Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1957)

FOR THE RECORD tion, Colo. Estimated construction cost $50,609, first year operating cost $75,294, revenue $84,000. Mr. Thomas, former manager, KFXJ Grand Junction, is president-51% owner of applicant. Announced March 20. Panama City Beach, Fla. — Regional Bcstg. Co., granted 1480 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address P. O. Box 794 Jonesboro, Ark. Estimated construction cost $15,600, first year operating cost $48,000, revenue $66,000. Principals include equal owners Harold E. King and Helen W. King, owners of KBTMAM-FM Jonesboro, Ark., and KGHI Little Rock, Ark. Application for transfer of control of tv cp (KBTM-TV) to Central South Sales, pending at FCC. Announced March 20. Cedar Falls, Iowa — Jane A. Roberts, granted 1250 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address 909 Michigan Ave., Farmington, Mo. Estimated construction cost $17,500, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $50,000. Mrs. Roberts and her husband Cecil own and operate following stations: KREI Farmington, Mo.; KCHI Chillicothe, Mo.; KBIA Columbia, Mo.; KCRB Chanute, Kan., and WINI Murphysboro, 111. Announced March 20. Lake Providence, La. — Radio Services Co., granted 1050 kc, 250 w D. P. O. address % Emmet H. McMurry Jr., P. O. Box 661, Greenville, Miss. Estimated construction cost $16,000, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $48,000. Principals are equal partners Emmet H. McMurry Jr. and Frank W. Baldwin, owners of WJPR Greenville. Announced March 20. Richwood, W. Va. — Royal Bcstg. Co., granted 1280 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address % David B. Jordan, Box 245, Grundy, Va. Estimated construction cost $20,530, first year operating cost $38,000, revenue $50,000. Principals include David B. Jordan, 25% (25% owner of WNRG Grundy); Herman G. Dotson, 25% (50% WNRG); John B. Dotson, 25% (coal interests); Don C. Dotson, 25% (coal). Announced March 20. APPLICATIONS Marlboro, Mass. — Marlboro-Hudson Bcstg. Corp., 1580 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address % David M. Myers, 455 Main St., Fitchburg, Mass. Estimated construction cost $10,265, first year operating cost $65,000, revenue $75,000. Mr. Myers, owner WFGM Fitchburg, will be sole owner (contingent on change in facilities of WFGM). Announced March 18. Windom, Minn.— North Star Bcstg. Co., 1580 kc, 250 w D. P. O. address 14 18th Ave. So., Hopkins, Minn. Estimated construction cost $8,280, first year operating cost $40,256, revenue $98,200. North Star owners are Paul C. Lund (37.5%), former station manager KGAC St. Peter, Minn., Eugene H. Frisk (37.5%), former employe KGAC, and Robert D. Thompson (25%), Honeywell Regulator Co., Minneapolis. Announced March 15. Belzoni, Miss. — Roth E. and Lucille Hook d/b as Humphreys County Bcstg. Co., 800 kc, 250 w D. P. O. address % Mr. Hook, Aliceville, Ala. Estimated construction cost $13,112, first year operating cost $24,000, revenue $36,C00. Mr. and Mrs. Hook will be equal partners. Mr. Hook owns 49% WRAG Carrollton, Ala., 45% WMAG Forrest, Miss., 75% WRUS Russellville, Ky., and 20% WDOB Aliceville. Mrs. Hook owns 30% WDOB. Announced March 19. Socorro, N. M. — John Blake, 1290 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address % Mr. Blake, Box 608, Grants, N. M. Estimated construction cost $21,730, first year operating cost $20,000, revenue $30,000. Mr. Blake, owner KMIN Grants, will be sole owner. Announced March 19. Pennington Gap, Va. — Lee County Bcstg. Co., 1570 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address Pennington Gap. Estimated construction cost $17,325, first year operating cost $29,000, revenue $35,000. Lee coowners are Arnold H. Johnson, clergyman and florist, and Daniel Gabriel, doctor of medicine. Announced March 15. Auburn, Wash. — John W. Mowbray and Edward Garre d/b as Auburn Bcstrs., 1220 kc, 250 w D. P. O. address 1110 5th Ave., Auburn. Estimated construction cost $11,925, first year operating cost $42,000, revenue $52,800. Mr. Mowbray, Hugh Feltis & Assoc. (radio-tv representative), and Mr. Garre, account executive KMO Tacoma, Wash, are co-owners. Announced March 18. Existing Am Stations . . . ACTIONS WCAS Gadsden, Ala. — Granted change from 1 kw, D, to 5 kw, DA-D. Announced March 20. WRFC Athens, Ga.