Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

assignment of license from Valley Enterprises Co. to Salinas Valley Bcstg. Corp. for $50,000. John C. Cohan, 31.88% owner KSBW-AM-TV Salinas, Calif, and former 50% owner KVEC-AMTV, will be sole owner. Announced June 4. WSIR Winter Haven, Fla. — Seeks control by Lawrence A. Rollins through purchase of stock from Tom Moore for $38,782. Mr. Rollins, formerly 29.41% owner, will be 50.29% owner. Announced May 29. KORT Grangevillc, Idaho — Seeks assignment of license from Far West Radio Inc. to Kebco Inc. for $50,000. Principals include Edward M. Brainerd (98.6%), free lance radio-tv writer. Announced May 29. WAAM (TV) Baltimore, Md.— Seeks transfer of control of licensee corporation from Ben Cohen, Herman Cohen, et al. to Westinghouse Electric Corp. for $4.4 million. Westinghouse Electric Corp. owns Westinghouse Bcstg. Co., licensee of stations in Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Fort Wayne, Portland, Ore. and Chicago. Announced June 4. WMEX Boston, Mass. — Seeks assignment of license from New England Radio Corp. to Richmond Brothers for $215,000. Robert S. Richmond (85%), owner advertising agency, and Maxwell E. Richmond (15%), owner WPGC Morningside, Md. and WRNC-FM Oakland, Md. will be owners. Announced May 29. KOMA Oklahoma City, Okla.— Seeks assignment of license to Burton Levine, Arnold Lerner, Myer Feldman, Donald Rubin and Harold Thurman by purchase of stock (14y4%) from Sol Schildhause for $42,500. Stock holdings will be Mr. Levine 32%, Mr. Lerner 32%, Mr. Feldman 17%, Mr. Rubin 12% and Mr. Thurman 7%. Announced June 4. KDHS (TV) Aberdeen, S. D.— Seeks assignment of cp from Aberdeen Television Co. to North Dakota Bcstg. Co. for $2,447. North Dakota owns KCJB-AM-TV Minot, KXJB-TV Valley City, KBMB-TV Bismarck and KSJB Jamestown, all N. D. Announced May 29. KHEY El Paso, Tex.— Seeks transfer of control of licensee corporation from KEPO Bcstg. Co. to Harvey R. Odom, Eldred O. Smith and A. V. Bamford for $150,000. Mr. Bamford, 50% owner KHEP Phoenix, Ariz., Mr. Odom, 50% owner KHEP, and Mr. Smith, furniture and appliance interests, will be equal partners. Announced May 29. KPAC-TV Port Arthur, Tex.— Seeks assignment of cp to Texas Goldcoast Television Inc. for $150,000. Owners will be Port Arthur College (50%) and Jefferson Amusement Co. (50%). Announced June 4. Hearing Cases . . . INITIAL DECISIONS Hearing Examiner Elizabeth C. Smith issued initial decision looking toward grant of application of Radio Wayne County Inc., for a new am on 1420 kc, 500 w, D, in Newark, N. Y., and dismissal of competing application of Radio Newark Inc., at latter's request. Hearing Examiner Hugh B. Hutchison issued initial decision looking toward grant of application of Palm Springs Bcstg. Corp. to change facilities of station KCMJ Palm Springs, Calif., from 1340 kc, 250 w, unl. to 1010 kc, 1 kw-D, 500 w-N, DA. Hearing Examiner Jay A. Kyle issued an initial decision looking toward grant of applications of Collier Electric Co. for point-to-point microwave relay stations in Fort Morgan and Sterling, Colo., and Sidney, Neb., to relay offthe-air pickup of signals of Denver tv stations to community ant. tv systems in Sterling, Colo., and Sidney and Kimball, Neb., provided that Collier will lower its existing ant. tower in Sidney from 745 ft. to a maximum height, includ ing height to tip of ant., of 512 ft. above ground and denial of similar applications of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. FINAL DECISIONS The FCC (1) denied petition by W MAY-TV Inc., successful applicant in Springfield, 111., ch. 2 proceeding, to vacate order staying construction pending determination in deintermixture, and (2) granted WMAY-TV Inc., a