Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

GOVERNMENT take and get the whole rich northern Florida market, that The PERRY STATIONS ipjf J«SF cover as no g.g Jf| . • ~= other media can . . . jf§-$ J§|r -j^-'=. completely, effectively, and with apparent but |§| JE^o*=h1 fj§f~ deceptive ease. jjE. ~ PI THE PERRY STATIONS 1 1 WJHP AM/FM/TV Jacksonville 2 WCOA Pensacola 3 WTMC Ocala 4 WDLP Panama City 5 WESH-TV Daytona Beach Radio Station! Represented By: JOHN H. PERRY ASSOCIATES Page 72 • May 6, 1957 TV Stations REPRESENTED Si PETRI self with easy assurance. His hair, parted on the side, is iron gray turning white in front. He uses dark, horn-rimmed glasses. His flannel suits are expensive, and subdued. His manner is mild, with a spark of dogmatism, but withal affable. He is considered by those who know him to be a "lawyer's lawyer." Mr. Mills has no associations in the broadcasting or advertising field. In an interview with B»T he declined to express any opinion on broadcasting except to say he has "an open mind on radio and tv." He said he likes to "marshal his facts and then reach a conclusion." An intriguing sidelight is Mr. Mills' serious interest in inventions. He holds two patents and has two others pending at the Patent Office. One patent is for a convertible vehicle, a combination automobile, airplane and boat. Another is a junior pilot trainer, developed before World War II. Patents are pending for a new type of automobile safety device, and for a passenger seat which can be converted into a berth with a minimum of effort, useful for airplane or railroad carriers. Mr. Mills is a member of Phi Delta Phi, national legal fraternity; Princeton's Colonial Club; the Metropolitan and Capitol Hill Clubs in Washington, and the Morristown Club in New Jersey. At Princeton he was on the track team (high hurdles). Mr. Mills and his family (he married the former Shirley Burks of Brownsville, Tex.), live in the fashionable Georgetown section of Washington. They have two daughters, Shirley Neel, 9, and Katina Slade, 7. The family are members of Washington's Christ Episcopal Church. FCC Stays KNAC-TV Purchase, Sets Hearing on Protest THE FCC last week postponed the effective date of its Feb. 27 action in approving the sale of 50% of ch. 5 KNAC-TV Ft. Smith. Ark., to George T. Hernreich and set the grant for hearing. The hearing was scheduled on the protest of Southwestern Publishing Co. (ch. 22 KFSA-TV Ft. Smith), which claimed that it had contracted to purchase the station from H. S. Nakdimen. who died Dec. 20, 1955. Messrs. Nakdimen and Hernreich formerly were competing applicants for ch. 5 and Mr. Hernreich was given an option to purchase 50% of the station in return for withdrawing his application. The Commission ordered the hearing to determine (1) if Mr. Hernreich conspired to breach the agreement for assignment of KNAC-TV to Southwestern and to prevent consummation of such agreement; (2) whether Mr. Hernreich has failed to carry out representations made by him to the FCC; (3) whether there has been an unlawful transfer of control of KNAC-TV to Mr. Hernreich and others, and (4) whether in light of the evidence, grant of the sale would serve the public interest. The parties were given until May 31 to return station control to Mrs. Nakdimen. Broadcasting • Telecasting