Broadcasting Telecasting (July - Sept 1952)

FCC Roundup (Continued from page 115) pastor of First Baptist Church, Maryville; Secretary Treasurer Dale J. Black well (10%), instructor at Missouri State College, Maryville; J. D. White (10%), manager of private airport; G. R. Williams (10%), 50% owner of B. & W. Sporting Goods, Maryville; J. S. Mclntyre, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. agent, Maryville; J. D. Ewing (10%), Maryville attorney; E. M. Shreve (10%), farm loans; K. S. Ackley (10%), service station owner, and Dr. H. C. Bauman (10%), physician. Filed July 11, 1951; granted Sept. 19, 1952. TRANSFER GRANTS KAGH Crossett, Ark. — Granted assignment of license from Fleet Inc. to Julian Haas for $32,000. Mr. Haas is commercial manager of KAKK Little Rock, Ark. Filed Aug. 25. Granted Sept. 25. KNGS Hanford, Calif— Granted assignment of license from Samuel and Harriett Beaubaire to Earl J. Fenston, Fresno, Calif., attorney and owner of KSJV Sanger, Calif., for $606,000 plus lease agreement for land and building for 10 years at $600 per month and option to purchase for $150,000. Price and lease includes publishing Hanford Daily Sentinel and Hanford Journal (daily) and Kings County News (weekly). Filed Aug. 5. Granted Sept. 25. WGFG Kalamazoo, Mich. — Granted assignment of license from Harold F. Gross to Howard D. Steere for $105,000 ($10,000 down, $40,000 upon closing date and $55,000 within five years at $11,000 per year plus interest). Mr. Steere was licensee of WFEC Miami, Fla., from Feb. 15, 1950, to June 1, 1952. and now is management consultant. Filed Aug. 22. Granted Sept. 25. WTNJ Trenton, N. J. — Granted transfer of control in WOAX Inc., licensee, from Charles E. Loew, 80 years old, and Julie V. Loew, 85 years, to Erling C. Olsen as trustee . for the Loews. Mr. and Mrs. Loew wish continuous and careful supervision over their affairs and operation of WTNJ and at same time are desirous of conserving their health, application said. WTNJ is assigned 250 w day on 1300 kc. Filed Aug. 7, 1950. Granted Sept. 25, 1952. KBKO Portland, Ore. — Granted transfer of control from Mercury Bcstg. Co. to W. Gordon Allen and Thomas P. Kelly for $26,000 through sale of 320 shares of stock (75%). Mr. Allen (to have 216 of 425 shares in KBKO) is 60% owner of KGAL Lebanon, Ore., onethird owner of KGAE Salem, Ore., and 50% owner of KSGA Redmond, Ore. Mr. Kelly (to have 105 of 425 shares in KBKO) is commercial manager of KGAE. Filed July 14. Granted Sept. 25. All Chips on Radio M. E. BLATT Co.'s exclusive and successful reliance upon radio for advertising in its Atlantic City market [B«T, Aug. 4] is recounted in detail in a new brochure by BAB and being distributed to the bureau's members and to advertising agencies. Entitled "The Queen Keeps Her Crown — By Using Radio," the eight page story notes that the Atlantic City department store has used radio exclusively for its daily advertising for the past 15 months and quotes M. E. Blatt as saying: "As far as Atlantic City is concerned, newspaper advertising wasn't 50% efficient. A lot of items we used to advertise got no response whatsoever. But we've had excellent response to items advertised only on radio. . . ." FIRST full-range recorded tapes for commercal sale featuring major orchestras with prominent conductors and soloists will be introduced by MaVoTape Inc., Chicago, at Oct. 29Nov. 1 Audio Fair in New York City. JULY-AUGUST BOXSCORE STATUS of broadcast station authorization at the FCC: -As of July 31 — As of August 31 Totat authorized Total on the air Licensed (all on air) Construction permits Total applications pending Total applications in hearing Requests for new stations Requests to change existing facilities Deletion of licensed stations Deletion of construction permits AM FM TV AM FM TV 2,451 645 130 2,470 643 143 2,356 627 109 2,358 622 109 2,338 584 96 2,340 579 96 113 61 34 130 64 47 936 156 951 1,067 163 978 210 7 8 199 8 72 300 12 838 291 12 855 206 30 56 204 29 61 1 5 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 KGHL SALE $lV/2 Million Package Deal NEW MONEY for the broadcast business is expected with the signing last Monday of a $l1/s> million contract by Walter E. Schott, Cincinnati industrialist worth an estimated $40 million, for KGHL Billings, Mont., in an unusual package [Closed Circuit, Sept. 22]. The package was sold by the Northwestern Auto Supply Co., Billings. C. C. Campbell is Northwestern president. Papers will be filed this week for FCC approval. Mr. Schott, who has never had a broadcast interest, heads a family organization known as the Walter E. Schott Investment Co., comprised cf his wife, two sons and a daughter. Mr. CampelPs $1% million sale includes, in addition to the 5 kw station on 790 kc, cash, government bonds, real estate, appliance and auto accessory distributorships, livestock, buildings and a fullyequipped ranch. Station is affiliated with NBC. The package provides for transfer of the station, a three-story modern building in which it is housed, four lots, three distributorships covering Montana and Wyoming for RCA, an auto parts firm and Frigidaire, 2,600 registered Hereford cattle