Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1953)

Poulsen (6.7%). KSL-AM-FM-TV Salt Lake City, Utah, owns 25.9% of applicant, and Zions Securities Corp. (business rentals), Salt Lake City, owns 17.4%. Ten remaining stockholders have less than 5% interest each. File No.: BPCT-871. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 277. Granted Feb. 25. Pocatello, Idaho — Eastern Idaho Bcstg. & Television Co. (KWIK). Granted vhf Ch. 10 (192-198 mc); ERP 3.2 kw visual, 1.9 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 870 ft., above ground 90 ft. Estimated construction cost $107,700, first year operating cost $92,100, revenue $115,000. Post office address Bannock Hotel, Pocatello, Idaho. Auxiliary studios in Bannock Hotel, Pocatello. Main studio and transmitter location 3.5 mi. west of Pocatello atop un-named mountain peak. Geographic coordinates 42° 52' 26" N. Lat., 112° 30' 47" W. Long. Transmitter composite, antenna RCA or equivalent. Legal counsel John H. Midlen, Washington. Consulting engineer Grant R. Wrathall, Aptos, Calif. Principals include President James M. Brady (no stock ownership, but designated to vote stock owned by J. Robb Brady Trust Co. amounting to 412,i%), president of KWIK Pocatello and general manager of KIFI Idaho Falls, Idaho, treasurer of KLIX Twin Falls, Idaho, secretary and 20% owner of J. Robb Brady Trust Co., Idaho Falls, vice president of Idaho Falls Publishing Co. (Eastern Idaho Farmer, a weekly farm newspaper), Idaho Falls, president and 0.2% owner of Idaho Falls Television Inc. (grantee of new TV station in Idaho Falls) and secretary of Idaho Falls Baseball Club (member of Pioneer League); Vice President Edwin F. McDermott (8V3%), vice president and 8.3% owner of KWIK and KIFI, 16.67% owner of Idaho Falls Television Inc., president, general manager and 20% owner of The Post Co. (The Post Register, daily newspaper), Idaho Falls, and president of Idaho Falls Baseball Club; Secretary-Treasurer Frank C. Carmen (121/2%), general manager and 25% owner of KUTA Salt Lake City, president and 25% owner of KGEM Boise, Idaho, president and 12',2% owner of KLIX, secretary, treasurer and 121/2% owner of KWIK and KIFI, president and 16.75% owner of KOPR Butte, Mont., president and 50% owner of Utah Bcstg. & Television Corp. (applicant for new TV station in Salt Lake City, Utah), president and 22% owner of Rocky Mountain Bcstg. System (radio time sales agency), Salt Lake City, and 20% owner of Griffith, Cornall & Carmen Inc. (general contractors), Salt Lake City; David G. Smith (121.2%), 25% owner of KUTA, vice president and 12J/2% owner of KWIK, KIFI, and KLIX, treasurer and 16.75% owner of KOPR, 50% owner of Utah Bcstg. & Television Corp., owner of sheep and cattle ranches and proprietorship interest in oil leases and oil wells in Utah; Grant R. Wrathall (12i2%), radio and television consulting engineer, Aptos, Calif., 25% owner of KUTA, 12V2% owner of KWIK, KIFI and KLIX, owner of KPOO San Francisco, 29.8% owner of KULE EDhrata, Wash., 50% owner of Salinas-Monterey Television Co. (hold CP for new Salinas TV station), Salinas, Calif., and 50% owner of Utah Bcstg. & Television Corp.; Edna O. McCrea (6>'4%), 12V2% owner of KUTA, 6V4% owner of KWIK, KIFI and KLIX, 8.375% owner of KOPR and 25% owner of non-voting stock of Utah Bcstg. & Television Corp., and as Guardian of Estate of Sharon Lee Powers, Minor, Edna O. McCrea controls another 6V4% of applicant. J. Robb Brady Trust Co. (412/3%), owns 78.75% interest in The Post Register, owns 41.67% of KWIK and KIFI, owns 50% of KWIK. owns 83.29% of Idaho Falls Television Inc. and owns 50% interest in S. E. Brady Real Estate (33 acres of land), Pocatello, Idaho. James M. Brady, president of apDlicant (see above) owns 20% of J. Robb Brady Trust Co. File No.: BPCT1546. Citv priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 195. Granted Feb. 25. Pocatello, Idaho — Tribune-Journal Co. Granted vhf Ch. 6 (82-88 mc); ERP 7.21 kw visual, 3.61 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 20 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construc tion cost $119,226, first year operating cost $84,250, revenue $85,000. Post office address 305 South Arthur Street, Pocatello, Idaho. Studio and transmitter location 0.72 mi. S.W. of Tyhee. Geographic coordinates 42° 53' 30" N. Lat., 112° 28' 39" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel McKenna & Wilkinson, Washington. Consulting engineer Russell P. May, Washington. Principals include Chairman of the Board G. Nicholas lift (25%), President Robert S. Howard, Secretary Catherine Ifft Kirchhof (25%), Treasurer James G. Scripps, Western Publishing Co. (50%), 50% owner of TribuneJournal Co. (KJRL Pocatello). Robert S. Howard is president of and holds stock in Western Publishing Co., and James G. Scripps is treasurer of Western Pub. Co. and Tribune-Journal Co. File No.: BPCT-1556. