Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct - Dec 1952)

television grants and applications Digest of Those Filed With FCC Sept. 26 Through Oct. 2 Grants Since April 14 VHF UHF Total Commercial 11 48 59 Educational 2 7 9 Total 1 0 55 68 Commercial television stations on the air 110 > 1 111 » 1 Includes X ELD-TV Matamorot (Mexico) -Brownsville. Applications Filed Since April 14: New Amended VHF UHF Total Commercial 512 319 482 349 831 2 Educational 14 4 10 14 Total 526 319 486 359 845 3 2 One applicant did not specify channel. 3 includes 68 already granted [For summary of grants and notifications of hearing, see story, page 69.] APPLICATIONS (Listed by States) t Indicates pre-thaw application refiled (amended). GADSDEN, Ala.— Jacob A. Newborn Jr., uhf Ch. 21 (512-518 mc); ERP 22.1 kw visual, 11.05 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 466 ft., above ground 150 ft. Estimated construction cost $140,000, first year operating cost $96,000, revenue $128,500. Post Office address PO Box 1592, Beaumont, Tex. Studio and transmitter location 1200 Bellevue Dr., Gadsden, Ala. Geographic coordinates 34° 02' 09" N. Lat., 86° 00' 06" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel none. Consulting engineer Mcintosh & Inglis, Washington. Sole owner is Jacob A. Newborn Jr., president25% stockholder of Television Bcstrs. Inc., Ch. 31 applicant at Beaumont, Tex., president-20% of Beaumont Savings & Loan Assn., sole owner of San Marcos Laundry, San Marcos, Tex., owns real estate in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and is board chairman of Industrial Research Foundation. City Priority Group A-2, No. 69. ROME, Ga.— Coosa Valley Radio Co. (WROM), vhf Ch. 9 (186-192 mc); ERP 2.9 kw visual, 1.45 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 708.7 ft., above ground 87.3 ft. Estimated construction cost $68,415, first year operating cost $18,000, revenue $40,000. Post Office address 121 1/2 Broad St., Rome, Ga. Studio and transmitter location 4.2 mi. SW of Horseleg Mt., Rome. Geographic coordinates 34° 14' 10" N. Lat., 85° 13' 50" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel not indicated. Consulting engineer Ben Akerman, Atlanta, Ga. Principals include President-Partner Dean Covington (ZZV3%), partner in Andrews & Covington (Rome law firm), 60% owner of Ambulance Service Inc.; General Manager-Partner Edward McKay (33y3%); Commercial ManagerPartner Charles E. Doss (33V3%). City Priority Group A-2, No. 170. BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Bcstg. & Television Co. (KGEM), vhf Ch. 9 (186-192 mc); ERP 24.4 kw visual, 12.2 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 2,248 ft., above ground 107 ft. Estimated construction cost $85,872, first year operating cost $90,200, revenue $120,000. Post Office address Cassia St. at Eagleson Rd., Boise. Studio and transmitter location Deer Point Peak, 10 mi. NNE of Boise. Geographic coordinates 43° 44' 37" N. Lat., 116° 06' 51" W. Long. Transmitter composite, antenna RCA or equivalent. Legal counsel John H. Midlen, Washington. Consulting engineer Grant R. Wrathall, Aptos, Calif. Principals include President Frank C. Carman (25%), partner-general manager-25% owner of KUTA Salt Lake City, president-12'/2% owner of KLIX Twin Falls, Idaho, secretary-treasurer-121,2% owner of KIFI Idaho Falls and KWIK Pocatello, Idaho, president-16.75% owner of KOPR Butte, Mont., board chairman and senior vice president of Pocatello Page 70 • October 6, 1952 Television Corp. (prospective applicant for TV at Pocatello ), 20% owner of Griffith, Gornall & Carman (Salt Lake City general contractor), president22% owner of Rocky Mountain Bcstg. System (radio time sales agency); Vice President David G. Smith (25%), partner-management assistant-25% owner of KUTA, 12V2% owner of KLIX, KIFI and KWIK, treasurer-16.75% owner of KOPR, treasurer of Pocatello Television Corp.; Treasurer Grant R. Wrathall (25%), individual consulting