and a 26,000 acre ranch and its properties. Negotiations were handled by Ray V. Hamilton, partner and Chicago manager in Blackburn-Hamilton, station brokers. He concluded the pact in seven weeks. Mr. Schott has interests in lumber, machine tool, automobile sales, woodworking machinery, automobile accessory and investment companies, hotels, apartments and other real estate. After the sale is completed he plans to retire to California because of his health. C-of-C Ad Group SEVERAL broadcasting executives have been reappointed to the Committee on Advertising, U. S. Chamber of Commerce, of which George E. Whitwell, Philadelphia Electric Co., is president. Continuing on the committee are Roger W. Clipp, WFIL Philadelphia; Harold E. Fellows, NARTB president; Robert T. Mason, WMRN Marion, Ohio, and John Pattison Williams, WING Dayton, Ohio. REMOTE CONTROL FCC Grants Permission PERMISSION to operate transmitters by remote control was granted Thursday by FCC to a number of stations in all parts of the country. Actions were taken by waiver of Sec. 3.165 for AM and 3.265 for FM stations. NARTB is spearheading a movement to obtain relaxation of these rules on the ground that technical progress in transmitting equipment eliminates much of the need for attended operation. Unattended transmitters have been operating successfully in Canada, NARTB points out. AM stations granted right to install remote control operation were KEAR San Mateo, Calif., and WKYW Louisville. WTIP Charleston, W. Va., was permitted to continue remote operation. An FM grant went to KNBCFM San Francisco. Given permission to continue remote operations were WRFL Winchester, Va.; WGUY-FM Bangor, Me.; KEANFM Sacramento; WEAU-FM Eau Claire, Wis. NOT COMMUNISTS Performers Tell Probers RADIO-TV performers Sam Levenson, Philip Loeb and Burl Ives and actress Judy Holliday attribute their association with left-wing and radical causes to their humanitarian leanings. All swore they were not communists, and were not in sympathy with Communism, according to a report, which was released by the Senate Internal Security subcommittee investigating subversive infiltration of radio, TV and the entertainment industry. Report was second transcript of testimony involving radio-TV which subcommittee has released. Last month subcommittee charged that Radio Writers Guild was controlled by pro-Communists [B» T, Sept. 1]. Belding Talks to Club SPEAKING on "Growing Up in Advertising," Don Belding, president, Foote, Cone & Belding Inc., Los Angeles, started a new series of programs for the Junior Advertising Club of Los Angeles, last Tuesday. Industry Must Police (Continued from page 32) gramming standards and we conscious of their responsibilities the public. The subcommittee made an jfee spection tour of the facilities 'jjj NBC Tuesday and of CBS Wedneiafa day. Mr. Gold, who spoke on beh; of film producers, film distributo: film department repi-esentatives T V stations and adverti agencies belonging to the Nation ^ Television Film Council, emphwF sized that a "rigid deterrent obscenity and offensiveness in te! vision programming already exis — 'public acceptance.' Greatest flurry of interrogate came when Mr. Levy said t ACLU's position was that NARTB TV Code violated FQp rules regarding the responsibiliti of licensees and also that it pro ably violated the anti-trust lawtte He maintained that under trfe a Code, Death of a Salesman cou not be shown because it showeJTcit suicide as a solution to a probler He also said that the religious pr< visions of the Code probably bannt the showing of the Italian motk.s picture, "The Miracle." Mrs. Smart submitted results els' a survey taken among parents c1^ 1,000 parochial school children into the Washington suburb regardin children's programs. Most of thei were critical. Mr. McAloon urged the commiij^ tee to look into the prospect o forcing broadcasters to use guicf^1 ance from child experts in th choice and production of children' ^'8 shows. Crime, horror and violenc in children's programs do play on part in contributing to juvenile de linquency, Mr. McAloon said. H emphasized that radio and TV werfBI not solely responsible and that thei greatest impact was on unstabh children. He also held out higlfr hopes for the future of educationa TV stations. If, ::v It tit nlc H : ■fv th The : flu fS! ere:' mjs cat: i cb. Mr. £D WI Hi nj TOPEKA PURCHASE WREN Sale Filed Wifh FCOs iml SALE of WREN Topeka, Kan., byt£f R. C. Jackman and family to All e] M. Landon and family for $2,40Casf plus assumption of notes totaling nearly §130,000 is reported in an application filed with FCC last week for approval. Station reported p deficit of some $65,000 as of July* 31. Mr. Landon, independent oil pro ducer, seeks uhf TV Channel 42' at Topeka and is 65% owner of KSCB Liberal, Kan. WREN earlier had filed for Channel 42 at Topekatt. but its application was returned s as incomplete [B»T, Aug. 25]. Mr. Landon and his family also pay S3,500 for land at the WREN transmitter site, the transfer application stated. WREN is assigned 5 kw, directional night, on 1250 kc. It is an ABC affiliate. Page 116 • September 29, 1952 BROADCASTING • Telecasting