Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1956)

granted 920 kc, 500 w D. Post office address 529 Birch St. Estimated construction cost $14,983, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $48,000. Sole owner Roy C. McConkey is owner of pharmacy and drug store in Klamath Falls, Ore. Granted Jan. 4. APPLICATIONS Palm Springs, Calif.— George E. Cameron Jr., 1010 kc, 250 w D. Post office address 1432 Beverly Estates Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. Estimated construction cost $20,343, first year operating cost $60,000, revenue $50,000. Mr. Cameron is 40% owner of Palm Springs, Calif., newspaper, former 70% owner of KOTV (TV) Tulsa, Okla., and is director of Hartford Telecasting Co., applicant for ch. 3, Hartford, Conn. Filed Dec. 29. Cynthiana, Ky.— Cynthiana Bcstg. Co., 1400 kc, 250 w unl. Post office address Box 55, Cynthiana. Estimated construction cost $15,843, first year operating cost $30,000, revenue $36,000. Principals are equal partners Estil R. Anderson, chief engineer WEKY Richmond, Ky., and Silas E. Anderson, automotive specialty store owner. Filed Jan. 4. Leesville, La.— Leesville Bcstg. Co., 1570 kc, 250 w D. Post office address Box 188, Alexandria, La. Estimated construction cost $11,350, first year operating cost $24,000, revenue $30,000. Principals are equal partners John A. Lazarone and Irving W. Steinman, co-owners of KDBS Alexandria, La. Filed Jan. 4. Caribou, Me.— Northern Bcstg. Co., 600 kc, 1 kw D. Post office address 21 Collins St., Caribou. Estimated construction cost $18,794, first year operating cost $63,600, revenue $81,000. Sole owner Forest S. Tibbetts is auto dealer with tv sales and service interest. Filed Jan. 4. Niles, Mich.— Lawrence J. Plym, 1400 kc, 250 w unl. Post office address 1105 N. Front St., Niles. Estimated construction cost $28,305, first year operating cost $40,000, revenue $60,000. Mr. Plym has aluminum fabricating, publishing, and banking interests. Filed Jan. 4. Dundee, N. Y. — Finger Lakes Bcstg. Co., 1570 kc, 1 kw D. Post office address 239 Golden Glow Rd , R.D. i, Elmira, N. Y. Estimated construction cost $14,999.27, first year operating cost $38,000, revenue $55,000. Principals are equal partners Henry Valent, attorney, and Thomas H. Shafer, chief engineer, WCBA Corning, N. Y. Filed Jan. 4. Houston, Tex.— Trinity Bcstg. Corp., 1070 kc, 10 kw unl. Post office address 2104 Jackson St., Dallas, Tex. Estimated construction cost $150,682, first year operating cost $264,000, revenue $250,000. Trinity owns KLIF Dallas, WRIT Milwaukee, KELP El Paso, KLIF-TV Dallas and KOKE-TV El Paso. Filed Jan. 4. APPLICATIONS AMENDED Auburndale, Fla. — R. E. Hughes amends application for cp to operate on 910 kc, 5 kw D to specify 1 kw. Amended Jan. 4. Abilene, Tex. — Key City Bcstg. Co. application for new am to operate on 1570 kc 250 w D. amended to change frequency to 860 kc. Amended Jan. 3. Grand Prairie, Tex. — Grand Prairie Bcstg. Co., application for cp to operate on 730 kc, 250 w D, amended to change power to 500 w, install DA, change trans, and studio locations. Filed Dec. 29. Liberty, Tex. — Liberty Bcstg. Co. application for cp to operate new am on 1050 kc, 250 w D amended to specify change in DA system. Amended Jan. 4. Existing Am Stations . . . ACTIONS BY FCC WGMS Bethesda, Md. — Granted request to retain common call letters for its am and fm stations, which duplicate programs, when am station moves to Bethesda. WGMS-FM is licensed to Washington, D. C. Granted Jan. 4. WTVB Coldwater, Mich. — Granted change from DA-2 to DA-N operating on 1590 kc, 