— Granted change from 1 kw to 5 kw. Announced March 20. WACL Waycross, Ga. — Granted change from 1 kw, DA-N unl., to 1 kw-5 kw-LS, DA-N, unl. Announced March 20. KWEI Weiser, Idaho — Granted change from 1240 kc, 250 w unl., to 1220 kc, 1 kw, D. Announced March 20. Renewal of License KWIQ Moses Lake, Wash.; KABC Los Angeles, Calif.; WARE Ware, Mass.; WCME Brunswick, Me.; WDOT Burlington, Vt.; WDRC Hartford, Conn.; WGAW Gardner, Mass.; WHWB Rutland, Vt.; WICC Bridgeport, Conn.; WMOO Milford, Mass.; WPAW Pawtucket, R. I.; WTSL Hanover, N. H.; WTSV, WTSV-FM Claremont, N. H.; WAMF Amherst, Mass.; WBUR Boston, Mass.; WEItS Boston, Mass.; WGBH-FM Boston, Mass.; WHSR-FM Winchester, Mass.; WMUA Amherst, Mass.; WCSH-TV Portland, Me.; WCAX-TV Burlington, Vt.; WERI Westerly, R. I.; WWONAM-FM Woonsocket, R. I.; WICE Providence, R. I.; WNAB Bridgeport, Conn.; WCCC Hartford, Conn.; WCNX Middletown, Conn.; WAVZ New Haven, Conn.; WATR Waterbury, Conn.; WGUY Bangor, Me.; WPOR Portland, Me.; WBOS Brookline (Boston), Mass.; WORL Boston, Mass.; WHAV Haverville, Mass.; WREB Holyoke, Mass.; WCCM Lawrence, Mass.; WCAP Lowell, Mass.; WLLH-AM-FM Lowell, Mass.; WHIL Medford, Mass.; WMNB North Adams, Mass.; WPLM Plymouth, Mass.; WACE Chicopee (Springfield), Mass.; WSPR Springfield, Mass.; WTXL W. Springfield, Mass.; WCRB-AM-FM Waltham, Mass.; WJWG Conway, N. H.; WHEB Portsmouth, N. H.; WHIM Providence, R. I.; WRIB Providence, R. I.; WSYB Rutland, Vt. APPLICATIONS WJVA South Bend, Ind. — Seeks" cp to increase power from 250 w to 1 kw and install new trans. Announced March 14. WNKY Neon, Ky. — Seeks cp to change frequency to 1480 kc, power to 1 kw, hours to D and install new trans. Announced March 15. WCHB Inkster, Mich. — Seeks cp to increase power from 500 w to 1 kw, install new trans, and change DA. Announced March 14. _ WGUY Bangor, Me. — Seeks cp to change frequency to 1250 kc, power to 5 kw, install DA-N and new trans., and change studio location to Brewer, Me. Announced March 14. KOCO Salem, Ore. — Seeks cp to change ant.trans. -studio locations and install new trans. Announced March 15. New Fm Stations . . . APPLICATION Riverside, Calif. — Richard C. Simonton d/b as Telemusic Co., 99.1 mc, 11.4 kw unl. P. O. address % Mr. Simonton, 6906 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Estimated construction cost $14,000, first year operating cost $18,000, revenue $15,000. Mr. Simonton, 36%% owner KRKD-AMFM Los Angeles, KITO San Bernardino and 25% KULA-AM-TV Honolulu, Hawaii, will be sole owner. Announced March 14. Ownership Changes . . . ACTIONS KIOA Des Moines, Iowa — Granted assignment of license from Town & Farm Co. to Public Radio Corp. for $185,000. Lester Kamin (99.6%) is also 20.5% owner of WMRY New Orleans and KCIG Shreveport, both La. and 33%% of WCKG (TV) New Orleans. Announced March 20. WMEX Boston, Mass. — Granted assignment of license to New England Radio Corp. for $25,000 plus assumption of liabilities, the exact amount of which was not stated. Principals are Pres. Nisse Grossman (20%), Treas. Maurice Grossman (20%), Asst. Treas. James Lucas (no stock), Clerk Jerome E. Rosen (no stock), Reuben A. Grossman (20%), Charles I. Seigal (20%), and Samuel P. Cohen (20%). All, except Mr. Rosen, are owners or employes of New England lumber concerns. Mr. Rosen is attorney. Announced March 2.0. WTOK Meriden, Miss. — Granted assignment of license from Southern Television Corp. to Frank E. Holladay, Joseph W. Carson and John S. Primm d/b as New South Bcstg. Corp. for $56,200. Mr. Holladay, 25% WLSM Louisville, 20% WCLD