engineer, partner-25% owner of KUTA, 12y2% owner of KLIX, KIFI and KWIK, 16.75% owner of KOPR, 100% owner of CP for KPOO San Francisco, 29.8% owner of KULE Ephrata, Wash., vice president of Pocatello Television Corp.; Secretary D. Ray Owen Jr., partner in Owen & Ward, Salt Lake City law firmsecretary of KLIX and Pocatello Television Corp.; Edna O. McCrea (12y2%), 12V2% interest in KUTA, 6y4% owner of KLIX, 6V4% owner of KIFI and KWIK, 8.375% of KOPR; Edna O. McCrea as guardian of estate of Sharon Lee Powers (minor) (121/2%), 12y2% owner of KUTA, 6 V*% owner of KLIX, 6V4% owner of KIFI and KWIK, 8.375% owner of KOPR. City priority Group A-2, No. 135. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— Chapman S. Root, uhf Ch. 63 (764-770 mc); ERP 95.6 kw visual, 51.6 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 423 ft., above ground 487 ft. Estimated construction cost $286,535, first year operating cost $140,000, revenue $150,000. Post Office address, studio and transmitter location 924 Lafayette Ave., Terre Haute. Geographic coordinates 39° 29' 09" N. Lat.. 87° 24' 14" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Philip Baker, Washington. Consulting engineer Commercial Radio Equipment Co., Washington. Sole owner Chapman S. Root is president and sole beneficiary of a trust operating the Associated Coca-Cola Bottling Plants Inc., Daytona Beach, Fla., which owns stock in Coca-Cola bottling plants as follows: Kansas City (15.4%), St. Louis (13.7%), Philadelphia (46.5%), Reading (36.4%), Coatesville, Pa. (28%). Mr. Root also is president-89% owner of Willis Bottle Gas Co., Terre Haute. City Priority Group A-2, No. 62. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids Television Co., vhf Ch. 9 (186192 mc); ERP 210 kw visual, 105 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 693 ft., above ground 674 ft. Estimated construction cost $412,276, first year operating cost $250,000, revenue $250,000. Post Office address 915 Merchants National Bank Bldg., Cedar Rapids. Studio location Cedar Rapids, to be determined. Transmitter location 1.5 mi NW of Robins in Monroe Township, Linn County, Iowa. Geographic coordinates 42° 05' 09" N. Lat., 91° 42' 09" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Cohn & Marks, Washington. Consulting engineer Kear & Kennedy, Washigton. Principals include President Sutherland C. Dows (10%), holds 10 shares of KWCR Cedar Rapids, president and more than 25% interest in Iowa Electric Light & Power Co., Iowa Electric Co., Northwestern Light & Power Co., Central Iowa Telephone Co., Cedar Rapids & Iowa Railway Co., Central Iowa Grain Co., Dows Real Estate Co., Wyoming Co., all of Cedar Rapids, and director in various other Cedar Rapids firms and of a' Milwaukee insurance firm; First Vice President Harry G. O'Donnell (10%), president and less than 25% of Johnson Gas Appliance Co., Cedar Rapids, vice president and less than 25% of Johnson Mfg. Co., Mt. Vernon, Iowa, director and less than 25% of a bank and trust firm and a gas and electrical firm, both Cedar Rapids; Second Vice President William C. Culver (4%), president-51% of Culver Motors, president of Culver General Tire Inc. (80% owned by Culver Motors), president of Culver Car Leasing Co. (100% owned by Culver Motors); Secretary-Treasurer Donald T. Hines (4%), secretary and less than 25% interest in Fixtures Inc., Cedar Rapids, president and trustee in two Cedar Rapids theatre firms and of one Waterloo (Iowa) theatre firm and director of a Mason City (Iowa) theatre firm; Myron N. Blank (32%), owns 30% of Knalba Foundation (which owns Strand Amusement Co., applicant for TV in Hastings, Neb.), president-70% of Mid-West Television Co. (his wife, J. N. Blank, is vice president-secretary and holds 30% in MidWest Television), which proposes to file for TV at Des Moines; Morris B. Ebin (16%), executive in several Minnesota and Iowa theatre firms and president of Ebin Foundation, Minneapolis; David E. Beardsley (5%), physician, medical director of Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co., Cedar Rapids, and director of Miles Lab. Inc., Elkhart, Ind.; Nicholas P. Craemer (5%), president -33% of Craemer Realty Co., vice president-33% of Craemer's Dept. Store, Cedar Rapids; Abe L. Smukekoff (5%), vice presidentstockholder in KWCR, partner V3 of retail furniture firm; Harrison E. Spangler (5%), attorney. City Priority Group A-2, No. 49. TOPEKA, Kan.