permit to construct a station conditioned that operation will be on ch. 36 in lieu of ch. 2 specified in the application, subject to engineering conditions and that acceptance by WMAY-TV Inc., of instant grant shall be deemed to constitute a surrender by it of all asserted rights with respect to ch. 2; construction to commence only after specification authorization by the Commission following submission within 30 days of all necessary technical information with respect to operation on ch. 36. Comrs. Mack and Craven abstained from voting. The Commission denied a petition by Sangamon Valley Television Corp. for rehearing and reconsideration of June 29, 1956, decision which denied its competing application in above-mentioned proceeding. Comrs. Mack and Craven abstained from voting. (Text to be printed by GPO in weekly pamphlet.) The FCC announced its decision of May 29 which (1) denied protests of WLYC Williamsport, Pa., and WMLP Milton, Pa., and (2) reinstated and affirmed Oct. 5, 1955, grant of application by Williamsport Radio Bcstg. Associates, Inc., for new am (WARC) on 1380 kc, 1 kw, D, in Milton, Pa. Comr. Hyde dissented; Comr. Bartley dissented and issued a statement. Petitions . . . WCOV-TV Montgomery, Ala. — Petition requesting amendment of sec. 3.606 to amend the Table of Assignments by the adoption of either one of the following alternative proposals: (1) that a show cause proceeding be instituted against WSLA-TV now authorized to operate on ch. 8 in Selma, Ala., to specify operation on ch. 58; that, upon the conclusion of such show cause proceeding, sec. 3.606 be amended by deleting ch. 8 from Selma, Ala. and assigning it to Montgomery, Ala.; and that a show cause proceeding be instituted against WCOV-TV, now operating on ch. 20 in Montgomery, Ala., to specify operation on ch. 8; or (2) that a show cause proceeding be instituted against WSFA-TV, now operating on ch. 12 in Montgomery, to specify operation on ch. 26; that a show cause proceeding be instituted against WSLA, now authorized to operate on ch. 8 in Selma, Ala., to specify operation on ch. 58; that sec. 3.606 be amended so as to delete the educational reservation from ch. 26, Montgomery, Ala. and make ch. 12, Montgomery, an educational reservation; and that sec. 3.606 be further amended by deleting ch. 8 from Selma, Ala. and assigning it to Tuscaloosa, Ala. as an educational reservation. KUTE-FM, WLDM-FM, WHOM-FM, WEAWFM, WMMW-FM, KRKD-FM, KMLA-FM, WFMFFM, WMUZ-FM, WMIT-FM, WCAU-FM, WWDCFM, KSON-FM, KDFC-FM, KITE-FM, WPENFM, WHBL-FM — Petition requesting amendment of sec. 3.293 so as to change the provision that requires that the Subsidiary Communications Authorization (SCA) convert their simplex operations to multiplex by 7-1-57 and to provide for issuance of SCA's on a simplex basis to expire oh 7-1-58, or a later date, and for such other relief as may be necessary to permit fm stations engaged in functional music operations on a simplex basis to continue those operations until such time as they are able to obtain and install satisfactory equipment for conversion to multiplex operation. WAKR-TV Akron, Ohio— Petition requesting amendment of sec. 3.606(b) to amend the Table of Assignments so as to delete ch. 12 from Erie, Penna., reassign it to the hyphenated communities of Akron-Cleveland, Ohio, issue simultaneously with the proposed rule making, an appropriate order directing the petitioner to show cause why its authorization for ch. 49 should not be changed to ch. 12 and make other changes in existing television assignments in the Erie, Penna. and Clarksburg and Weston, W. Va. areas; In the alternative, switch chs. 5 and 12 at Weston and Clarksburg, W. Va. so that ch. 5 is allocated to Clarksburg, W. Va. and ch. 12 to Weston, W. Va. PETITIONS FOR RULE MAKING DENIED WNAO-TV Raleigh, N. C— Petition requesting amendment of sec. 3.606(b) of the Rules by the issuance of rule making so as to delete ch. 5 from Raleigh, N. C. and add uhf ch. to be selected by the Commission and reserved for educational use; also to reassign ch. 5 to Rocky Mount, N. C. Supplement to petition of 6-28-56 requesting that the assignment to Raleigh, N. C. be as follows: chs. 22, 28, 44 and 50. WTVK-TV Knoxville, Tenn.