Cleveland, 50% WNSL Laurel, all Miss., Mr. Carson, 20% WCLD, 25% WLSM, 50% WNSL, Mr. Primm, 25% WLSM, 20% WCLD, will be equal partners. Announced March 20. KBMY Billings, Mont. — Granted assignment of license from Don C. and John W. Foote and estate of Rockwood Brown, deceased, to Horace S. Davis (37i/2%), Elizabeth H. Brown (25%) and nine others. $59,000 will be paid to Don and John Foote. Announced March 20. KUMA Pendleton, Ore. — Granted assignment of license from C. H. Fisher and Edna E. Fisher d/b as Pendleton Bcstrs. to Pendleton Bcstg. Co. for $60,000 and assumption of obligations. Pendleton Bcstg. Co. principals: C. O. Fisher, 20%; Jane G. Fisher, 20%, and Nancy A. Harrison, 20%, all children of assignors, and Theodore A. Smith, station mgr., 2.5%. Remaining stock to be retained in treasury. Fisher children own KUGN Eugene, Ore., and have application pending to buy KOCO Salem, Ore. Announced March 20. KELP, KILT-TV El Paso, Tex.— Granted assignment of cp from McLendon Investment Corp. to KELP Television Corp. for $750,000. KELP owners are Joseph Harris (40%), Norman Alexander (40%), and Richard E. Jones (20%). Mr. Harris and Mr. Alexander are each 45% owners and Mr. Jones is 10% owner of KXLY-AM-TV Spokane, Wash. Announced March 20. KPAN Hereford, KSML Seminole and KTUE Tulia, all Tex. — Granted assignments of licenses to Marshall and Clint Formby. Corporate change. No change of control. Marshall Formby also owns (40%) of KFLD Floydada, Tex. Announced March 15. KMLW Marlin, Tex. — Seeks transfer of control of licensee corporation from Charles E. Reagan, Hugh M. McBeath Jr., Duane W. Ramsey and Jerry S. Hughes to M-L Radio Inc. for $47,500. M-L principals are Louis F. Leurig (50%), H. A. Rosenberger advertising agency, Peter Miller (40%), owner of Daily News-Tribune, LaSalle, 111., and Frederick C. Miller (10%), sec. -dir. of WLPO LaSalle. Announced Feb. 28. KWEL Midland, Tex. — Granted relinquishment of control of permittee corporation by Jerry Covington through sale of stock (35%) to Ben Harwit for $350. Announced March 20. KLTV (TV) Tyler, Tex. — Granted assignment of license from Lucille R. Lansing to The Channel 7 Co., for $7,460.32. Ch. 7 owners are Mrs. Lansing (40%), owner KGKB Tyler, Gerald H. Lansing (40%), gen. mgr. KGKB and KLTV (TV) and Marshall Pengra (20%), 33V3% owner WATO Oak Ridge, Tenn. Announced March 20. KAGT Anacortes, Wash. — Granted assignment of cp from C. H. Fisher and Edna E. Fisher d/b as Skagit Bcstg. Co. to Fidalgo Bcstg. Inc. for $40,000. James C. and Diane W. Frits of Anacortes are equal partners in Fidalgo. Announced March 20. APPLICATIONS KBIF Fresno, Calif. — Seeks assignment of license from John Poole Bcstg. Co. to KBIF Inc. for $40,800. David T. Harris (25.5%), station manager KWG Stockton, Calif., Ethan Bernstein (25.5%), salesman KM J Fresno, and John Poole Bcstg. Co. (49%), licensee KBIG Avalon, KBIF Fresno, owns cp for KBID-TV Fresno and KBIC Los Angeles, all Calif., are owners. Announced March 19. WD?A Annapolis, Md. — Granted assignment of license from Norwalk Bcstg. Co. to WASL Die. Corporate change. No change of control. Announced March 15. WELL Battle Creek, Mich. — Seeks assignment of license from Federated Publications Inc. to Southern Michigan Bcstg. Corp. for $100,000. Principals include Frederick A. Knorr (23.8%), Walter O. Briggs Jr. (14.27%) and six others. Announced March 18. WOOD-AM-TV Grand Rapids, Mich., WTCN BROADCASTING • TELECASTING I FLORIDA $65*000.00 An independent in one of Florida's attractive growth markets. Liberal financing. MIDWEST $150*000.00 A long established profitable regional facility in a sizable farm market. $50,000 down, balance over five years. NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING • APPRAISALS ^$Lacl<burn mpany Page WASHINGTON, D. C. James W. Blackburn Jack V. Harvey Washington Building STerling 3-434T ATLANTA Clifford B. Marshall Healey Building Jackson 5-1576 104 • March 25, 1957