Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

Con You No wonder wise ad men \ \i v. "PICK 6" in the OMAHA Market! WOW-TV CHANNEL JL BLAIR TV, Represenfaf/'ve FRED EBENER, So/es Manager A MEREDITH STATION OMAHA, NEBRASKA GOVERNMENT W. Coan (14.4%), general manager John G. Johnson (12.6%) and 10 other WinstonSalem residents. Among other sales approvals were: WPEO Peoria, 111., sold for $70,000 to Merritt Owens, Robert E. Sharon, Kenneth R. Greenwood and Lee Vaughn, who will operate as Dandy Broadcasting Co. Mr. Sharon and Mr. Greenwood are salesmen at WHB Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Owens has advertising interests and Mr. Vaughn is an attorney. WBOW Inc. has bought WBOW Terre Haute, Ind., for $108,000. New owners are Jerome W. O'Connor 70% and Thomas L. Davis and Ray Freedman 13.4% each. Mr. O'Connor owns WPFA Pensacola, Fla.. Mr. Davis is 50% owner of KLEE Ottumwa, Iowa, and Mr. Freedman holds advertising interests. John Poole Broadcasting Co. has sold 51% of KBIF Fresno, Calif., to David T. Harris and Ethan Bernstein for $40,800. The station will be licensed to KBIF Inc. Mr. Harris is manager of KWG Stockton, Calif., and Mr. Bernstein is a salesman with KMJ Fresno. Poole Co. is licensee of KBIG Avalon and owns cp's for KBID-TV Fresno and KBIC Los Angeles. Sale of WQIK for $150,000 Filed by Macri With FCC THE SALE of Carmen Macri's WQIK Jacksonville, Fla., to Thomas Casey and Marshall W. and wife Carol C. Rowland for $150,000 was filed last week for FCC approval. The sale is being made so that Mr. Macri can buy WJHP-AM-FM that city from the Jacksonville Journal. The sale was filed two weeks ago for Commission approval [B»T, April 29]. The Rowlands (he is a former WJHP salesman-announcer) in turn, are selling their WFBF Fernandina Beach, Fla., to Edward G. Murray for $60,000, plus the assumption of $4,448 in notes. They also hold a cp for WSIZ Douglas, Ga. Mr. Casey, St. Mary's, Ga., businessman, is the father of Mrs. Rowland. A March 31 balance sheet for WQIK showed an earned surplus of $13,659, current profits of $1,802, total assets of $41,212 and total liabilities of $6,620. Independent . WQIK is on 1280 kc with 1 kw day. Mr. Macri also holds a cp for ch. 30 WQIK-TV. Mr. Murray formerly was associated with WRCV-TV Philadelphia and WTBO Cumberland, Md., and currently is a consultant for Storer Broadcasting Co. Gross income of WFBF for the 12 months ended Sept. 30, 1956, was $45,075 with a net profit of $15,533. Earnings for the five months ended Feb. 28 were approximately $1,300 per month. The station is an independent on 1570 kc with 1 kw day. Also filed for Commission approval was the $100,000 sale of WAPL Appleton, Wis., one of the Bartell stations, to Connie Forster (40%) and Karl P. Baldwin, L. H. Chudacoff and R. P. Beelen (each 20%), all Appleton residents. Miss Forster is general manager of WAPL and holds four shares of non-voting stock in the Bartell Stations (WAPL, WAKE Atlanta. KCBQ San Diego, KRUX Glendale. Ariz., and controlling interest in WMTV [TV] Madison, Wis.). The WAPL balance sheet, dated Feb. 28, showed a net worth of $10,195 with a $6,395 surplus. Current assets were $22,931, total assets $46,172 and total liabilities $35,977. Current assets of the 1 kw daytimer on 1570 kc will remain with Bartell. Commission Grants 5 Permits For New Am Radio Stations FIVE construction permits for new am radio stations were granted by the FCC last week. The grants were: Panama City Beach, Fla. — Mel Wheeler, 1290 kc, 500 w daytime. Mr. Wheeler is president, general manager and 25% owner of WEAR-AM-TV Pensacola, Fla., and general manager of WJDM (TV) Panama City. Macon, Ga. — William H. Loudermilk, 900 kc, 250 w daytime. Mr. Loudermilk is chief engineer at WEAS Decatur, Ga., and owns a radio-tv repair service. Manchester, Ga. — Radio Manchester Inc., 1370 kc, 1 kw daytime. Co-owners are C. H. Grider, 33.3% owner of WIMO Winder, Ga., and WGSW Greenwood, S. C; George B. Cook Jr., manager of WGSW; George T. Burton Jr., salesman at WTRP La Grange, Ga., and W. C. Woodall Jr., owner of WDWD Dawson, Ga., 33.3% of WGRA Cairo, Ga., 33.3% of WIMO and 50% of WGSW. Plymouth, N. C. — Harry A. Epperson Sr., 1470 kc, 1 kw daytime. Mr. Epperson owns WBRG Lynchburg, Va. Grants Pass, Ore. — Grants Pass Broadcasting Co., 1270 kc, 1 kw daytime. James O. Wilson Jr. and Jim T. Jackson, announcers at KLAD Klamath Falls, Ore., are Grants Pass owners. 4 Am Initial Decisions Issued, One to Be Effective Immediately FOUR initial decisions on am applications were issued by the FCC the last fortnight. The FCC made one effective immediately. Examiner Thomas H. Donahue favored the application of Jefferson County Broadcasting Co. for 1270 kc, 5 kw daytime in Pine Bluff, Ark. Examiner Donahue ruled that the opposing application of Kermit F. Tracy, for 1270 kc, 1 kw daytime in Fordyce, Ark., would not provide the service deemed desirable for economic distribution of facilities. The favored applicant will serve a much larger population, providing better public service, Examiner Donahue said. Jefferson principals are Louis Alford, Phillip D. Brady and Albert M. Smith, owners of WAPF McComb, Miss., WMDC Hazelhurst, Miss., and WABL Amite, La. The FCC has made effective immediately a hearing examiner's initial decision favoring Stephenville Broadcasting Co. for a new am in Tahlequah, Okla. Since no exceptions (to the initial decision) were filed in the time allotted for filing, Examiner J. D. Bond's decision of March 28, 1957 [B»T, April 1] was declared in force. Stephenville owners are Galen O. Gilbert and J. R. Kincaid, owners of KSTV Stephenville and KTAN Sherman, both Tex. Lawrenceville Broadcasting Co. was fa Page 78 • May 6, 1957 Broadcasting • Telecasting