— Petition requesting amendment of part 3 of the Rules by the issuance of a rule making looking toward the deintermixture of Knoxville, Tenn. and Spartanburg, S. C. by adding ch. 7 to Knoxville, Tenn. It is also requested that the Commission issue an order to show cause why petitioner's present uhf assignment should not be changed to the proposed vhf assignment. Philipsburg-Clearfield Television, Clearfield, Pa. — Petition to amend sec. 3.606 so as to allocate ch. 3 to Clearfield, Pa. WAYS (TV) Charlotte, N. C— Petition requesting amendment of sec. 3.606 by instituting rule making so as to delete ch. 9 from Charlotte, N. C, and to add in lieu thereof chs. 20 and 77. INSTRUCTION The Commission on June 5 directed preparation of a document looking toward denial of petitions for rehearing, reconsideration and stay of Commission's decision of March 6 granting Crosley Broadcasting Corp. construction permit for new tv on ch. 13 in Indianapolis, Ind., and denying competing application of Indianapolis Broadcasting Inc., WIBC Inc., and Mid-West TV Corp. Routine Roundup . . . BROADCAST ACTIONS By the Broadcast Bureau Actions of May 31 WILZ St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.— Granted mod. of cp to change trans, location, type trans., specify studio location. WSYE-TV Elmira, N. Y.— Granted mod. of cp to change ERP to vis. 120 kw, aur. 60 kw, specify studio location, change type trans, and for waiver of sec. 3.613 of the rules. KWJB-FM Globe, Ariz. — Granted extension of completion date to 8-17. Actions of May 29 Needles Community Television Club, Needles, Calif., Gas City, Ariz. — Granted assignment of cp to Needles Community Television Club, Inc. KICA-TV Clovis, N. M.— Granted license for tv station (ch. 12). WLBT (TV) Jackson, Miss. — Granted license for tv station (ch. 3). KLRJ-TV Henderson, Nev. — Granted license for tv station (ch. 2). WEAU-TV Eau Claire, Wis.— Granted extension of completion date to 8-12. Actions of May 28 WRTI-FM Philadelphia, Pa. — Granted cp to change ERP to 790 watts, ant. height to 125 ft., make changes in trans, and change ant. system. KHFI (FM) Austin, Tex. — Granted cp to change ERP to 780 watts, ant. height to 52 ft., change type trans, and ant. system. KETV (TV) Omaha, Neb.— Granted extension of completion date to 12-27. Actions of May 27 KFLJ Walsenburg, Colo. — Granted mod. of cp to change type trans., change studio location and operate trans, by remote control. WBIL Leesburg, Fla. — Granted mod. of cp to change ant. -trans, location and change type trans. WFDR Manchester, Ga. — Granted mod. of cp to change ant. -trans, location and studio location. WGCS Arlington, Fla. — Granted mod. of cp to change ant. -trans, and studio location. K ACE Riverside, Calif. — Granted extension of completion date to 7-10; conditions. WHTG Eatontown, N. J. — Granted extension of completion date to 10-24. Broadcasting • Telecasting ALLEN KANDER NEGOTIATORS FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS EVALUATIONS FINANCIAL ADVISERS WASHINGTON 1625 Eye Street, N.W. Washington 6, D. C. NAtional 8-1990 NEW YORK 60 East 42nd Street New York 17, N. Y. MUrray Hill 7-4242 <H I C A G O 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago 1, Illinois RAndolph 6-6760 Page 110 June 10, 1957