Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1953)

television grants and applications Digest of Those Filed with FCC Dec. 26 Through Dec. 37 Grants Since April 14: VHF UHF Total Commercial 47 118 165 Educational 2 8 10 Total 49 126 175 Commercial television stations on the air 121 1 6 1271 1 Includes XELD-TV Matamoras (Mexico). Brownsville. Applications Filed Since April 14: New Amended VHF UHF Total Commercial 656 323 551 427 979 2 Educational 19 ... 5 14 19 Total 675 323 556 441 998 3 1 One applicant did not specify channel. 3 Includes 175 already granted. * * * Processing on city priority status Gr. A-2 line has extended to city number 159. Processing on city priority status Gr. B-4 line has extended to city number 181. NEW STATION GRANTS Listed by States NEW LONDON, Conn.— The Thames Bcstg. Corp. (WNLC). Granted uhf Ch. 26 ( 542-548 mc); ERP 105 kw visual, 54 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 500 ft., above ground 211 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $161,430, first year operating cost $104,000, revenue $77,000. Post office address 281 State St., New London, Conn. Studio location Mohican Hotel. Transmitter location atop Richmond Hill on Rt. 61, 10.5 mi. NW of center of New London. Geographic coordinates 41° 29' 42" N. Lat., 72° 11' 35" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington. (Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include* President and Treasurer Gerald J. Morey (50.4%), Vice President and Secretary Roderick L. Morey (49%) and (Mrs.) Mary L. Morey (0.6%). [For application, see TV Applications, B.T, July 21.] City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 159. LAKELAND, Fla.— WONN-TV Die. (WONN). Granted uhf Ch. 16 (482-488 mc); ERP 85 kw visual, 43 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 730 ft., above ground 653 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $153,800, first year operating cost $80,000, revenue $120,000. Post office address P. O. Box 2038, Lakeland, Fla. Studio and transmitter location Lakeland Highlands Road at Seward Lake Drive, 3.5 mi. S. E. of Lakeland. Geographic coordinates 27° 57' 31" N. Lat., 81° 55' 31" W. Long. Transmitter Dumont, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Fisher, Wayland, Duvall & Southmayd, Washington. Consulting engineer George E. Gautney, Washington. Principals include President Robert S. Taylor (5.8%), president, general manager and 331/3% owner of WONN Lakeland; Vice President E. D. Covington Jr. (5.8%), vice president, program director and 33V3% owner of WONN; Secretary Duane F. McConnell (5.8%), secretary-treasurer, chief engineer and 33'/3% owner of WONN; Treasurer Dr. Winburn A. Shearouse (5.8%), dentist; Dr. Morris B. Pickens (5.8%), dentist; Dr. J. Frank Hawkins (5.8%), dentist; Dr. Robert F. Vason (5.8%), dentist; Dr. Samuel J. Clark (5.8%), physician; 'Dr. Dodge D. Mentzer (5.8%), physiian; Dr. Ralph B. Hanahan (5.8%), -adiologist; Dr. F. Stuart Roux (5.8%), lentist; Dr. William P. Logan (5.8%), ahysician; Dr. Luther M. Beal (5.8%), lentist; Dr. James T. Shelden (5.8%), adiologist; Dr. John E. Daughtrey 2.9%), physician; Dr. S. L. Watson 2.9%), physician; Dr. John H. Miller (5.8%), physician, and Dr. Roger Grosser (5.8%), dentist. [For applicaion, see TV Applications, B.T, June 13.] City priority status Gr. A-2, No. 57, BANGOR, Maine— Community Teleasting Service (WABI). Granted vhf ^h. 5 (76-82 mc); ERP 1.9 kw visual. .95 kw aural; antenna height above iverage terrain 673 ft., above ground ■20 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated t'age 58 • January 5, 1953 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 and 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 grantee. [For application, see TV Applications, B.T, July 14.] City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 153. FESTUS, Mo. — Ozark Television Corp. Granted uhf Ch. 14 ( 470-476 mc); ERP 170 kw visual, 89 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 870 ft., above ground 644 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $279,694, first year operating cost $206,316, revenue $218,400. Post office address 702 Louderman Bldg., 317 North Eleventh St., St. Louis 1, Mo. Studio and transmitter location 3.5 mi. west of Kimmswick, Mo., about 20 mi. SW of St. Louis, Mo. Geographic