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The New Grantees' Commencement Target Dates
:j On the air, operating commercially.
HERE are post-thaw TV grantees and the dates on which they expect to commence operation. Channels authorized, network affiliation and national representative, where signed, are given.
LISTED BY CITY ALPHABET
Call
City and State
WAKR-TV Akron, Ohio WRTV (TV) Albany, N. Y. KFDA-TV Amarillo, Tex. KGNC-TV Amarillo, Tex. WPAG-TV Ann Arbor, Mich. WCEE (TV) Asbury Park, N. J. WISE-TV Asheville, N. C. WPTV (TV) Ashland, Ky. WFPG-TV Atlantic City, N. J.
KCTV (TV) Austin, Tex. KTBC-TV Austin, Tex.
KTVA (TV) Austin, Tex. WITH-TV Baltimore, Md. WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
Capital Television & Bcstg.
Co., Baton Rouge, La. WBCK-TV Battle Creek, Mich. WBKZ-TV Battle Creek, Mich. Television Broadcasters
Beaumont, Tex. WTVI (TV) Belleville, III. WLEV-TV Bethlehem, Pa. WQTV (TV) Binghamton, N. Y. WJLD-TV Birmingham, Ala. WSGN-TV Birmingham, Ala. WICC-TV Bridgeport, Conn. WSJL (TV) Bridgeport, Conn. WTVF (TV) Buffalo, N. Y. Chautauqua Bcstg. Corp.,
Buffalo, N. Y. WCSC-TV Charleston, S. C. WOUC (TV) Chattanooga, Tenn WTVT (TV) Chattanooga, Tenn. KKTV(TV) Colorado Springs, Col. 11
KRDO-TV Colorado Springs, Col. WCOS-TV Columbia, S. C. WNOK-TV Columbia, S. C. WDAN-TV Danville, III.
WONE-TV Dayton, Ohio WTVP (TV) Decatur, III. KBTV (TV) Denver, Col. KDEN (TV) Denver, Col. KFEL-TV Denver, Col. KIRV (TV) Denver WFTV (TV) Duluth, Minn. WKAR-TV East Lansing, Mich. WEEX-TV Eastern, Pa. WTVE (TV) Elmira, N. Y. KEPO-TV El Paso, Tex. KROD-TV El Paso, Tex. KTSM-TV El Paso, Tex. WSEE-TV Fall River, Mass. WTAC-TV Flint, Mich WCTV (TV) Flint, Mich. WFTUTV Fort Lauderdale, Fla. WITV (TV) Fort Lauderdale, Fla, KFSA-TV Fort Smith, Ark. WFMD-TV Frederick, Md. KMJ-TV Fresno, Calif WTVS(TV) Gadsden, Ala. Gulf Television Co.,
Galveston, Tex. Rudman Television Co.,
Galveston, Tex. WBAY-TV Green Bay, Wis. WCOG-TV Greensboro, N. C. WHP-TV Harrisburg, Pa. WAZL-TV Hazleton, Pa. WEHT (TV) Henderson, Ky. WHYN-TV Holyoke, Mass. KGMB-TV Honolulu, T. H. KONA (TV) Honolulu, T. H. KUHT (TV) Houston, Tex. WIBM-TV Jackson, Mich. WJTV (TV) Jackson, Miss.
WARD-TV Johnstown, Pa. WKMI-TV Kalamazoo, Mich. Southland Telecasters,
Lake Charles, La. WIMA-TV Lima, Ohio WLOK-TV Lima, Ohio KFOR-TV Lincoln, Neb. KOLN-TV Lincoln, Neb. KRTV (TV) Little Rock, Ark. KETV (TV) Little Rock, Ark. KPIK (TV) Los Angeles KUSC-TV Los Angeles WKLO-TV Louisville, Ky. KCBD-TV Lubbock, Tex. KDUB-TV Lubbock, Tex.
Ch.
