Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1953)

visual, 25 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 490 ft., above ground 539 ft. Estimated construction cost $338,700, first year operating cost $275,000, revenue $275,000. Post Office address 2104 Jackson St., Dallas. Studio and transmitter location 2004 Jackson St., 1 mi. east of KRLD-TV tower. Geographic coordinates 32° 46' 56" N. Lat., 96° 47' 16" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Cohn & Marks, Washington. Consulting engineer Weldon & Carr, Washington. Principals Include President Barton R. McLendon (50%), 20% owner of Tri-State Theatres (motion picture exhibition), Dallas, and Vice President Gordon B. McLendon (49%), 20% owner of Tri-State Theatres. Applicant also is licensee of KELP El Paso, Tex., and KLBS Houston, Tex. File No.: BPCT-1388. City priority status: Gr. B-2, No. 155. Granted Feb. 12. LONGVIEW, Tex. — East Texas Television Co. Granted uhf Ch. 32 (578-584 mc); ERP 20 kw visual, 11 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 290 ft., above ground 340 ft. Estimated construction cost $178,873, first year operating cost $163,500, revenue $180,000. Post Office address: Route 3, Longview, Tex. Studio location: 6 mi. SW of Longview on State Highway 26. Transmitter location: Same as studio. Geographic coordinates: 32° 26' 37" N. Lat.. 94° 49' 5.5" W. Long. Transmitter GE, antenna RCA. Legal counsel: Ross K. Prescott, Dallas, Tex. Consulting engineer: Guy C. Hutcheson. Arlington, Tex. Principals include Arlington James Henry (sole owner), owner of Henry's appliance store. File No.: BPCT-607. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 210. Granted Feb. 5. McALLEN, Tex. — Texas State Network Inc. (KRIO). Granted uhf Ch. 20 (506-512 mc); ERP 86 kw visual, 49 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 500 ft., above ground 527 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $297,204, first year operating cost $180,000, revenue $180,000. Post office address 1201 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, Tex. Studio and transmitter location on U. S. Highway 281, 1.5 mi. North of city limits of Pharr, Tex. Geographic coordinates 26° 13' 39" N. Lat., 98° 10' 36" W. Long. Transmitter Dumont, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Eugene L. Burke, Washington. Consulting engineer Commercial Radio Equipment Co., Washington. Principals include President Gene L. Cagle (34%), Vice President R. K. Hanger and Sid W. Richardson (62%). File No.: BPCT1274. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 263. Granted Feb. 18. TEXARKANA, Tex. — KCMC Inc. (KCMC). Granted vhf Ch. 6; ERP 18.5 visual, 9.4 aural; antenna height above average terrain 400 ft., above ground 399 ft. Estimated construction cost $264,130, first year operating cost $240,000, revenue $92,000. Post office address 37 Pine St., Texarkana. Studio and transmitter location: Summerhill Road 0.1 mi. S. of Texarkana. Geographic coordinates 33° 26' 56" N. Lat., 94° 04' 04" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel Eugene L. Burke, Washington. Consulting engineer Commercial Radio Equipment Co., Washington. Principals include President C. E. Palmer (37%) Vice President W. E. Hussman (45%), Vice President Mrs. C. E. Palmer (5%) and Secretary-Treasurer J. Q. Mahaffey (5%). File No. BPCT-714. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 208. Granted Feb. 5. HAMPTON, Va. — Peninsula Bcstg. Corp. (WVEC). Granted uhf Ch. 15, ERP 220 kw visual, 110 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 480 ft., above ground 500 ft. Estimated construction cost $331,454, first year operating cost $273,714, revenue $253,887. Post Office address: P. O. Box 481, Hampton, Va. Studio and transmitter location on Hwy. 168, 1 mi. E. of Hwy. 239. Geographic coordinates 37° 02' 20", N. Lat., 76° 18' 30" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Cohn & Marks, Washington. Consulting engineer Lynne C. Smeby, Washington. Principals include President Thomas P. Chrisman (28%). Vice President Harrol A. Brauer Jr. (15%), Vice President James E. Swafford (28%), and Secretary-Treasurer Julian W. W. Chisman (28%). File No.: BPCT-1475. City priority status: Gr. B-4, No. 189. Granted Feb. 5. WHEELING, W. Va.— Polan Industries. Granted vhf Ch. 51 (692-698 mc); ERP 24 kw visual, 13.5 kw aural; antenna height 170 ft. Estimated construction cost $224,500, first year operating cost $200,000, revenue $200,000. Post Office address 521 8th St., Huntington, W. Va. Studio and antenna location Palo Alto St. between 9th and 10th Sts., Wheeling. Geographic coordinates 40° 04' 16" N. Lat., 80° 43' 13" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont, antenna RCA. Legal counsel McKenna & Wilkinson, Washington. Consulting engineer A. D. Ring and Co., Washington. Principals include general partners Albert S. Polan (20%), E. G. Polan (20%), Lincoln M. Polan (20%), Dr. Charles M. Polan, M.D. (20%) and Lake Polan Jr. (20%). File No.: BPCT1048. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 31. Granted Feb. 11. NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Eastern Bcstg. Corp. (WHYU). Granted uhf Ch. 33 (584-590 mc); ERP 20.5 kw visual, 11 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 310 ft., above ground 319 ft. Estimated construction cost $152,050, first year operating cost $130,000, revenue $170,000. Post Office address: 114 24th St., Newport News, Va. Studio and transmitter location: 114 24th St. Geographic coordinates: 36° 58' 36" N. Lat., 76° 25' 54" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Eugene L. Burke, Washington. Consulting engineer George P. Adair, Washington. Principals include President John Doley (23%), Vice President Stuart A. Smith (16%), Assistant Secretary Ralph T. Baker (2%), Assistant Treasurer Margaret S. Doley (23%), C. Archer Smith (27%), Secretary Frederick F. Clair, Charles K. Hutchens Sr. (4.5%) and L. C. Purdey (4.5%). File No.: BPCT-889. City priority status: Gr. B-4, No. 189. Granted Feb. 5. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Midwest Bcstg. Co. (WCAN). Granted uhf Ch. 25 (536-542 mc); ERP 105 kw visual, 56 kw aural: antenna height above average terrain 478 ft., above ground 420 ft. Engineering conditions. Estimated construction cost $475,433, first year operating cost $453,280, revenue $705,000. Post Office address 723 North Third St., Milwaukee, Wis. Studio location 723 North Third St. Transmitter location 11800 West Grange Ave., at site of WCAN (AM). Geographic coordinates 42° 56' 44" N. Lat., 88° 03' 33" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Phillip Baker, Washington. Consulting engineer Russell P. May, Washington. Principals include partners Lou Poller (Mi), owner of WPWA Chester, Pa., president and 51% owner of WARL-AM-FM Arlington, Va., and president and 27.1% owner of WCAN; Cy Blumenthal 0/3), sales manager, treasurer and 39% owner of wARL, and vice president and 27.1% owner of WCAN, and Alex Rosenman (Y3), secretary-treasurer and 27.1% owner of WCAN. File No.: BPCT-1547. City priority status: Gr. B-4, No. 182. Granted Feb. 5. Other TV Action Odenton, Annapolis area, Md. — Montgomery County Bcstg. Co. Is being advised that application (BPCT-1355) for a new TV station to operate on Ch. 14 involves engineering questions which indicate the necessity of a hearing. CORRECTION Madison, Wis. — Bartell Television Corp. (WOKY Milwaukee and WMFM (FM) Madison). Granted uhf Ch. 33 (584-590 mc); ERP 16.5 kw visual, 9.3 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 