Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1956)

Greene, who also own WAIR-AM-FM Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. Riggs also is 26.6% owner of WELM Elmira, N. Y. NBC-affiliated WHAM-TV operates on eh. 5 j with 100 kw visual power. The am outlet also is affiliated with NBC and operates on 1180 i kc with 50 kw. Ch. 13 WTVT Tampa, affiliated with CBS, i was sold by former Florida Governor Doyle E. Carlton (15% ); W. Walter Tison, former owner ! of WALT Tampa (20%); David Ward (10%) i and others. WKY Radiophone Co. (WKY-AMTV Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times) also owns WSFA-AM-TV Montgomery, Ala. E. K. Gaylord is president and P. A. (Buddy) Sugg is manager of broadcast properties. KSFO San Francisco was sold by Wesley I. Dumm. Cowboy star Gene Autry and Mr. Reynolds are owners of KMPC Los Angeles. Mr. Autry also is majority stockholder of KOOL-AM-TV Phoenix and is part owner of KOPO-AM-TV Tucson. Mr. Dumm is president and chief owner of KXA Seattle and was , major owner of KPIX (TV) San Francisco until 1954, when he sold the outlet to Westinghouse for $7.5 million. He has been indentified with KSFO since 1933. KSFO is an independent outlet, operating on 560 kc with power of 5 kw daytime and 1 kw night. KLAC Los Angeles was sold by Mrs. Dorothy Schiff Sonnenborn to her son Mortimer W. Hall, KLAC president-general manager. Independent KLAC operates on 570 kc, 5 kw daytime and 1 kw night. Mrs. Sonnenborn owns the New York Post. WMAM, WMBV-TV were sold by William E. Walker, Joseph Mackin and associates. Transaction involves acquisition of 100% of stock of M & M Broadcasting Co. Guild Films, the ; stock of which was admitted to be traded on the American stock exchange late in May, came into existence in 1952. Principal owners are President Reub Kaufman and his wife. WMBV-TV, on ch. 11, operates with 316 kw visual power. WMAM operates on 570 kc with 250 w daytime and 100 w night. Both ; stations are affiliated with NBC, with the tv ', station having ABC also. Petition filed by WFRV-TV Green Bay, Wis., requesting hearing on this transfer, was denied by the Commission. There was no indication that the transfer would lean toward monopoly by film syndication groups, the FCC said. Ownership of ch. 62 WFIE (TV) Evansville j was achieved by WAVE Inc. through purchase of 100% of outstanding stock from Grand Carlton Corp., et al. Grand Carlton controls station's licensee, Premier Television Inc., through ownership of 96.6% of stock. ABCaffiliated WFIE, operates with 69.2 kw visual power. WAVE Inc. owns WAVE-AM-TV Louisville, Ky. Principal stockholder is President George W. Norton Jr., who holds 98.4%. Other ownership changes approved by the Commission last week were as follows: WIOD-AM-FM Miami— Sold by Isle of Dreams Broadcasting Corp. to Biscayne Television Corp. for $404,128. WIOD operates on 610 kc with 5 kw daytime. (For details of this sale, including conditions, see story page 31). WGMS-AM-FM Washington, D. C— Sold by the Good Music Stations Inc. to RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. for $400,000. Principal Good Music stockholders are President M. R. Rogers; Vice President Teresa Rogers; Chairman Pierson Underwood, and Elisabeth Underwood. RKO Teleradio Pictures, 100% owned by the General Tire & Rubber Co., is majority l stockholder of Mutual Broadcasting System; i owns RKO Pictures Inc.; WEAT-AM-TV West j Palm Beach, Fla., and WGTH-AM-TV Hart Broadcasting • Telecasting ford, Conn. RKO also is licensee of KHJ-AMFM-TV Los Angeles, KFRC San Francisco, WOR-AM-FM-TV New York, WNAC-AM-TV Boston and WHBQ-AM-TV Memphis. MBS-affiliated WGMS operates on 570 kc, using 5 kw daytime and 1 kw night. RKO proposes to use WGMS-FM as headquarters for a Good Music Network among its Mutualaffiliated fm stations. Petition by minority stockholder Lawrence M. C. Smith asking the FCC to stop the sale on alleged grounds that RKO was not the highest bidder was denied. The Commission said it could not interfere in a controversy which should be decided in courts. Mr. Smith is sole owner of WFLN (FM) Philadelphia, one of 10 stations named in the Philadelphia grand jury indictments for alleged violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. WPAL Charleston, S. C— Sold by Palmetto Broadcasters Inc. to Speidel-Fisher Broadcasting Corp. of Charleston for $111,000. SpeidelFisher principals are equal owners Albert T. Fisher Jr. and Joe Speidel III. Speidel-Fisher owns and operates WOIC Columbia, S. C, and WHEN the FCC resumes activities in the fall — it is scheduled to meet again officially Aug. 29 — it will be faced with a plethora of pending subjects, some of which may be major events before the year is out. At the top of the heap — and most significant in the business of operations — are the eight hearing cases for new tv stations awaiting final decision. These include Miami ch. 10; Seattle ch. 7; Jacksonville (Fla.) ch. 12; Paducah (Ky.) ch. 6; Indianapolis ch. 13; St. Louis ch. 11; Charlotte (N. C.) ch. 9, and Orlando (Fla.) ch. 9. There are eight cases awaiting oral argument, three awaiting initial decision and three in hearing (See Boxscore, page 52). Significant policy questions are involved in petitions for the establishment of subscription television, tv boosters, extension of remote control operation to include all radio stations. owns 75% of WQOK Greenville, S. C. Independent WPAL operates on 730 kc using 1 kw daytime. WACH-AM-TV Newport News, Va.