Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

FOR THE RECORD show producer, will be owners. Announced April 24. _ Bassett, Va.— S. L. Goodman, 1270 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address Drawer 2-y, 303 W. Main St., Richmond, Va. Estimated construction cost $16,250, first year operating cost $25,000, revenue $28,000. Mr. Goodman, owner WILA Danville, WYTI Rocky Mount and 60% WYSR Franklin, all Va. will be sole owner. Announced April 24. Denbigh, Va. — Cy Blumenthal, 1570 kc. 250 w D. P. O. address c/o Mr. Blumenthal, 5232 Lee Hwy., Arlington, Va. Estimated construction cost $19,900, first year operating cost $48,000, revenue $60 000. Mr Blumenthal, owner KCKN Kansas City, Kan., WCMS Norfolk, Va. and majority stockholder WARL-AM-FM Arlington, will be sole owner. Announced April 24. Burien, Wash. — Sea-Tac Enterprises, 800 kc, 250 w D. P. O. address Box 26, Burien. Estimated construction cost $11,300, first year operating cost $52,000, revenue $63,000. Principals include James A. Murphy (43%), attorney, Wallace K. Reid (33%), 33.33% owner KORD Pasco, Wash., and Gordon M. Byrholdt (24%), attorney, are owners. Announced April 24. cense from Radio Station WAIT to Radio Station WAIT for $98,000. Owners will be Oscar Miller, Gertrude Miller, Julius Miller and Bertha L. Miller. Announced April 23. WGHN Grand Haven Bcstg. Co., Grand Haven, Mich. — Granted transfer of control from Hilbert F. Wulf to Hilbert F. and Helen M. Wulf and The Michigan Trust Co. and Walter K. Schmidt, trustees of the Anna Wulf Trust, et al, a partnership, d/b as Homeport Co. WTIK Durham, N. C. — Granted assignments license and cp from Mid-Carolina Bcstg. Co. to W & W Bcstg. Co. Corporate change. No change of control. Announced April 23. WKPT-AM-FM Kingsport, Tenn. — Granted acquisition of positive control of licensee corporation by C. P. Edwards Jr. through purchase of stock (135 shares) from Howard Long for $54,000. Mr. Edwards will own 59.67%. Announced April 23. WILA Danville, Va. — Granted assignment of license from S. L. Goodman to WILA Inc. Corporate change. No change of control. Announced April 17. Existing Am Stations . . . ACTIONS CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED WEZY Cocoa, Fla — Irving Braun, 1480 kc. WDOL Athens, Ga. — Southeastern Bcstg. System, 1470 kc. KELL Kellogg, Idaho— Radio Kellogg Inc., 900 kc. KCFI Cedar Falls, Iowa— Jane A. Roberts, 1250 kc WLEN Hattiesburg, Miss. — Dave A. Matison Jr., 1310 kc. KBGF Great Falls, Mont. — Community Bcstrs., 1450 kc. Changed from KUDI. WPOW Brooklyn, N. Y. — Tele-Bcstrs. of New York Inc., 1330 kc. Changed from WBBR. WEBO Owego, N. Y. — Erdman Bcstg. Co., 1330 kc. Changed from WONY. WMNF Richwood, W. Va.— Royal Bcstg. Co., 1280 kc. WLCX La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Radio Inc., 1490 kc. Changed from WLDL. APPLICATIONS WJIV Savannah, Ga. — Seeks cp to increase power to 5 kw and install new trans. Existing Fm Stations . . . ACTIONS CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED KBBI (FM) Los Angeles, Calif.— Bible Institute of Los Angeles Inc., 107.5 mc. KGLA (FM) Los Angeles, Calif.— Echo Park Evangelistic Assn., 103.5 mc. Changed from KPUL (FM). WXFM (FM) Elmwood Park, 111.— Evelyn R. Chauvin Schoonfield, 105.9 mc. Changed from WLEY (FM). WGTS-FM Takoma Park, Md.— Washington Missionary College Inc., 91.9 mc. Ownership Changes . . . ACTIONS WAIT Chicago, 111. — Granted assignment of li APPLICATIONS WBRC-AM-FM-TV Birmingham, Ala.— Seeks assignment of license from Storer Bcstg. Co. to WBRC Inc. for $6,350,000. Radio Cincinnati Inc., licensee of WKRC-AM-TV Cincinnati, Ohio, will be owner. Cincinnati Star-Times (80%) and Hulbert Taft (20%) own Radio Cincinnati. Announced April 17. WJHP-AM-FM Jacksonville, Fla. — Seeks assignment of license from Jacksonville Journal Co. to Radio Jax Inc. for $275,000. Carmen Macri, owner WWOK Charlotte, N. C, WQIK-TV Jacksonville, WSUZ Palatka, Fla. and minority interest WMIE Miami, Fla. will be sole owner. Announced April 17. WAFB-AM-FM Baton Rouge, La. — Seeks assignment of license from Modern Bcstg. Co. to Merchant Bcstrs. Inc. for $175,000. Owners will be Ralph L. Burge (13.33%), Louis S. Prejean (13.33%) and 15 others. Announced April 17. WEIM Fitchburg, Mass. — Seeks assignment of license from WEIM Fitchburg Inc. to Newcomb Bcstg. Corp. for $169,000. Arthur Newcomb, owner of WOTW-AM-FM Nashua, N. H., will be sole owner. Announced April 17. WRNY Rochester, N. Y. — Seeks transfer of control of licensee corporation from Rochester Bcstg. Co. to Florida East Coast Bcstg. Co. for $90,000. Harry Trenner (60%) and Herbert Schorr (40%) are owners, of WFEC Miami, Fla. Announced April 17. WYCL York, S. C— Seeks assignment of license from C. B. and C. C. Sigmon to the Sigmoid's and Harvey R. Laughter for $1,567. C. B. will own 34%, C. C. 33% and Mr. Laughter 33%. Announced