500 w N, 5 kw LS unl. with engineering conditions. Granted Jan. 4. WLTN Wilmington, N. C— Cp for new am to operate on 1230 kc, 250 w unl. forfeited and call letters deleted. Action of Jan. 4. KLLL Lubbock, Tex. — Granted change on 1460 kc from 500 w D to 1 kw D. Granted Jan. 4. KLAN Renton, Wash. — Granted change from 1230 kc, 250 w (shared time with KTW Seattle, Wash.) to 910 kc, 1 kw unl. with engineering conditions. Granted Jan. 4. KVAN Vancouver, Wash. — Granted change of operation on 910 kc, 1 kw unl. from DA-1 to DA-N with remote control during D. Granted Jan. 4. APPLICATIONS WMYR Fort Myers, Fla. -Seeks mod. of cp to change from DA-2 to DA-N. Filed Jan. 4. WINX, Rockville, Md. — Seeks mod of cp to change from DA-2 to DA-N and to make ant. system changes. Filed Dec. 29. WVET Rochester, N. Y.— Seeks cp to change ant.-trans. location. Filed Jan. 4. WFRM Coudersport, Pa. — Seeks cp to increase power from 500 w to 1 kw. Filed Jan. 4. WGSA Ephrata, Pa. — Seeks cp to increase power from 500 w to 1 kw. Filed Jan. 4. WEMB Erwin, Term. — Seeks mod. of cp to change ant.-trans. and studio locations. Filed Dec. 29. WSHE Sheboygan, Wis. — Seeks mod. of cp to make changes in DA pattern. Filed Jan. 4. APPLICATIONS AMENDED WPAC Patchogue, N. Y. — Application for cp to increase from 1 kw to 5 kw (Canadian restricted) amended to change trans, location and install DA. Filed Dec. 29. WRAP Norfolk, Va. — Application for cp to change from 1 kw to 10 kw and change DA pattern amended to change D power to 5 kw and make DA-D system changes. Amended Jan. 4. CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED WCAS Gadsden, Ala. — Etowah Broadcasters Inc., 570 kc, 1 kw D. Changed from WGWD effective March 5 instead of previous effective date of Jan. 1. KBOK Malvern, Ark. — Malvern Bcstg. Co., 1420 kc, 1 kw D. Changed from KDAS effective Jan. 23. WVZE Atlanta, Ga.— Greater South Bcstg. Co., 1480 kc, 5 kw D. WBRB Mount Clemens, Mich. — Mount Clemens Bcstg. Co., 1430 kc, 500 w D. KCUE Red Wing, Minn.— Hiawatha Valley Bcstg. Co., 1250 kc, 1 kw D. Changed from KAAA effective Dec. 31, 1955. WCOW St. Paul, Minn.— Changed to KCUE effective Jan. 1, changed back to WCOW Dec. 27, 1955. WPVL Painesville, Ohio— Somerset Bcstg. Co., 1460 kc, 500 w D. WOKB Memphis, Tenn. — Chickasaw Bcstg. Co., 1480 kc, 1 kw D. Changed from WCBR effective Feb. 1. WKTF Warrenton, Va. — Old Dominion Bcstg. Co., 1420 kc, 5 kw D. New Fm Stations ACTION BY FCC Greeneville, Tenn. — Radio Greeneville Inc. granted 94.9 mc, 4.6 kw unl. Post office address P. O. Box 243, Greeneville. Estimated construction cost $4,000, first year operating cost $960. revenue none. Applicant is licensee of WGRV Greeneville, Tenn. Granted Jan. 4. Existing Fm Stations . . . ACTION BY FCC WLOE-FM Leaksville, N. C— Granted mod. of cp to change ERP to 94.5 mc. Action of Dec. 29. CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED KELS (FM) Nacogdoches, Tex. — Lee Scarborough, 100.1 mc, 330 w unl. Ownership Changes . . . ACTIONS BY FCC WULA Eufaula. Ala. — Granted assignment of license to Edward B. Fussell, Jessie B. Fussell (present owners), Ralph W. Hoffman and Emily G. Hoffman d/b as Alabama-Georgia Broadcasters. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman are to own half of station for $5,000. Mr. Hoffman is WULA station manager. Granted Jan. 4. KFMA Davenport, Iowa — Granted transfer of control to Lester L. Gould (60%) and Dorothy R. Gould (40%) for $55,000. Mr. Gould is former owner of WJNC Jacksonville, N. C, and presently owns 33.3% of WLSE Wallace, N. C. Mrs. Gould is former WJNC program director. Granted Jan. 4. KOLN-TV Lincoln, Neb. — Granted change in licensee name to Cornhusker Television Corp. Granted Dec. 30. WISP Kinston, N. C. — Application for transfer of control to William B. Murphy and Cathryn C. Murphy dismissed at request of applicant. Action of Jan. 4. APPLICATIONS WMIE Miami, Fla.