Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1956)

broadcast licenses will be issued as to expire at hour of 3 a.m. EST and will be issued for normal license period of five years." Announced Jan. 6. New Am Stations . . . APPLICATIONS West Warwick, R. I. — Neighborly Bcstg. Co., 1420 kc, 500 w D. Post office address 25 7th St., Providence. Estimated construction cost $12,100, first year operating cost $21,000, revenue $53,000. Principals are: Pres. Jack C. Salcra (47.5%), part owner-manager of WNRI Woonsocket, R. I.; Secy. Peter B. Gemma (47.5%), pres. Perk T.V. Corp., and Treas. Lorraine M. Salera (5%), WNRI secy. Filed Jan. 10. Big Spring, Tex. — J. Homer T.IcKinley, 1270 kc, 1 kw D. Post office address 410 Petroleum Bldg., Big Spring. Estimated construction cost $28,300, first year operating cost $40,000, revenue $60,000. Mr. McKinley is feed dealer. Filed Jan. 5. Existing Am Stations . . . ACTION BY FCC KLIF Dallas, Tex. — Application for mod. of license to change name of licensee corp. from Trinity Bcstg. Corp. to McLendon Investment Corp. returned to applicant; filed in wrong name. Returned Jan. 9. APPLICATIONS KEVT Tucson, Ariz. — Seeks cp to change hours from D to unl., change frequency from 690 kc to 1600 kc; increase power from 250 w D to 500 w N and 1 kw D. Filed Jan. 9. KAFY Bakersfield, Calif. — Seeks cp to change from DA-1 to DA-2; contingent on outcome Of pending cases. Filed Jan. 6. KWIP Merced, Calif.— Seeks mod. of cp to specify studio location and operate trans, by remote control. Filed Jan. 9. KVOD Denver, Colo. — Seeks cp to change from DA-1 to DA-N and request for remote control operation of trans, during D. Filed Jan. 6. WTUX Wilmington, Del. — Seeks cp to increase power from 500 w to 1 kw. Filed Jan. 5. WFBF Fernandina Beach, Fla. — Seeks cp to increase power from 250 w D to 1 kw D. Filed Jan. 9. WKMC Roaring Spring, Pa. — Seeks cp to increase power from 500 w to 1 kw and make equipment changes. Filed Jan. 10. APPLICATION AMENDED KWIQ Moses Lake, Wash. — Application for mod. of cp to change ant. -trans, studio location and remote control point to W. 414 3rd Ave., Moses Lake, Wash., amended to change ant. -trans, location to 2760 ft. south of intersection of County Rd. and U. S. Hwy. 10. Amended Jan. 9. Ownership Changes . . . ACTIONS BY FCC KGEE Bakersfield, Calif.— Granted assignment of license to KGEE Inc. for $85,000. Principals include: Pres. C. Dexter Haymond (55%), vice pres. -2.4% owner of KIT Yakima, and vice pres.6.7% owner KMO-AM-TV Tacoma, both Wash.; Vice Pres. Carl E. Haymond (45%), pres. -97.6% owner KIT, pres.-93.3% owner KMO-AM-TV, and Secy.-Treas. Paul F. Benton (no stock), secy.treas. of KIT and KMO-AM-TV. Granted Jan. 11. WDVH Gainesville, Fla. — Granted assignment of license to WDVH Inc.; stock transaction. Winnie S. Vaughn and Thomas R. Hanssen own 33.3% and 61.6%, respectively, of WDVH Inc. Five percent is owned by Secy.-Treas. James L. Hailes, former commercial salesman for WRUF Gainesville. Granted Jan. 11. WFEC Miami, Fla. — Granted assignment of license to Florida East Coast Bcstg. Co. for $70,000. Principals are: Pres. Harry Trenner (60%), dir., RKO Teleradio Pictures, and vice pres., MBS; Vice Pres. -Secy. Herbert Schorr (40%), gen. manager of WFEC; Florence Trenner, housewife, and Lillian Schorr, WFEC employe. Granted Jan. 11. WSTU Stuart, Fla. — Application for assignment of license to Blue Water Bcstg. Co. returned application not complete. Action of Jan. 6. WKLX Paris, WPRT Prestonsburg, both Ky.— Granted assignment of cp and license, respectively, to Stephens Industries Inc. Corporate change only; no change in control. Granted Jan. 5; announced Jan. 10. WKLZ Kalamazoo, Mich. — Granted assignment of cp to Circle Corp. Change is corporate only; WESTERN MICHIGAN'S WKNK MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN LOW RATES ASK Hll F . BEST no change in control. Granted Jan. 5; announced Jan. 10. WKOV Wellston, Ohio— Granted transfer of control (65%) to Dexter Park Robinson, presently 25% owner of station, for $13,000. Granted Jan. 11. KGW Portland, Ore. — Granted assignment of license to North Pacific Television Inc. King Bcstg. Co., presently 40% owner of station licensee, is to acquire additional 20% for $175,000. Licensee corporation will then be dissolved and merged with North Pacific. King Bcstg. is licensee of KING-AM-FM-TV Seattle, Wash. North Pacific is permittee of KTLV-TV Portland (not on air) for which large equipment expenditures are contemplated. Granted Jan. 5; announced Jan. 10. WFBG-AM-TV Altoona, Pa.— Granted transfer of control to Triangle Publications Inc. for $3.5 million. Triangle owns WFIL-AM-FM-TV Philadelphia, WNBF-AM-TV Binghamton, N. Y., WLBR-TV Lebanon, Pa. and 50% of WHGB Harrisburg, Pa. Granted Jan. 11. WCED-AM-FM Du Bois, Pa.