— R. F. Schoonover, uhf Ch. 42 (638-644 mc); ERP 84 kw visual, 50.4 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 574.4 ft., above ground 540 ft. Estimated construction cost $181,231, first year operating cost $125,000, revenue $150,000. Post Office address 1000 W. 6th St., Topeka. Studio location Topeka, to be determined. Transmitter location 3.5 mi. W., 0.4 mi. N of jet. of W. 10th and Gage Blvd., Topeka. Geographic coordinates 39° 04' 27" N. Lat., 95° 47' 26" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, antenna RCA. Legal counsel J. A. Dickinson, Topeka. Consulting engineer Radio Engineering Co., San Francisco. Sole owner R. F. Schoonover is president-43y3% owner of Schoonover Motors Inc. (Topeka), V3 partner of joint ventures in oil and gas exploration and development with Daryl F. Schoonover (son) and W. V. Barton (son-in-law). City Priority Group A-2, No. 43. DETROIT, Mich.— Woodward Bcstg. Co. (WCBO), uhf Ch. 50 (686-692 mc); ERP 924 kw visual, 462 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 699 ft., above ground 725 ft. Estimated construction cost $658,605, first year operating cost $500,000, revenue $500,000. Post Office address 3315-19 Barium Tower, Detroit 26. Studio location to be determined. Transmitter location 645 Griswold, Detroit. Geographic coordinates 42° 19' 49" N. Lat., 83° 02' 52" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel Fly, Shuebruk & Blume, Washington. Consulting engineer Vandivere, Cohen & Wearn, Washington. Principals include President-Treasurer Max Osnos (99.2%), president-stockholder of Sams Inc. (Detroit department store), president of Randolph Drug Co., partner in Randolph Lafayette Parking Co.; Vice PresidentSecretary Jacob Kellman (0.4%), assistant to president of Sams Inc.; Waldo Abbott (0.2%), professor and director of broadcasting at U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and stockholder in Homer Ball Bearing Co., Ann Arbor; George C. Edwards (0.2%), judge of probate court, juvenile division, Detroit. City Priority Group B-2, No. 161. MERIDIAN, Miss. — Birney Imes (WMOX-AM-FM), vhf Ch. 11 (198-204 mc); ERP 11.6 kw visual, 5.8 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 250 ft., above ground 342 ft. Estimated construction cost $90,000, first year operating cost $108,000, revenue $100,000. Post Office address, studio and transmitter location WMOX Bldg., 23d Ave. at 9th St., Meridian. Geographic coordinates 32° 21' 56" N. Lat., '88° 42' 07" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Consulting engineer Claude M. Gray, Birmingham, Ala. Sole owner Birney Imes is also owner of WCBI Columbus. WELO Tupelo, WNAG Grenada, WROX Clarksdale, all Miss., and Commercial Dispatch, Columbus Miss. City Priority Group A-2, No. 101. CAMDEN, N. J. — South Jersey Bcstg. Co. (WKDN), uhf Ch. 17 (488-494 mc) (allocated to Philadelphia); ERP 112 kw visual, 67 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 257 ft., above ground 317 ft. Estimated construction cost $232,500, first year operating cost $144,000, revenue $150,000. Post Office address and studio location 2881 Mt. Ephraim Ave., Camden. Transmitter location Camden. Geographic coordinates 39° 54' 30" N. Lat., 75° 06' 00" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel MeKenna & Wilkinson, Washington. Consulting engineer A. D. Ring & Co., Washington. Principals include President Treasurer Ranulf Compton (34%); Vice Presidents Florence J. Compton (20%); William R. Compton (14%), controller of