Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

COLORCAST I N The Next 10 Days Of Network Color Shows (All times EST) CBS-TV April 9, 16 (9:30-10 p.m.) Red Skelton Show, S. C. Johnson & Son through Foote, Cone and Belding and Pet Milk Co. through Gardner Adv. April 10, 17 (8-9 p.m.) Arthur Godfrey Show, participating sponsors and agencies. April 11 (8-9 p.m.) Shower of Stars, Chrysler Corp. through McCannErickson. April 12 (3:30-4 p.m.) Bob Crosby Show, participating sponsors and agencies. NBC-TV April 8-12, 15-17 (1:30-2:30 p.m.) Club 60, participating sponsors and agencies. April 8-12, 15-17 (3-4 p.m.) Matinee Theatre, participating sponsors and agencies. April 8, 15 (8-8:30 p.m.) Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Whitehall Pharmacal through Ted Bates and Lever Bros, through Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell and Bayles. <fi) April 8, 15 (9:30-10:30 p.m.) Robert Montgomery Presents, S. C. Johnson and Son through Needham, Louis and Brorby and Mennen Co. through Grey Adv. April 10, 12, 17 (7:30-7:45 p.m.) Xavier Cugat Show, sustaining. April 10, 17 (8-8:30 p.m.) Masquerade Party, participating sponsors and agencies. April 10 (8:30-10 p.m.) Hallmark Hall of Fame, Hall Bros. Cards through Foote. Cone & Belding. April 11 (10-11 p.m.) Lux Video Theatre, Lever Bros, through J. Walter Thompson Co. April 12 (8:30-9 p.m.) Life of Riley, Gulf through Young & Rubicam. April 13 (8-9 p.m.) Perry Como Show, participating sponsors and agencies. April 13 (9-10:30 p.m.) Saturday Color Carnival, Oldsmobile through D. P. Brother & Co. and RCA-RCA Whirlpool through Kenyon and Eckhardt. April 14 (9-10 p.m.) Alcoa Hour, Aluminum Co. of America through Fuller, Smith and Ross. April 17 (9-10 p.m.) Kraft Television Theatre, Kraft Foods Co. through J. Walter Thompson Co. KSET El Paso, Tex. — Seeks positive control of licensee corporation by Fred Hervey through purchase of stock (897 shares) from Stanton E. White for $19,333. Announced March 28. KSTV Stephenville, Tex. — Seeks assignment of license from Oscar H. Halvorson and Olaf Folkvord to Dixie Bcstrs. for $55,000. Cyril W. Reddoch (66%%) and Ralph L. Hooks (331/3), are Dixie owners. Dixie Bcstrs. is applicant for am in Blakely, Ga. Announced March 28. Hearing Cases . . . ACTIONS By Chief Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham Portorican-American Bcstg. Co., Ponce TV Partnership, Ponce, P. R.— Granted petition of Portorican-American for dismissal without prejudice of its application for new tv on ch. 7 in Ponce, and retained in hearing status Ponce TV Partnership application for same channel in Ponce. Action March 26. WWOW Hazard, Ky.— Granted motion for dismissal of its am application and dismissed protest proceeding Action March 28. Bill Mathis, Abilene, Tex., KNAF Fredericksburg, Tex. — Granted petition of Mathis for dismissal without prejudice of his am application and retained in hearing status Gillespie application. Action March 28. By Hearing Examiner Herbert Sharfman Denied petition by Friends of Good Music for leave to file a brief, attached to the petition as amicus curiae in the matter of application for assignment of license and cp of station WGMS Bethesda, Md., and license of station WGMS-FM Washington, D. C. By Hearing Examiner Millard F. French Denied petition by Texas Technological College for leave to amend its application for cp for new tv station on ch. 5 in Lubbock, Tex.; the proposed amendment which would change the application in several respects is rejected. Ordered that a prehearing conference in this proceeding which also involves application of C. L. Trigg for cp for new tv on ch. 5 in Lubbock, will be held on April 15. Action March 29. Routine Roundup . . . BROADCAST ACTIONS By the Broadcast Bureau Actions of March 29 KCIL Houma, La. — Granted cp to change ant.trans. -studio location and make changes in ground system. KSLO Opelousas, La. — Granted cp to move ant.trans. location. KPOR Quincy, Wash. — Granted mod. of cp to change ant. -trans, location and change studio location and operate trans, by remote control; condition. WCWC Ripon, Wis.