430 ft., above ground 490 ft. Engineering condition. Vice President Earl W. Fessler (16.6%), is licensee of WMFM (FM) Madison. (Grant published in B.T, Feb. 2, identified WMFM incorrectly as WHFM [FM] which is in Rochester, N. Y., and in no way connected with Bartell Television Corp.) (BPCT-1484.) City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 30. Granted Jan. 23. GROUP B Passed-Over TV Applications FOLLOWING is a list of mutually exclusive TV applications passed over by FCC pursuant to FCC action Sept. 17, 1952 [B»T, Sept. 22, 1952], effective Oct. 15, 1952, suspending processing of these applications in order to expedite uncontested TV applications GROUP A Location Ch. Applicant File No. (BPCT) Austin, Minn. 6 Cedar Valley 841 Bcstg. Co. So. Central Minn 1531 TV Co. Florence, S. C. 8 Pee Dee TV Corp. 1339 Jefferson Standard 1341 Bcstg. Co. Location Ch. San Diego, Calif. 10 Rochester, N. Y. 10 15 27 Toledo, Ohio Miami, Fla. 11 10 27 33 Oklahoma City, 9 Okla. Allentown, Pa. 39 Allentown, Pa. 67 Applicants File No. (BPCT) Airfan Radio Corp. 313 Charles E. Salik 555 T. B. C . TV Inc. Tend. Veterans Bcstg. Co. 833 WHEC Inc. 326 (Brighton, N. Y.) Meredith Engineering 439 Co. WARC Inc. 337 Schine Chain 1387 Theatres Inc. Rochester Bcstg. Tend. Co. Toledo Blade Co. 262 Community Bcstg. 590 Co. Unity Corp. Inc. Tend. Crosley Bcstg. Tend. Corp. Biscayne TV Corp. 1453 Foster & Hoersch Tend. Jack C. Stein Tend. E. Coast TV Corp. Tend. Storer Bcstg. Co. 228 WKAT Inc. 399 (Miami Beach) David Haber Tend. (Miami Beach) Robt. W. Rounsa Tend. ville (Miami Beach) Sun Coast Bcstg. 1390 Corp. TV Corp. of Greater 1506 Miami Miami Biscayne Tend. TV Corp. KOMA Inc. 539 Okla. TV Corp. 768 B. Byran Musselman, et al 958 Queen City Television Co. 1001 Penn-AUen Bcstg. Co. 486 Allentown Television Corp. 1008 New Applications Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona Television Co., vhf Ch. 3 (60-66 mc); ERP 100 kw visual, 50 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 1224 ft., above ground 125 ft. Estimated construction cost $359,090, first year operating cost $420,000, revenue $450,000. Post office address 42 W. Marlette Rd. Studio location to be determined. Transmitter location Salt River Mt., 7 mi. S. of Phoenix. Geographic coordinates 33° 20' 49" N. Lat., 112° 03' 16" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna GE. Legal counsel Welch, Mott & Morgan, Washington. Consulting engineer Jansky & Bailey, Washington. Principals include partners Leon M. Howell (45%), livestock, farming, reclamation; Ralph A. Watkins (45%), auto dealer and farmer; and Edward Cooper (10%), director of television, Motion Picture Assn. of America. City priority status: Gr. B-4, No. 200. Fresno, Calif. — R. M. Schuler, L. E. Chenault, Bert Williamson, and Lena H. Todd, a partnership, uhf Ch. 47 (668-674 mc); ERP 103 kw visual, 62 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 2314 ft., above ground 238 ft. Estimated construction cost $313,770, first year operating cost $300,000, revenue $375,000. Post Office address % L. E. Chenault, Hotel Fresno, Fresno, Calif. Studio location 2100 Block, N. Barton Ave. Transmitter location Squaw Valley, Fresno County, Calif. Geographic coordinates 36° 45' 05" N. Lat.; 119° 16' 48" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Krieger & Jorgensen, Washington, D. C. Consulting engineer John P. Hearne, San Francisco, Calif. Principals include partners Robert M. Schuler, 60% owner of KYNO Fresno; Lester Eugene Chenault, 15% ^^^^^^^^^^^ GMES THESE OFFICES TO SERVE YOU QUINCY, ILI TEL. 8202 HOUSTON, TEXAS TEL. ATWOOD 8536 WASHINGTON D. C. . . TEL METROPOLITAN 8-0522 MONTREAL, QUE TEL. ATLANTIC 9441 NEW YORK CITY TEL. MURRAY HILL 9-0200 Broadcasting • Telecasting February 23, 1953 • Page 10.1