Granted
Commenceim
49
Sept. 4
Spring 1953
•17
July 24
Unknown
10
Oct. 16
March
4
Oct. 9
March-April
20
Sept. 25
March 15
58
Oct. 2
Late 1953
62
Oct. 30
Unknown
59
Aug. 14
Unknown
46
Oct. 30
Dec. 20*
18
July 11
Unknown
7
July 11
Nov. 27$
24
Aug. 21
Unknown
60
Dec. 18
Unknown
28
Aug. 14
Jan. 1
40
Dec. 18
Unknown
58
Nov. 20
August
64
Oct. 30
May 15
31
Dec. 4
May
54
Nov. 20
May 1
51
Oct. 30
Unknown
*46
Aug. 14
Unknown
48
Dec. 10
Unknown
42
Dec. 18
Unknown
43
July 11
Jan. 15-31
49
Aug. 14
Unknown
*23
July 24
Unknown
17
Dec. 18
April 1
5
Oct. 30
April 1
. 49
Aug. 21
Unknown
43
Aug. 21
Unknown
1. 11
Nov. 28
Dec. 7$
1 3
Nov. 20
April
25
Sept. 18
March
67
Sept. 18
May 1
24
Dec. 10
Unknown
99
Nov 26
' lulu
July
]7
Nov 20
Unknown
9
July 11
uct. Z-:
26
July 11
Cnrinn 1 0*51
2
July 11
July 18$
20
Sept. 18
Unknown
38
Oct. 24
March 1
60
Oct. 16
September
57
Dec. 18
Spring 1953
24
Nov. 6
March
13
Oct. 24
Early 1953
4
July 31
Dec. 14$
9
Aug. 14
Dec. 24-25
46
Sept. 14
May
16
Nov. 20
Unknown
OQ ZO
July 1 1
Early 1953
23
July 31
rviarcn I
17
July 31
Unknown
22
Nov. 13
May 1
62
Oct. 24
Unknown
24
Sept. 18
May 1
21
Nov. 6
April
11
Nov. 20
March 1
41
Nov. 29
Unknown
2
Nov 13
Aiarcn I
57
Nov. 20
Unknown
55
Sept. 25
May
63
Dec. 18
Unknown
50
Nov. 20
Unknown
55
July 11
Early 1953
9
Aug. 7
Dec. 1$
11
Oct. 24
Nov. 22$
•8
Aug. 21
Unknown
48
Nov. 20
Unknown
25
Sept. 1 1
January
CA
JO
Nov. 20
Unknown
36
Nov. 26
Unknown
25
Dec. 18
April-June
35
Dec. 4
Unknown
73
Nov. 20
March 15
10
Oct. 16
April 1
12
Oct. 2
Spring 1953
17
Sept. 18
April 15
23
Oct. 30
Unknown
22
Dec. 10
Unknown
•28
Aug. 28
Unknown
21
Nov. 26
Spring 1953
11
Oct. 9
Spring 1953
13
Oct. 9
Nov. 13$
Page 66
December 22, 1952
Rep. Weed
Branham
Taylor
McGillvra
NBC, ABC Pearson CBS, DuMont
CBS, ABC, Taylor NBC
CBS, DuMont, Adam Young NBC, ABC
ABC, DuMont
CBS
Adam Young
Meeker
ABC
Adam Young
Free & Peters McGillvra
ABC, CBS, DuMont
CBS
McGillvra Headley-Reed Raymer Everett
McKinney
CBS, ABC Free & Peters
NBC, DuMont Blair-TV Inc.
Forjoe
Avery-Knodel
CBS, DuMont Taylor
NBC Hollingbery
Sears & Ayer
Raymer
Weed
Boiling Meeker
Branham
CBS, ABC, NBC Free & Peters DuMont Forjoe
CBS, ABC,
NBC, DuMont Katz Weed
Adam Young
H-R Reps Petry Weed Pearson
Pearson
CBS, DuMont Avery-Knodel
Call City and State
WLVA-TV Lynchburg, Va. WWOD-TV Lynchburg, Va. KSAC-TV Manhattan, Kan. WMAC (TV) Massillon, Ohio WALA-TV Mobile, Ala. WKAB-TV Mobile, Ala. KNOE-TV Monroe, La.
Ch. Granted Commencement Network
13 16 •8 23 10 48 8
Delta Television Inc., Monroe, La. 43
WCOV-TV Montgomery, Ala. 20
WLBC-TV Muncie, Ind. 49
WNBH-TV New Bedford, Mass. 28
WKNB-TV New Britain, Conn. 30 N. J. Dept. of Education,
New Brunswick, N. J. *19
WKST-TV New Castle, Pa. 45
WGTV (TV) New York City *25
WOSH-TV Oshkosh, Wis. 48 Southland Television Inc.,
Pensacola, Fla. 15
WEEK-TV Peoria, III. 43
WTVH-TV Peoria, III. 19
WIP-TV Philadelphia, Pa. 29
WBTM-TV Piedmont, Va. 24
KPTV (TV) Portland, Ore. 27
WEOK-TV Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 21
KCSJ-TV Pueblo, Col. 5
KDZA-TV Pueblo, Col. 3
WETV (TV) Raleigh, N. C. 28
WROH (TV) Rochester, N. Y. *21
WHTV (TV) Syracuse, N. Y. *43
WEEU-TV Reading, Pa. 33
WHUM-TV Reading, Pa. 61
WROV-TV Roanoke, Va. 27
WSLS-TV Roanoke, Va. 10
WTVO (TV) Rockford, III. 39
WK NX-TV Saginaw, Mich. 57
Nov. 13 Nov. 6 July 24 Sept. 4 Nov. 26 Aug. 7 Dec. 4 Dec. 10 Sept. 18 Oct. 30 July 11 July 11
Dec. 4 Sept. 4 Aug. 14
Nov. 26
Nov. 13 Aug. 28 Dec. 18 Nov. 26 Dec. 18 July 11 Nov. 26 Oct. 30 Nov. 13 Oct. 16 July 24 Sept. 18 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Oct. 2
Feb. 15 Unknown Unknown April 1 Jan. 1 Dec. 15 Unknown April 1 March March 8 Unknown Jan. 15
Unknown February Unknown Unknown
June January Unknown Unknown Unknown Sept. 19$ Dec. 1953 March 1 Feb. 1 March 1 Unknown Unknown May 15 Jan. 4 January Dec. 11 $ Unknown February
KFEQ-TV St. Joseph, Mo. WSUN-TV St. Petersburg, Fla. KGKL-TV San Angelo, Tex. KTXL-TV San Angelo, Tex. KITO-TV San Bernardino, Calif. WKAQ-TV San Juan, P. R.
