft., above ground 537 ft. Estimated construction cost $174,231, first year operating cost S225.000, revenue $250,000. Post Office address: 908 Kansas Ave., Topeka. Studio location: 908 Kansas Ave. Transmitter location: \\'& mi. East and Vi mi. North of intersection of 29th and California Ave., Topeka, Kan., and 2V4 mi. South of Tecumseh. Kan. Geographic coordinates: 39° 01' 11" N. Lat., 95° 34' 13" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, antenna RCA. Legal counsel P. W. Seward. Washington. Consulting engineer Radio Engineering Co., San Francisco. Sole owner is S. H. Patterson, who also owns KSAN San Francisco, former owner (1943-1950) of KVAK Atchison. Kan., and who has real estate holdings in Denver, San Francisco, Topeka and Clear Lake, Calif. t WICHITA, Kan. — Sunflower Television Co., VHF Ch. 3 (60-66 mc); ERP 100 kw visual, 50 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 939 ft., above ground 1,000 ft. Estimated con struction cost $658,500, first year operating cost $444,200. revenue $427,648. Post Office address: 300 S. Topeka Ave., Wichita. Studio location: 1701 Washington Blvd. Transmitter location: H2 mi. SE of Colwich, Kan. Geographic coordinates: 37° 45' 36" N. Lat., 97° 30' 45" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Ross K. Prescott, Dallas, Tex. Consulting engineer Guy C. Hutcheson, Arlington, Tex. Principals include general partners F. v vinelin«r (25^). 6S2b% interest in Yingling Chevrolet Co., Wichita, ana 5UVc mterest in Yingling Oil & Mining Inc.. Wichita; W. L. Hartman (25%), independent oil operator in Kansas; Virgil S. Browne Jr. (25%), operator of various Coca-Cola bottling plants in Kansas. Oklahoma and Colorado; George P. Hollingbery (121/2%), president and owner of George P. Hollingbery Co. (radio station representative), and John D. Montgomery (12I,/2%), co-owner and publisher of Junction City (Kan.) Daily Union and president and publisher of Miami Beach (Fla.) Sun and the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Herald. t WICHITA, Kan.— KAKE Bcstg. Co. (KAKEj, VHF Ch. 10 (192-198 mc); ERP 316 kw visual. 158 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 443 ft., above ground 496 ft. Estimated construction cost $571,802, first year operating cost $402,000, revenue $405,756. Registered office: 1009 Brown Bldg. Business office: 512 West Douglas, Wichita 2, Kan. Studio and transmitter location : Hydraulic Ave. between 18th and 19th Streets. Geographic coordinates: 37° 43' 05" N. Lat., 97° 19' 04" W. Long. Transmitter RCA. antenna RCA. Legal counsel Fisher, Weyland, Duvall & Southmayd, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include President Mark H. Adams (12.5%), partner in law firm of Adams, Jones, Robinson & Manka, Wichita; Vice President H. E. Zoller (24%), independent oil operator; Secretary Robert B. Dockum (19%), president of Dockum Drug Co., Wichita; Treasurer Charles E. Jones (12.5%), partner in law firm of Adams, Jones, Robinson & Manka, Wichita; Owen Coe McEwen (10%), secretary and assistant sales manager of Steffen Dairy Foods Co., Wichita, and Dwight Merle Rounds (10%), vice president of Rounds-Porter Lumber Co., Wichita. BANGOR, Maine — Community Telecasting Service (WABI), VHF Ch. 5 (76-82 mc); ERP 1.9 kw visual, 0.95 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 673 ft., above ground 120 ft. Estimated construction cost $122,000, first year operating cost $86,850, revenue $96,220. Post Office address: 57 State St., Bangor, Me. Studio location: 57 State St. Transmitter location at Holden, Me., on Copeland Hill. Geographic coordinates: 44° 44' 16" N. Lat., 68° 41' 54" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Loucks, Zias, Young & Jansky, Washington. Consulting engineer George C. Davis, Washington. Principals include President Horace A. Hildreth, 50% stockholder in WABI; Vice President George F. Eaton, partner in Bangor law firm of Eaton, Peabody & Veague; Treasurer Murray Carpenter, 50% stockholder in WABI, and Secretary Arnold L. Veague, partner in Bangor law firm of Eaton, Peabody & Veague. Community Bcstg. Service, licensee