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 195. Granted Feb. 25. Champaign-Urbana, HI. — Midwest TV Co. Granted vhf Ch. 3 (60-66 mc); ERP 100 kw visual, 50 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 810 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $423,278, first year operating cost $261,760, revenue $270,890. Post office address 509 So. Neil St. Studio location 509 So. Neil St. Transmitter location on state hiehway No. 47. Geographic coordinates 40° 06' 23" N. Lat., 88° 26' 59" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington. Principals include President August C. Meyer (24.9%); Clara R. Meyer (26.1%); Secretary Russel O. Derby (5%); Illinois Bcstg. Co. (20%), licensee WSOY Decatur, 30% owner WTAX Springfield, and until Feb. 18 individual applicant for vhf Ch. 3 Champaign; Helen M. Stevick (10%), 60% owner WDWS Champaign; Marajen S. Dyess (10%), 40% owner WDWS; and J. A. McDermott (2.1%), director of the Chamnaign Nny,<, aazett" licen=e~ 0-f WDWS. File No.: BPCT-1125. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 65. Granted Feb. 25. Springfield, 111. — Great Plains Television Properties Ire. Granted uhf Ch. 20 (506-512 mc); ERF 18 kw visual, 10 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 340 ft., above ground 355 ft. Estimated construction cost $214,900, first vear operating cost $125,000, revenue $125,000. Post Office address United States Corporation Co. of Illinois, 33 North LaSalle St., Chicago 2, 111. Studio location: to be determined. Transmitter location: one mile SE of Springfield. Geographic coordinates 39° 46' 13.5" N. Lat., 89° 36' 45.5" W. Long. Transmitter DuMont. antenna RCA. Legal counsel McKenna & Wilkinson, Washington. Consulting engineer Jansky & Bailey, Washington. Principals include President and Secretary Herbert Scheftel, Treasurer Alfred G. Burger and Stuart S. Scheftel. Sole owner of applicant is Transcontinental Properties Inc. (real estate), New York, in which Messrs Scheftel and Burger each have 25% interest. File No.: BPCT-1101. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 41. Granted Feb. 25. Pittsburg, Kan. — Pittsburg Bcstg. Co. Inc. (KOAM). Granted vhf Ch. 7 (174-180 mc) ERP 105.0 kw visual, 53 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 540 ft., above ground 574 ft. Engineering condition. Estimated construction cost $300,323, first year operating cost $229,020, revenue $237,890. Post office address: P.O. Box 603, Pittsburg, Kan. Studio location: 4th & Broadway. Transmitter location: U.S. 69 at Lawton Road. Geographic coordinates: 37° 13' 40" N. Lat., 94° 42' 17" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel George O. Sutton, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include President E. V. Baxter (50%), Secretary Mrs. E. V. Baxter, Vice President Lester E. Cox (12\'2%), Vice President-Treasurer Lester Lee Cox (37V2%). File No.: BPCT-656. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 275. Granted Feb. 25. New Orleans, La. — New Orleans Television Co. Granted uhf Ch. 20 (506-512 mc); ERP 180 kw visual, 98 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 500 ft., above ground 529 ft. Engineer ing condition. Estimated construction cost $441,500, first year operating cost $365,000, revenue $420,000. Post office address: 14th Floor, Magnolia Bldg., Dallas, Tex. Studio and transmitter location: 1100 S. Liberty St., New Orleans. Geographic coordinates: 29° 56' 43" N. Lat., 90° 04' 48" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Ross K. Prescott, Dallas. Consulting engineer Guy C. Hutcheson, Arlington, Tex. Principals include R. L. Wheelock, W. L. Pickens and H. H. Coffield, each V3 partner and each independent Texas oil operator. Same partners at one time each owned V* of KPHO-TV Phoenix, Ariz., and each had part interest in KEYL (TV) San Antonio, Tex., aggregate of which constituted control of KEYL (TV). Same group also is applying for TV stations in Corpus Christi, Tex., Dallas and Houston. File No.: BPCT-367. City priority status: Gr. B-4, No. 184. Granted Feb. 25. Benton Harbor. Mich. — Palladium Publishing Co. (WHFB-AM-FM). Granted uhf Ch. 42 (638644 mc); ERP 17.5 kw visual, 9.3 kw aural: antenna height above average terrain 460 ft., above ground 500 ft. Engineering conditions. Estimated construction cost $301,204, first year operating cost $240,000, revenue $50,000. Post office address 59-61 Wall St., Benton Harbor, Mich. Studio and transmitter location on Fairplain Ave., 3 mi. South of Center of Benton Harbor. Geographic coordinates 42° 04' 44" N. Lat., 86° 28' 00" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington. Consulting engineer Craven, Lohnes & Culver, Washington. Principals include President Stanley R. Banyon (35.17%), editor and director of Palladium Pub. Co., publishers of Benton Harbor News-Palladium, and president and treasurer of St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald-Press; Vice President and Secretary Willard J. Banyon (34.17%), vice president of Benton Harbor News-Palladium and St. Joseph Herald, and Helen Polly Klock (24%), housewife. File No.: BPCT-1282. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 286. Granted Feb. 25. Sedalia, Mo. — Milton J. Hinlein (KDRO). Granted vhf Ch. 6 (82-88 mc); ERP 6.35 kw visual, 3.18 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain 360 ft., above ground 320 ft. Engineering conditions. Estimated construction cost $137,850, first year operating cost $193,000, revenue $225,000. Post office address c/o KDRO Sedalia, Mo. Studio and transmitter location on West Broadway at State Fair Blvd., at site of KDRO-AMFM. Geographic coordinates 38° 42' 20" N. Lat., 93° 15' 13" W. Long. Transmitter and antenna RCA. Legal counsel Fisher, Wayland, Duvall & Southmayd, Washington. Consulting engineer Commercial Radio Equipment Co., Washington. Milton J. Hinlein, sole owner of applicant, is licensee of KDRO-AM-FM (BR-1012). File No.: BFCT-1550. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 253. Granted Feb. 25. Butte, Mont. — Television Montana (KXLF and KBOW). Granted vhf Ch. 6 (66-72 mc); ERP 2 kw visual, 1 kw aural; antenna height above average terrain minus 690 ft. Estimated construction cost $104,800, first year operating cost $115,750, revenue $87,000. Post office address 1306 Eleventh Ave., Helena, Mont. Studio and transmitter location Harrison Ave. at George St. Geographic coordinates 46° 00' 00" N. Lat., 112° 30' 51" W. Long. Transmitter RCA, antenna RCA. Legal counsel Wheeler & Wheeler, Washington. Consulting engineer, Geo. P. Adair, Washington. Principals include President A. T. Hibbard (0.05%), First Vice President Barclay Craighead (0.05%), Second Vice President Frank Reardon (0.05%), Secretary J. J. Manning (0.05%) and Treasurer E. B. Craney (0.5%). KXLF owns 45.35% of applicant; KBOW 13.6%; KXLJ Helena, 22.68%, and KXLO Bozeman, 11.33%. File No.: BPCT-1253. City priority status: Gr. A-2, No. 144. Granted Feb. 25. Elmira, N. Y. — El-Cor Television Inc. (modification of application). Granted uhf Ch. 18 (494-500 mc); ERP 58.3 kw visual, 32.8 kw aural, antenna height above average terrain 783 ft., above ground 324 ft. Subject to the condition that Elmira-Corning Bcstg. Corp. and E. S. Underhill Jr. and W. A. Underhill divest themselves of their respective interests in and sever all connections with WELM Elmira, N. Y. prior to issuance of this CP. Estimated construction cost $236,270, first year operating cost $144,000, revenue $192,000. Application is amendment of earlier application of Corning Leader Inc. for same facilities and there are no changes in engineering portion [B.T, July 7, '52], but change involves merger of two interests in one TV bid. Corning Leader Inc., 51% owner of applicant, is under same ownership as WCLI-AM-FM Corning and WELM Elmira. Elmira Star-Gazette Inc., 49% owner of applicant, is operator of WENY Elmira and applicant for uhf Ch. 24, which is to be dismi=sed f B.T, June 2, '52]. Principals in El-Cor Television include President Edwin Stewart Underhill Jr., treasurer-50% owner Corning Leader Inc. and president-50% owner Elmira-Corning Bcstg. Corp. (licensee WCLI-AM-FM and WELM) and director First National Bank and Trust Co., Corning; Director William Allen Underhill, president-50% owner Coining Leader Inc. and director-50% of ElmiraCorning Bcstg. Corp.; Vice President Paul Miller, director of AP and executive assistant to Frank E. Gannett of Gannett Co. (parent firm of newspaper and radio interests); Secretary Walter Valerius, vice president-general manager ElmiraCorning Bcstg. Corp.; Treasurer Thomas V. Taft, assistant treasurer-general manager of Elmira VULCAN TOWER The Tower of Strength Tall Towers for Supporting Television Antennae Expanded facilities insure quick delivery Vulcan Tower Company PLANT: Birmingham, Alabama Washington, D. C. Office: P. O. Box 2467 3738 Kanawha St., N. W., Phone 54-4441 Phone Emerson 2-8071 Page 98 • March 9, 1953 Broadcasting • Telecasting