2 Oct. 16 April 38 Oct. 9 May 1
3 Dec. 18 Unknown 8 Nov. 26 Unknown
18 Nov. 6 Fall 1953
2 July 24 1954
KEYT (TV) Santa Barbara, Calif. 3 Nov. 13
WGBI-TV Scranton, Pa. 20 Aug. 14
WTVU (TV) Scranton, Pa. 73 Aug. 14
KWTV (TV) Sioux City, Iowa 36 Oct. 30
KVTV (TV) Sioux City 9 Nov. 20
KELO-TV Sioux Falls, S. D. 11 Nov. 20
WSBT-TV South Bend, Ind. 34 Aug. 28
KHQ-TV Spokane, Wash. 6 July 11
KXLY-TV Spokane, Wash. 4 July 11
WWLP (TV) Springfield, Mass. 61 July 11
KTTS-TV Springfield, Mo. 10 Oct. 9
KMO-TV Tacoma, Wash. 13 Dec. 10
KTNT-TV Tacoma, Wash. 11 Dec. 10
KCNA-TV Tucson, Ariz. 9 Dee. 18
KOPO-TV Tucson, Ariz. 13 Nov. 13
KVOA-TV Tucson, Ariz. 4 Nov. 13 Central Texas Television Co.,
Waco, Tex. 34 Nov. 13
WHHH-TV Warren, Ohio 67 Nov. 6
WATR-TV Waterbury, Conn. 53 Oct. 30
WIRK-TV West Palm Beach, Fla. 21 Dec. 18
KFDX-TV Wichita Falls, Tex. 3 Dec. 18 White Television Co.,
Wichita Falls, Tex. 22 Nov. 6
WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 28 Oct. 2
W ILK-TV Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 34 Oct. 2
WRAK-TV Williamsport, Pa. 36 Nov. 13
KIMA-TV Yakima, Wash. 29 Dec. 4
KIT-TV Yakima, Wash. 23 Dec. 4
WNOW-TV York, Pa. 49 July 11
WSBA-TV York, Pa. 43 Jury 11
WFMJ-TV Youngstown, Ohio 73 July 11
WKBN-TV Youngstown, Ohio 27 July 11
WUTV (TV) Youngstown, Ohio 21 Sept. 25
WHIZ-TV Zanesville, Ohio 50 Dec. 10
* Educational permittees.
May April
Feb. -March Unknown April 1
Feb. 1 Dec. 25
Dec. 22$ Dec. 25
Jan. 15 April May 1
Unknown Jan. 15 Feb. 1
Unknown Unknown March 1 Unknown March 18
April Jan. 1. Feb. 1 Unknown Unknown Unknown April Jan. 1 Early 1953 Early 1953
Unknown April 1
ABC, CBS DuMont, CBS
NBC
NBC
CBS ABC
NBC, CBS
ABC, DuMont, CBS, NBC CBS .
CBS
NBC, ABC CBS, DuMont
NBC
Rep.
Hollingbery
Headley-Reed Forjoe
Taylor
Walker Boiling
Meeker
Young
Headley-Reed
NBC Spot Sales
Avery-Knodel
Avery-Knodel
Headley-Reed H-R Reps. Burn-Smith Avery-Knodel
Gill-Keefe &
Perna Headley-Reed Weed
Hollingbery Inter-American
Blair-TV Cooke
Inc.
Katz Taylor Raymer Katz
Walker, Pae. NW Bcstrs. Hollingbery
Branham
Raymer
Rambeau
NBC
ABC-DuMont
Headley-Reed
Avery-Knodel
DuMont
ABC
NBC
CBS, DuMont, ABC
Radio-TV Reps
Headley-Reed
Raymer
Sevareid, Cott Honored
ERIC SEVAREID, chief Washington correspondent for CBS, and Ted Cott, NBC vice president and general manager of WNBC-WNBT (TV) New York, last week were named winners of the 1952 One World Awards in the field of radio. Awards will be made at the annual dinner in New York early next year.
Ipana Shares 'Gleason'
BRISTOL-MYERS Co., New York (Ipana tooth paste), will become a participating sponsor of the Jackie Gleason Show effective Saturday, Jan. 3, on CBS-TV, 8-9 p.m. Doherty, Clifford, Steers & Shenfield, New York, is the agency. Other two sponsors are Schick Inc. and Thos. Leeming & Co. Inc.
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