— Granted mod. of cp to change trans, and studio location, and move antenna; conditions. KMOP Tucson, Ariz. — Granted mod. of cp to change ant. -trans, and studio location. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: KDUB-TV, Lubbock, Texas, to 6-20; KSHO-TV, Las Vegas, Nev., to 10-1: KRBB, El Dorado, Ark., to 9-30; KRCG, Jefferson City, Mo., to 10-19; WRAL-TV, Raleigh, N. C, to 10-23; WHTN-TV, Huntington, W. Va., to 9-l;KOAT-TV, Albuquerque, N. Mex., to 10-1. Actions of March 28 KMBL Junction, Texas — Granted permission to sign-off at 8 p.m. each week day for a period of 6 months except on special ocasions, due to economic strain on account of drought emergency. WSSV Petersburg, Va. — Granted license covering changes in ant.-trans. location and changes in ant. (increase height) and ground system. KGMS Sacramento, Calif. — Granted license covering change hours, change to DA-2, and change trans, and studio location and change type trans.; conditions. WFEC Miami, Fla. — Granted mod. of license to change name to Florida East Coast Bsctg. Co. Inc. WOAI San Antonio, Texas — Granted cp to change ant.-trans. location and make changes in ant. system (increase height) and make changes in the ground system. WMAN Mansfield, Ohio — Granted cp to move ant.-trans. location, install a new trans, and make changes in the ant. system, and ground system. KNLR North Little Rock, Ark.— Granted mod. of cp to change type trans., change studio location and operate trans, by remote control; condition. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: WCHK Canton, Ga., to 6-1. condition: WOOK Washington, D. C, to 5-16: WBRB Mt. Clemens, Mich., to 6-15, conditions; WPAB Ponce, P. R, to 5-18; KGU Honolulu, Hawaii, to 4-30. KEAR San Francisco, Calif. — Granted cp to change ERP to 125 kw, ant. height to 1,100 ft, change trans, location, remote control point and studio site; change type trans, and ant. system; engineering condition and grant is without prejudice to any action the Commission may take in connection with the application for renewal of license. KPHO Phoenix, Ariz. — Granted authority to operate trans, by remote control while using nondirectional ant. WPGC Morningside, Md. — Granted mod. of cp to change ant.-trans. location, make changes in DA system (2 tower array), change in ground system and change type trans. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: Kl'LA Honolulu, Hawaii, to 5-30; WXIL Hazelhurst, Ga., to 7-11. Actions of March 26 WLTL-FM Lenoir City, Tenn. — Granted request to cancel license. Actions of March 25 WBBQ Augusta, Ga.— Granted authority to operate trans, by remote control. WAMF (FM) Amherst, Mass. — Granted cp to change frequency of fm educational station to channel 208 (89.5 mc). KFAC-FM Los Angeles, Calif. — Granted cp to change ERP to 59 kw and change type trans. WINA-FM Charlottesville, Va.— Granted cp to change ERP to 620 w, change type trans, and change ant. system. Continues on page 162 — — — WASHINGTON 1625 Eye Street, N.W. Washington 6, D. C. f ALLEN KANDhR \ NAtional 8-1990 NEW YORK 60 East 42nd Street New York 17, N. Y. NEGOTIATORS FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE MUrray Hill 7-4242 , OF RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS 1 CHICAGO \ EVALUATIONS / 35 East Wacker Drive \ FINANCIAL ADVISERS / Chicago 1, Illinois RAndolph 6-3688 Page 156 • April 8, 1957 Broadcasting • Telecasting