coordinates 38° 22' 21" N. Lat., 90° 25' 47" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel George M. Moore, Washington, Consulting engineer Commercial Radio Equipment Co., Washington. Principals include President John T. McKenna (36%), Clayton Mo., tax consultant and CPA; Vice President and Secretary Carl G. Mclntire (46%), 50% owner of GMB Productions (television film production), St. Louis; Treasurer George Menos (9%), from 1945 to 1952 sole proprietor of Mississippi Valley School of Aeronautics, St. Louis, and Raymond W. Karst (9%), general counsel for Economic Stabilization Agency, Washington. City priority status: Gr. B-l, No. 72. [For application, see TV Applications, B.T, Nov. 17.] City priority status: Gr. B-l, No. 72. ALTOONA, Pa.— The Gable Bcstg. Co. (WFBG). Granted vhf Ch. 10 (192198 mc); ERP 316 kw visual, 158 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 990 ft., above ground 174 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $386,132, first year operating cost $182,499, revenue $255,883. Post office address 1320-22 11th Ave., Altoona. Pa. Studio location 1321 11th Ave. Transmitter location Wopsononock Mountain, 5 mi. NW of Altoona. Geographic coordinates 40° 34' 01" N. Lat., 78° 26' 31" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel George O. Sutton, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include President George P. Gable (20%), Vice President W. S. Truby (20%) and Secretary-Treasurer E. C. Callaway (20%). TFor application, see TV Applications, B.T, July 7.] City priority status: Gr. B-3, No. 176. HARRIS burg. Pa. — Harrisburg Bcstrs. Inc. Granted uhf Ch. 71 (812 818 mc); ERP 220 kw visual, 110 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 990 ft., above ground 439 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $767,263, first year operating cost $575,990, revenue $385,000. Post office address: 11 North Second St., Harrisburg. Studio location 911 Market St. Transmitter location 5.75 mi. North of East Pennsboro in Cumberland County, Pa. Geographic coordinates 45° 19' 03" N. Lat., 76° 56' 50" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel Fisher, Wayland, Duvall & Southmayd, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Sole owner is Donald E. Newhouse, \'s owner of KGW Portland, Ore., and Vice President of The Evening Journal Assn., Jersey City, N. J., Long Island Daily Press Pub. Co., Jamaica, N. Y., and Newark Morning Ledger Co., Newark, N. J. [For application see TV Applications, B.T, July 21.] City priority status: Gr. B-l, No. 8. EXISTING STATION CHANGE GRANTED KPRC-TV HOUSTON, Tex. Granted ERP 100 kw visual, 50 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 630 ft. TRANSFER OF CONTROL REQUESTED WMBR-AM-FM-TV JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Florida Bcstg. Co. Transfer of control to Washington Post Co. through sale of 100% interest for $2,470,000 cash. Principals in transferee include Chairman of the Board Eugene Meyer, President and Publisher Philip L. Graham and Vice President John S. Hayes, who also is president of WTOP-AM-FM-TV Washington, and which is owned by WTOP Inc. (Washington Post Co. owns 55% of WTOP Inc., and CBS owns 45%.) Transferee is publisher of The Washington (D. C.) Post (daily morning newspaper), and is borrowing $2 million from Riggs National Bank, Washington, D. C, in order to effect cash purchase of WMBR-AM-FM-TV. WLTV (TV) ATLANTA, Ga.— Broadcasting Inc. Transfer of control to Crosley Bcstg. Corp. through sale of 100,820 shares of common stock and 72,000 shares of preferred stock (100%) for $1,500,000. Principals of Crosley Bcstg. Corp. include Chairman of the Board James D. Shouse, President R. E. Dunville, Secretary R. S. Pruitt, Vice President and Treasurer K. T. Murphy, Vice President R. J. Rockwell, Vice President Harry M. Smith, Vice President William P. Robinson and Vice President John T. Murphy. Sole owner of 100% of stock of Crosley Bcstg. Corp. is Avco Mfg. Corp., New York. Transferee is the licensee of WLW WLWT (TV) Cincinnati, WINS New York, WLWD (TV) Dayton and WLWC (TV) Columbus, and applicant for new TV stations in Indianapolis and Toledo. ASSIGNMENT OF CP REQUESTED WGBI-TV SCRANTON, Pa.