— Seeks assignment of license to WMIE Inc. Corporate change only; no change in control. Filed Jan. 4. WRDW-AM-TV Augusta. Ga.— Seeks transfer of control to Southeastern Newspapers Inc. for $1 million. Augusta Newspapers ( Augusta Chronicle) owns all of Southeastern. William S. Morris owns more than 51% of Augusta Newspapers. Filed Jan. 4. WINT (TV) Waterloo, Ind.— Seeks transfer of control from R. Morris Pierce, et al. to R. Morris Pierce, et al., with Gladys Krusell and Ben Baylor buying respectively, 50 and 76 shares of hitherto unissued stock. This brings holdings of original stockholders from 50.72% to 48.51%. Neither Mrs. Krusell nor Mr. Baylor has other broadcasting interests. Filed Jan. 4. WPAY-AM-FM Portsmouth, Ohio — Seek assignment of licenses to Paul F. Braden for $95,000. Mr. Braden is owner of WPFB Middletown, Ohio. Filed Dec. 29. WMLP-AM-FM Milton, Pa.— Seek assignment of licenses to WMLP Inc. Corporate change only; no change in control. Filed Dec. 29. WOSA-WLIN (FM) Wausau, Wis.— Granted assignment of license to Alvin E. O'Konski Enterprises Inc. Corporate change only; no change in control. Filed Dec. 29; granted Dec. 30. KASL Newcastle, Wyo. — Seeks assignment of license to Northeast Wyoming Broadcasters Inc. for $30,000. Principals are: Pres. Floyd L. Sparks (48%), gen. manager-minority stockholder of KASL; Vice Pres. Doris A. Sparks (2%), no occupation listed in application; Secy.-Treas. William L. Fisher (20%), attorney, and Stella S. Parrott (30%), feed and grain business. Filed Dec. 29. Hearing Cases . . . FINAL DECISIONS WICC-TV Bridgeport, Conn. — Commission denied request for mod. of cp to specify ch. 6 instead of ch. 43, returned application and request for STA for such operation. Action of Jan. 4. West Point, Ga. — FCC dismissed Dec. 7 protest by WRLD Lanette, Ala. -West Point, Ga., against Commission Nov. 15, 1955, grant of Confederate Radio Co. application for mod. of cp to change type trans, for new am (WPGA) to operate on 910 kc, 500 w D in West Point, Ga. Action of Jan. 4. WBUF-TV Buffalo, N. Y. — Granted STA to March 17 to operate WBUF-TV (ch. 17) on commercial basis in accordance with cp and upon completion of temporary installation to operate in accordance with BMPCT-3025 except using temporary tower. Action Dec. 30. Aguadilla, P. R.— FCC denied Nov. 10, 1955, petition by WABA Aguadilla requesting reconsideration of Commission grant on Oct. 12 of Jaicoa Bcstg. Corp. application for new am station IWGRF) to operate on 1340 kc, 250 w unl. in Aguadilla. Action of Jan. 4. INITIAL DECISIONS Boston Mass. — Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham issued initial decision looking toward grant of application of Greater Boston Tele NEVER i could you buy so much TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE for so little! A full or a partial service— your choice of the best of over 5,000 musical selections and 400 jingles & commercial aids. BUY NOW-PAY LATER Buy standard services outright — for cash, or payments as low as $19.00 per month. Write for demonstration tape and catalog. STAN DAR D RADIO TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES, INC. 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1, 111. Broadcasting Telecasting January 9, 1956 • Page 115