— Granted transfer of control to Jason S. Gray and Harold T. Gray, Purchase price of $266,846.06 includes real estate, Du Bois (Pa.) Courier-Express, and other printing property. No breakdown of price was made. Messrs. Gray each held 25% of WCED-AM-FM prior to present transaction. H. T. Gray is 12\'2% owner of WILK-AM-TV Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Granted Jan. 11. KZIP Amarillo, Tex. — Granted assignment of license to Panhandle Bcstg. Co. for $20,000. Present stockholders David P. Pinkston and Ray Winkler will then be equal partners. Mr. Winkler is purchasing 40% of station held by W. J. Duncan for above amount. Granted Jan. 5; announced Jan. 10. KSYD, KWFT-AM-TV Wichita Falls, Tex.— Granted assignment of KWFT to Nat Levine, Irving and Murray Gold, Sidney Grayson, Theodore Shanbaum and Ben, Leon and Roy Aaron (Messrs. Grayson and Levine presently own KSYD) for $75,000 and of KWFT-TV for $750,000 plus $73,366.40 for color and power-boosting equipment not yet in use. KWFT is then resold to present principal Kcnyon Brown for $75,000. KSYD ownership is to be enlarged to include Messrs. Aaron, Shanbaum and the Golds. New KSYD owners are to purchase their interests for $40,600 and hold same percentages in KSYD as in KWFT-TV. Mr. Grayson, pres., will hold 5%; Mr. Levine, secy-treas., 25%; Irving Gold, vice pres., jobber of Venetian blind supplies, 12.5%; Murray Gold, electrical contractor, 12.5%; the Aarons (Ben is a vice pres.), dry goods wholesalers, each holds 6.7%, and Mr. Shanbaum, vice pres., optical firm interests, 25%. Granted Jan. 11. KULA-AM-TV Honolulu, Hawaii— Granted assignment of license from Pacific Frontier Bcstg. Co. to Television Corp. of America Ltd. for $600,825.50. Principals include: Pres. Richard C. Simonton (25%), electrical engineer, wired-music interests, and 36.6% owner of KRKD-AM-FM Los Angeles; Exec. Vice Pres. Jack A. Burnett (25%), 10% owner of Pacific Frontier; Secy.-Treas. Arthur B. Hogan (25%), investment broker and pres. of KRKD-AM-FM and Albert Zugsmith (25%), movie producer, media broker. Albert Zugsmith Corp., owned bv Messrs. Hogan and Zugsmith, is 36.6% owner of KRKD-AM-FM. Granted Jan. 11. APPLICATIONS WHOS-AM-FM Decatur, Ala. — Seek assignment of licenses to North Alabama Bcstg. Co. for $35,000. Principals are present 50% owner John H. Jones and his wife who was not member of corporation. Filed Jan. 10. KGAN Kingman, Ariz. — Seeks assignment of license to Stonybrook Bcstg. Co. for $25,000. Equal partners are Wallace E. Stone, former sales-promotion manager of WITV (TV) Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and John F. Holbrook, free lance radio-tv announcer. Filed Jan. 5. WSTU Stuart, Fla. — Seeks assignment of license to Blue Water Bcstg. Co. Change is corporate; principal stockholder Lester M. Combs, also is transferring 16% of his interest in station to his wife. No change in control. Filed Jan. 10. WCPM Cumberland, Ky. — Seeks assignment of license to Tricity Bcstg. Co. for $18,000. Sole owner Edward F. Shadburne is manager of WCPM. Filed Jan. 5. WPEP Taunton, Mass. — Seeks acquisition of control bv present 50% owners Mr. and Mrs. J. Marshall McGregor for $15,000. McGregors will now be sole owners. Filed Jan. 10. WAAB-AM-TV Worcester, Mass. — Seeks assignment of license and cp to Wilson Bcstg. Co. Corporate change only; no change in control. Filed Jan. 5. WDXN Clarksville, Tenn. — Seeks assignment of license to Clarksville Bcstg. Co. Corporate change only; no change in control. Filed Jan. 10. WBEJ Elizabethton, Tenn. — Seeks assignment of license to WBEJ Inc. for $95,000. Principals are: Pres. Raymond C. Turrentine (25%); Vice Pres. -Gen. Manager William R. Wagner (25%), former manager of WQOK Greenville, S. C; Vice Pres. James L. Turrentine (25%) and Secy.-Treas. Anne Turrentine Hazen. Filed Jan. 10. KBRZ Freeport, Tex. — Seeks transfer of control to William D. Schueler for $59,525. Mr. Schueler is former 50% owner of Brent Gunts Prod, (radiotv show producer) and former salesman for Interstate Television Corp. Filed Jan. 10. WCAW Charleston, W. Va.— Seeks transfer of control to Pete Johnson Bcstg. Co. for $23,360 plus $17,200 in miscellaneous expenses. Sole (Continues on page 102) MAGNIFY YOUR SALES ,N TESTABLE $140?000,000.00 MARKET University City • Rich Lumbering and Agricultural Area INDUSTRIAL HEART OF THE TRI-STATE AREA 7^'<* Hew 2uee*t 316,000 watts of V. H. F. power WHTN-TVbaabT Greater Huntington Theatre Corp. Huntington, W. Va. Huntington 3-0185 Stories from the Sports Record Continuities for February Music and sports team up in this series devoted to eye-witness accounts of dramatic action on the winter sports scene. February's continuity package contains 12 fifteen-minute programs featuring the sports of the month ... ice hockey, basketball, hunting, track, along with some of the great anecdotes of the world of sports. Your Station Program Department should be receiving this script package regularly. If not, please write to BMI's Station Service Department for "Stories from the Sports Record." BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. 589 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 17, N.Y. , NEW YORK • CHICAGO • HOLLYWOOD • TORONTO • MONTREAL Broadcasting • Telecasting January 16, 1956 • Page 97