— Scranton Bcstrs. Inc. Assignment of construction permit to MCL Telecasting Corp. through relinquishment of 66%% interest now held by Scranton Bcstrs. Inc. (WGBI) to The Scranton Times (WQAN) and the Meco Realty Co. Principals include President Frank C. Walker, Meco Realty Co., former postmaster general; Secretary Edward J. Lynett, co-publisher of The Scranton Times Treasurer Mrs. M. E. Megaree, president of WGBI-AM-FM-TV; Elizabeth R. Lynett, co-publisher of The Scranton Times; Mrs. Madge Megargee Holcomb, vice president of WGBI; Vance L. Eckersley; Thomas L. Moran, Thomas P. Comerford, and J. J. O'Leary. WGBI, WQAN and Meco Realty Co. each have V3 interest in MCL Telecasting Corp. Each \'3 stockholder will contribute $50,000 to MCL Telecasting Corp., each agrees to loan $50,000 to MCL Telecasting Corp., and Meco Realty Co. and WQAN each agree to loan additional $50,000 if necessary. Studios and transmitter buildings will be leased from WGBI; in addition, WGBI receives credit of $25,000 for work already done on studios and transmitter buildings and for obtaining contract with CBS-TV for network program service. (Last July WQAN and Meco Realty Co., each owning 50% interest, filed for uhf Ch. 16 as Electric City Telecasting Co. [B.T, July 20], but application was set for comparative hearing with WARM. WGBI-TV was granted CP Aug. 14 [B.T, Aug. 18].) EXISTING STATIONS CHANGES SOUGHT WENR-TV CHICAGO, 111.— Americar1 Bcstg. Co. CP to increase ERP to 31^ kw visual, 158 kw aural; antenna heigh! above average terrain 731 ft. K FDA-TV AMARILLO, Tex.— Amarillo Bcstg. Co. Mod. CP (which authorized new TV station) to changq studio location from "to be determined'! to 2.8 mi. north of Amarillo city limits on North Ong St. (extended) at SE corner of intersection of North Ong St' and West Cherry Ave. NEW APPLICATIONS Listed by States PINE BLUFF, Ark.— Pine Bluff Television Co., vhf Ch. 7 (174-180 mc); ERF 50.5 kw visual, 27.2 kw aural; antenns' height above average terrain 537 ft.| above ground 574 ft. Estimated construction cost $350,500, first year operating cost $120,000, revenue $150,000. Pos1 Office address 1407 South Akard St.' Dallas, Tex. Studio and transmitte: location at intersection of Bay St. anc Seventh Ave. Geographic coordinated' 34° 13' 20" N. Lat. 92° 02' 28" W. Long.; Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel Lee Shipp, Dallas, Tex. Con-' suiting engineer Guy C. Hutcheson Arlington, Tex. Sole owner of applica-; tion is Burnett Estes, general partner and 50% owner of Shaw & Estes (gen^ eral construction contractors), Dallas. Tex. -City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 119. MERIDIAN, Idaho — Boise Valley Bcstrs. Inc. (KDSH Boise), vhf Ch. 2, (54-60 mc); ERP 16.1 kw visual, 8.0T! kw aural; antenna height above average: terrain 2,480 ft., above ground 84 ft.. Estimated construction cost $199,372{ first year operating cost $135,000, reve-i; nue $135,000. Post Office address Radio Center Bldg., 311 North Tenth St., Boise, Idaho. Studio location to be determined. Transmitter location on Deer Point, within NW V* of the SE V4 of Sec. 21, T. 5 N., R. 3 E., Boise Meridian, about 10% mi. NNE of Idaho State; Capitol Bldg., Boise. Geographic coordinates 43° 45' 12" N. Lat., 116° 06' 08"W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, an-: tenna GE. Legal counsel Willis C, Moffatt, Boise, Idaho. Consulting engineer James A. Johntz Jr., Boise, Idaho. Principals include President H.j Westerman Whillock, Treasurer Earl11 Glade Jr. and Secretary Willis C.ji Moffatt. City priority status: Gr. A-2,, No. 506. HUGHES APPOINTED WOR-TV News Director APPOINTMENT of John B. Hughes, for many years conductor' of the News and* Views program1! on MBS as director of news for' WOR-TV New York, was an-s nounced last week I1 by Warren Wade,' station manager. Mr. Hughes joined WOR-TV Dec. 1, 1952, atli which time John Wingate resigned as the station's; news director to join WNBT (TV) New York. Prior to joining WORTV, Mr. Hughes handled special assignments for MBS' news de' partment in addition to his News:] and Views show. Mr. Hughes NBC-CBC Agreement NBC and CBS-TV last week entered into an affiliation arrangement with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. for television stations in, Toronto and Montreal. CBLT (TV) Toronto will be interconnected with NBC-TV but CBFT (TV) Montreal will be non-interconnected for the present. BROADCASTING • Telecasting