National Folding Box Co., New London, Conn.; Douglass M. Compton (14%), superintendent at Robinson Paper Co., New London, Conn.; Vice President-Assistant General Manager Gordon Giffen (1%); SecretaryAssistant Treasurer True C. Giffen (14%). City Priority Group B-2, No. 160 (Philadelphia). ROCHESTER, N. Y. — Schine Chain Theatres Inc. (owns 55% of WPTR Albany), uhf Ch. 27 (548-554 mc); ERP 260 kw visual, 138 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 438 ft., above ground 325 ft. Estimated construction cost $415,000, first year operating cost $300,000, revenue $300,000. Post Office address 40 N. Main St., Gloversville, N. Y. Studio location to be determined, Rochester. Transmitter location Pinnacle Hill, Brighton, N. Y. Geographic coordinates 43° 08' 07" N. Lat., 77° 35' 02" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel Cohn & Marks, Washington. Consulting engineer A. D. Ring & Co., Washington. Applicant is owned 75% by Schinebro Inc. and 25% by Caroga Corp. President J. Myer Schine owns 130 of 200 sh. issued to Schinebro Inc.; Secretary-Treasurer Louis W. Schine, 70 of 200 sh. issued to Schinebro Inc. All Caroga Corp. stock is owned by Schinebro Inc. Other officers in applicant: Comptroller John A. May, Assistant Secretary Treasurer Florence D. Thompson, Assistant Treasurer Bernard Diamond, Directors Hildegarde Schine and Martha Schine, stockholders and officers in Hildemart Corp., top holding company for various hotel operating corporations. Schine Chain Theatres is holding company for more than 100 theatre owning and operating corporations and has other interests. City priority Group B-4, No. 191. t ROCHESTER, N. Y. — WARC Inc. (WARC), uhf Ch. 15 (476-482 mc); ERP 102.5 kw visual, 51.3 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 434 ft., above ground 325 ft. Estimated construction cost $200,588, first year operating cost $257,988, revenue $296,807. Post Office address Sheraton Hotel, Rochester, N. Y. Studio location Sheraton Hotel, Rochester. Transmitter location Pinnacle Hill, Brighton, N. Y. Geographic coordinates 43° 08' 07" N. Lat., 77° 35' 02" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Pierson & Ball, Washington. Consulting engineer Millard M. Garrison, Washington. Principals include PresidentTreasurer S. W. Townsend (26%), president-treasurer and 41% stockholder of WKST Inc. (WKST New Castle, Pa.); Secretary-Assistant Treasurer Wanda E. Townsend (25.2%), vice president and 37% stockholder of WKST; Vice Presidents Roger W. and Marjorie A. Clipp (40% together). Mrs. Clipp is 14% stockholder in WKST and treasurer-5.2% stockholders of WALL Middletown, N. Y. Mr. Clipp is general manager of WFIL-AM-TV Philadelphia and 32.4% stockholder in WALL. Also vice president is Stuart M. Frame (8.8%), managing partner of Crouch & Behan Co., Rochester (real estate, windows and fuel). City Priority Group B-4, No. 191. BISMARCK, N. D.-Rudman Television Co., vhf Ch. 5 (76-82 mc); ERP 65.5 kw visual, 39.4 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 300 ft., above ground 407 ft. Estimated construction cost $331,000, first year operating cost $152,140, revenue $180,000. Post Office address Bismarck, N. D. Studio and transmitter location 2400 Rosser Ave., Bismarck. Geographic coordinates 46° 48' 27.7" N. Lat., 100" 45' 11" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Ross K. Prescott, Dallas, Tex. Consulting engineer Guy C. Hutcheson, Arlington, Tex. Sole owner is M. B. Rudman, independent oil operator in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Dakota, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South Dakota. He is 50% owner of Navarre Bldg., Denver. Applicant also is filing applications for Galveston, Tex., and Minot, N. D. City Priority Group A-2, No. 287. MINOT, N. D. — Rudman Television Co., vhf Ch. 10 (192-198 mc); ERP 57.3 kw visual, 31 kw. aural; antenna height above average terrain 387 ft., (Continued on page 78) BROADCASTING • Telecasting