— Sold by Russell A. Collins, trustee, to United Broadcasting Co. of Eastern Virginia Inc. for $54,000. Other Richard Eaton interests are WOOK-AMTV Washington, WJMO Cleveland. WSID-AMFM and WTLF (TV) Baltimore, WARK Hagerstown. WINX Rockville, both Maryland and WANT Richmond, Va. The Commission denied a protest by Selgam Broadcasting Corp. seeking to block the sale. Selgam had claimed that it was the lowest bidder for the station, but the FCC said it could not interfere in controversies that are court cases. An application filed by Selgam seeking 1270 kc in Newport News, WACH's facilities, was returned. WACH-TV has suspended operation. The am outlet is an independent and operates with 1 kw daytime. KBTM-TV Jonesboro, Ark. — Sold by Regional Broadcasting Co. to Central-South Sales Co. for $6,500. Principal Central-South owners are President John T. Griffin (45%) and Vice President James C. Leake (45%) Griffin stations are KOMA Oklahoma City, 50% of KWTV (TV) Oklahoma City, KTVX (TV) Muskogee, Okla.. KATV Pine Bluff, Ark.; KTUL Tulsa, and KFPW-AM-FM Ft. Smith, Ark. KBTM-TV, permittee of ch. 8, is not on the air. The Commission also granted an extension of six months to complete construction of the station. KG EN Madera, Calif. — Sold by Mondo Broadcasting Co. to Glomor Music Broadcasters Inc. for $20,000. Glomor principals are Bob L. Moran (38%), 16% owner of KWLK Longview. Wash.; Gloria L. Moran (37%), wife of Bob Moran and Donald L. Edwards (25% ), sales manager of KWLK. KG EN operates on 1250 kc with 500 w daytime. KVEN Ventura, Calif. — Transfer of control to Carroll R. Hauser, John P. and Genevieve Hearne, Caroline Burke, Jack L. and Alyce N. Powell and Sidney M. Held Jr. KVEN operates on 1450 kc with 250 w. KLOV Loveland, Colo. — Sold by Loveland Broadcasters to Vogel & Smock for $25,500. Principals in Vogel & Smock are partners William R. Vogel (60%), salesman at WTAD Quincy, 111., and Monroe T. Smock (40%). Independent KLOV operates on 1570 kc with 250 w daytime. KUBC Montrose, Colo. — Acquisition of posi limitations on tv tower locations, tv intercity relays, tv dual city identifications — and such hardy perennials as clear channel and daytime skywave cases. Also, revision of the mechanical recording announcement rules (to delete requirement that announcement be made when mechanical recordings are used, unless necessary for the public's information). Awaiting action are a number of station sales. Among the more significant are Storer Broadcasting Co. applications for the purchases of KSLM-TV Salem, Ore., and WMUR-TV Manchester, N. H. Sure to reach the FCC — either via the hearing route or more directly — are the uhf purchases by NBC and CBS. NBC wants approval to buy WKNB-TV New Britain, Conn., and CBS is seeking re-approval to buy WGTH-TV Hartford, Conn. tive control of licensee corporation — The Uncompahgre Broadcasting Co. — by George O. Cory and Wanda Lucille Cory through purchase of stock from Steward C. Lee and Eva C. Lee for $15,420. The Corys will now be sole owners of station. Independent KUBC operates on 1260 kc with 1 kw daytime and 5 kw night. WGAU-AM-FM Athens, Ga.— Sold by J. K. Patrick Broadcasting Co. to Clarke Broadcasting Co. for $105,000. Clarke principals are equal owners R. Randolph Holder, former ne-.vs director at WRFC Athens, and John T. Loyd, former manager of WRFC. CBS-affiliated WGAU operates on 1340 kc with 250 w. WMGE Madison, Ga. — Sold by David Leonard Hitchcock to Dairyland Broadcasting Co. for $25,000 plus assumption of $9,700 debts. Principals are W. C. Woodall Jr. (40%) and Mrs. O. G. Swindle Sr. (40%). Principals have interests in WDWD Dawson; WGRA Cairo; WFPM Fort Valley, and WIMO Winder, all Ga., and WGSW Greenwood, S. C. Independent WMGE operates on 1250 kc with 1 kw daytime. KCOG Centerville, Iowa; KFAD Fairfield, Iowa — Acquisition of control by Jeanette Burch through transfer of 50.9% from S. A. Chesley for cancellation of $6,000 in liabilities. Jeannette Burch will now hold 77%. MBS-affili Continues on page 49 July 23, 1956 • Page 33 THESE AWAIT THE FCC'S RETURN