of WABI, owns 95% of stock in applicant. t HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Hagerstown Broadcasting Co. (WJEJ), UHF Ch. 52 (698-704 mc); ERP 135 kw visual, 68 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 1,417 ft., above ground 227 ft. Estimated construction cost $215,738, first year operating cost $104,400, revenue $165,000. Post Office address: Grover C. Crilley, 33 W. Franklin St., Hagerstown. Studio and transmitter location atop Mt. Quirauk. near Hagerstown. Geographic coordinates: 39° 41' 47.1" N. Lat., 77° 30' 46" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Consulting engineer Kear & Kennedy, Washington. Principals include President Grover C. Crilley (48.86%), real estate; Bernice C. Paulsgrove (20%); Secretary William H. Paulsgrove, WJEJ assistant manager; A. V. Tidmore (22.86%), owner WPP A Pottsville, Pa. There are nine common stockholders. WJEJ executives also are preferred stockholders. NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Greylock Bcstg. Co., UHF Ch. 15 (470-476 mc); ERP 9.2 kw visual, 5 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 263 ft., above ground 122 ft. Estimated construction cost $163,000. first year operating cost $160,000. revenue $170,000. Post Office address: 8 Bank Row, Pittsfield, Mass. Studio location to be determined. Transmitter location: atop mountain 1.8 mi.. N 267° E from center of Williamstown, Mass. Geographic coordinates 42° 42' 42" N. Lat., 73° 14' 32" W. Long. Transmitter GE, antenna GE. Legal counsel McKenna & Wilkinson, Washington. Consulting engineer James C. McNary, Washington. Principals include President and assistant treasurer Leon Podolsky (51%), president of WBRK Pittsfield, Mass., and Vice President and 1/3 owner of capital stock of Sun Printing Corp., Pittsfield, and Vice President Gardner S. Morse (49%), president of Berkshire County Savings Bank, Pittsfield, Mass. BENTON HARBOR, Mich.— Palladium Publishing Co. (WHFB-AM-FM), UHF Ch. 42 (638-644 mc); ERP 17.4 kw visual, 8.7 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 478 ft., above ground 500 ft. Estimated construction cost $301,204. first year operating cost S240,000. revenue $50,000. Post Office address: 59-61 Wall St., Benton Harbor, Mich. Studio and transmitter location on Fairplain Ave., 3 mi. South of Center of Benton Harbor. Geographic coordinates 42° 04' 44" N. Lat., 86° 28' 00" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include President Stanley R. Banyon (35.17%), editor and director of Palladium Pub. Co., publishers of Benton Harbor NewsPalladium, and president and treasurer of St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald-Press; Vice President and Secretary Willard J. Banyon (34.17%), vice president of Benton Harbor News-Palladium and St. Joseph Herald, and Helen Polly Klock (24%), housewife. FLINT, Mich. — Trendle-CampbeU Bcstg. Corp. (WTAC), UHF Ch. 16 (482488 mc); ERP 59 kw visual, 29.5 kw aural; antenna, height above average terrain 380 ft., above ground 432 ft. Estimated construction cost $298,666, first year operating cost $240,000, revenue $380,000. Post Office address: 1800 Mutual Bldg., 26 West Adams Ave., Detroit 26, Mich. Studio and transmitter location: 740 S. Saginaw St., Flint, Mich. Geographic coordinates: 43° 00' 49" N. Lat., 83° 41' 20" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, antenna GE. Legal cousel Bingham, Collins, Porter & Kistler, Washington. Consulting engineer Kear & Kennedy, Washington. Principals include President George W. Trendle (51%), president and treasurer of Trendle-Campbell-Meurer Inc. (radio and television program production), owner of all rights to Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, Sargeant Preston of the Yukon and American Agent; Vice President and General Manager H. Allen Campbell (35%), Secretary Raymond J. Meurer (5%), Assistant Secretary George W. Trendle Jr. (4.5%) and Mary K. Johnston (4.5%). FLINT, Mich.