April 17. KBYR Anchorage, Alaska — Seeks positive control of permittee corporation through purchase of stock from Urgel G. and Virginia M. Bell to J. Chester and Josephine Gordon. Real estate owned by the Gordons will be exchanged for the stock. Announced April 24. Hearing Cases KGHL-TV Billings, Mont. — FCC announced its decision of April 17 affirming and making effective immediately a Nov. 23, 1955 grant to Midland Empire Bcstg. Co. for cp for new tv on ch. 8 in Billings and denying protest and request to reopen record and remand filed by KOOK-TV, ch. 2 Billings. Comr. Hyde concurred in result; Comr. Bartlev concurred in result and Eastern Regional $150,000.00 A top 5 kw fulltime facility located in one of the finest larger southeastern markets. This under-developed property has one of the best potentials available in major market radio. NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING • APPRAISALS ^BLackburn & Company WASHINGTON, D. C. ATLANTA James W. Blackburn Clifford B. Marshall Jack V. Harvey Stanley Whitaker Washington Building Healey Building STerling 3-4341 Jackson 5-1576 issued statement. KHVH Honolulu, Hawaii — FCC granted petition by Kaiser Hawaiian Village Radio Inc., and enlarged issues in oral argument on application for new am on 1040 kc, 5 kw. U. in Honolulu, Hawaii, to include issues 5 and 6 contained in protest by KIKI Honolulu, regarding applicant's financial and character qualifications. Routine Roundup . . . BROADCAST ACTIONS By the Broadcast Bureau Actions of April 19 WQXT-FM Palm Beach, Fla.— Granted cp to change ERP to 22 kw and make changes in trans. WRC-FM Washington, D. C. — Granted cp to change trans, and studio locations to 4001 Nebraska Ave., N.W.; antenna height to 480 ft.; conditions. KRIS-TV Corpus Christi, Tex. — Granted cp to change ERP to vis. 100 kw, aur. 50 kw, and change type of trans. WMVS-TV Milwaukee, Wis.— Granted mod. of cp to change ERP to vis. 83.2 kw, aur. 41.7 kw, change trans, location, install new ant. system, antenna height 740 ft. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: WMAL-TV Washington, D. C, to 8-5; WBUF Buffalo, N. Y., to 10-1; WPTA, Roanoke, Ind., to 9-15; KMOT Minot, N. D., to 10-5; KETC St. Louis, Mo., to 11-6. Actions of April 18 WABA, Hector Reichard, Aguadilla, P. R. — Granted authority to operate trans, by remote control. KRRV Sherman, Tex. — Granted license covering erection of two new towers and make changes in directional ant. system; conditions. WMFJ Daytona Beach, Fla. — Granted cp to change ant. -trans, location. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: WQMC Charlotte, N. C, to 8-1; KRSC Othello, Wash., to 9-12; KLVI Vivian, La., to 6-9. Actions of April 17 WQOK Greenville, S. C. — Granted license covering change from employing DA-2 to DA-N only. Granted licenses for the following am broadcast stations: WIOD Sanford, Fla.; WICO Salisbury, Md.; WZYX Cowan, Tenn.; KLYR Clarksville, Ark.; KGOL Golden, Colo.; KRDG Redding, Calif. Granted licenses for the following fm broadcast stations: KJMI (FM) Sacramento, Calif.; WORA-FM Mayaguez, P. R. WKNY Kingston, N. Y. — Granted cp to change ant.-trans. location. WVJS-FM Owensboro, Ky.— Granted cp to change ERP to 10 kw, ant. height to 370 ft. WJMC-FM Rice Lake, Wis.— Granted cp to change ERP to 50 kw. WNYS Salamanca, N. Y. — Granted mod. of cp to change studio location and operate trans, by remote control. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: WDMG Douglas, Ga., to 6-1. conditions: KEEN San Jose, Calif., to 6-30, conditions: WSBR Warwick, R. I., to 8-15: KOYL Odessa, Tex., to 8-27. Actions of April 16 Granted licenses for the following am broadcast stations: WRGR Starke, Fla.; WNBP Newburyport, Mass.; KCLN, Clinton, Iowa, conditions ;WTRO Dyersburg, Tenn., condition; WMLF PineviUe, Ky.; KWEL Midland, Tex. The following were granted extensions of completion dates as shown: WTOV-TV Norfolk, Va., to 10-16; KSTF Scottsbluff, Neb., to 8-12. Actions of April 15 WBOR (FM) Brunswick, Me. — Granted license for new noncommercial educational fm. WFST-FM Caribou, Me. — Granted license for new fm. WLOL-FM Minneapolis, Minn. — Granted license for new fin. By Chief Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham Charles R. Bramlett, Torrence, Calif. — Ordered that oral argument on the petition of A. A. Crawford, Beverly Hills, Calif., for dismissal of his application without prejudice, will be held April 26. in proceeding on am applications of Bramlett and Crawford, et al. By Hearing Examiner Hugh B. Hutchison On the Hearing Examiner's own motion, ordered that formal hearing conference will be held on April 26 on applications of Ponce de Leon Bcstg. Co., of Puetro Rico, et al., for cps for new tvs on ch. 3 in Mayaguez, P. R. Action April 19. Cherokee Bcstg. Co., Murphy, N. C. — Granted Page 116 • April 29, 1957 Broadcasting • Telecasting