— WJR The Goodwill Station Inc., VHF Ch. 12 (204-210 mc); ERP 316 kw visual, 158 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 1000 ft., above ground 904 ft. Estimated construction cost $1,172,500, first year operating cost $525,000, revenue $800,000. Post Office address: Fisher Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Studio location: 3002 E. Court. Transmitter location: 1 mi. from Waterford, Mich., on Waterford Hill. Geographic coordinates: 42° 42' 31" N. Lat., 83° 24' 45" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Applicant is licensee of WJR-AM-TV Detroit, principals in which also have controlling interest in KMPC Los Angeles and #SLO-MO SHO' KING Gets Speedy Response SPEEDBOAT fund drive in Seattle demonstrated July 1 that radio and TV can get speedy response, according to KING-AM-TV Seattle. Project was to raise $50,000 to finance Stanley Sayres running of his Gold Cup winning speedboats, Slo-Mo-Shuns IV and V. Booster organization is Greater Seattle Inc. On only two days notice, the stations produced a simulcast called KING Slo-Mo-Sho to aid the fund. Show started at 8 :45 p.m. with plans for a midnight finale but response was so great, the stations extended the simulcast. By 3:45 the next morning, 2,749 people had pledged $30,277.22, the stations note. In the short period permitted for promotion and arrangements, Program Directors Lee Schulman, KING-TV and Hal Moan, KING (AM operation), lined up an unusual array of Pacific Northwest celebrities, entertainers and sports stars. Bill O'Mara, KING Broadcasting Co. sports director, was m.c. Responses were received from Vancouver, B. C, to San Francisco and contributions came from Chilicothe, Ohio; St. Louis and Ontario, stations report. WGAR Cleveland. Principals in WJR include President John F. Patt (1.5%), Vice President and General Manager Worth Kramer (0.3%), Vice President in Charge of Engineering George F. Leydorf (0.21%), Vice President George W. Cushing (0.23%). Vice President Gordon Gray, Secretary-Treasurer William G. Siebert (0.53%) and Frances S. Richards (25.1% as individual and 26.1% as executrix of estate of G. A. Richards). DULUTH, Minn.— Lakehead Telecasters Inc. (WREX), VHF Ch. 6 (8288 mc); ERP 55 kw visual, 30 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 805 ft., above ground 598 ft. Estimated construction cost $354,500, first year operating cost $300,000. revenue $300,000. Post Office address: 700 Torrey Bldg., Duluth 2, Minn. Studio location: 3rd Ave. and Superior St. Transmitter location: 13th St. and Highland Ave. Geographic coordinates: 46° 47' 23" N. Lat., 92° 07' 09" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Cohn & Marks, Washington. Consulting engineer Weldon & Carr, Washington. Principals include President William B. Fryberger (5%), partner and 50% owner of Fryberger Bros, (mining), and secretary-treasurer of WREX; Vice President Frank E. Mahon (7%), president and 50% owner of Benson Electric Co. (electrical contractor), and vice president of WREX; Secretary Arthur M. Clure (3%), member of Duluth law firm of McCabe, Gruber. Clure, Donovan & Van Evera and 28% interest in law firm, and stockholder in WREX; Treasurer Edward L. Gruber, partner in McCabe, Gruber, Clure, Donovan & Van Evera and stockholder in WREX; John C. Campbell Jr. (10%), president and 38% stockholder of J. Campbell Co. (forest products), and director and stockholder of WREX; Scott W. Erickson (10%), president and 25% stockholder of Scott Erickson Teks Inc. (building materials), and director and stockholder of WREX: H. B. Fryberger Jr. (5%). director and 50% stockholder of Duluth & Superior Transit Co., and secretary-treasurer and 25% stockholder of WREX; Rolando F. Gran (5%), treasurer and 25% stockholder of W. R. Co. (theatre operation), Milwaukee, treasurer and 50% owner of Lake Park Outdoor Inc. (outdoor theatre operation), Milwaukee; Jerome Sill (19%), president and optionee to buy 25% of stock of WREX, secretary-treasurer and 25% stockholder of WMIL Milwaukee and was president and 50% stockholder of WRAC Racine, Wis., from 1949 to 1951. (Continued on page 63) People Started (see inside front cover) CHICAGO 7 I CLEAR CHANNEL Home of the NATIONAL Barn Dance Page 52 • July 14, 1952 BROADCASTING • Telecasting