Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

FOR THE RECORD continued BOXSCORE STATUS of comparative hearing cases for new tv stations before FCC: AWAITING FINAL DECISION: 1 Beaumont, Tex., ch. 6 (9-30-57). AWAITING ORAL ARGUMENT: 7 (Figures in parentheses indicate dates initial decisions were issued.) Coos Bay, Ore., ch. 16 (7-20-56); Hatfield, Ind.-Owensboro, Ky., ch. 9 (2-18-57); Onondaga-Parma. Mich., ch. 10 (3-7-57); Toledo, Ohio, ch. 11 (3-21-57); Cheboygan, Mich., ch. 4 (6-21-57); Buffalo, N. Y., ch. 7 (9-13-57); Lubbock, Tex., ch. 5 (9-9-57). IN HEARING: 8 Mayaguez, P. R., ch. 3; Alliance, Neb., ch. 13 (6-6-57); Greenwood, Miss., ch. 6; Elk City, Okla., ch. 8; Ogden, Utah, ch. 9 (7-357); Baton Rouge, La., ch. 18 (7-11-57); Elko, Nev., ch. 10 (7-11-57); BeaumontPort Arthur, Tex., ch. 12. IN COURT: 5 (Appeals from tv grants in U. S. Court of Appeals, Washington.) Portsmouth. Va., ch. 10; Miami, ch. 10; Knoxville, Tenn., ch. 10; St. Louis, ch. 11; Boston, ch. 5. Bcstg. Co. (interest in WW ST Wooster, Ohio, and WTRF-TV Wheeling, W. Va.); consideration $95,000. Announced Oct. 9. KWLK Longview, Wash. — Granted assignment of license to Triad Bcstg. Corp. (Morton Giant, president); consideration $65,000. Announced Oct. APPLICATIONS WDMF Buford, Ga. — Seeks assignment of license from Gwinnett County Bcstg. Co. to Lake Lanier Bcstg. Co. Corporate change. No control change. Announced Oct. 8. Hearing Cases INITIAL DECISIONS Hearing Examiner Basil P. Cooper issued initial decision looking toward grant of application of Nevada Radio-Television Inc., for new tv station to operate on ch. 10 in Elko, Nev. Announced Oct. 7. Hearing Examiner Elizabeth C. Smith issued initial decision looking toward grant of application of Jefferson Bcstg. Co. Inc. for new am station to operate on 620 kc, 500 w, D, DA, in Louisville, Ky.; engineering condition. Announced Oct. 7. Routine Roundup ACTIONS BY FCC PROCEEDING TO ELIMINATE TV ALLOCATION TABLE DISMISSED By order, Commission withdrew its proposal and dismissed rule-making proceeding in Docket 12005 which, in general, proposed to allocate tv broadcast stations on basis of individual applications rather than on its present fixed table of channel assignments. Upon review of comments filed in this proceeding and further consideration of matter, Commission has concluded that proposed amendments should not be adopted at this time. The Television Allocations Study Organization is currently engaged in study with respect to possible basic changes in tv allocations structure, and Commission feels it would be inappropriate to adopt amendments proposed in this proceeding before TASO has issued its report and Commission shall have benefit of work now being done by that organization. TV RULE MAKING FINALIZED By report and order, Commission finalized rule making in Docket 12134 and amended its tv table of assignments as follows, effective Nov. 15 : made South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., a hyphenated area instead of separate communities; substituted ch. 79 for ch. 22 in Waukegan, 111., and gave latter channel to South Bend-Elkhart; ch. 83 for ch. 28 in Elgin, 111., and gave latter channel to South Bend-Elkhart; ch. 40 for ch. 42 in Benton Harbor, Mich., ch. 46 for ch. 36 in Kalamazoo, Mich.; deleted South Bend's chs. 34, *40 (educational) and 46, and made ch. *52 (now commercial in Elkhart) available for educational use in South Bend-Elkhart; and added Plymouth, Ind., to tv table and assigned it ch. 34. South Bend-Elkhart will now have chs. 16, 22, 28, and *52 (educational). At same time, it modified licenses of Truth Publishing Co. Inc. to specify operation of WSJV on ch. 28 instead of ch. 52 in Elkhart, and of South Bend Tribune to specify operation of WSBT-TV on ch. 22 instead of ch. 34 in South Bend; but construction looking to change of these operations shall not commence until specifically authorized by Commission after submission of requested information from the licensees. BROADCAST ACTION By memorandum opinion and order. Commission denied petitions by Mid-America Bcstg. Corp. (WKLO-TV [ch. 21] Louisville, Ky.), and American Bcstg. -Paramount Theatres Inc. to intervene in proceeding which ordered Evansville Television Inc. to show cause why its authorization for station WTVW Evansville, Ind. should not be modified to specify operation on ch. 31 in lieu of ch. 7. Announced Oct. 9. KHUM-TV Eureka, Calif— Granted mod. of cp to change from ch. 13 to ch. 6; change studio and trans, location; increase ERP from 3.98 kw vis. and 2.4 kw aur. to 14.8 kw vis. and 7.4 kw aur.; increase ant. height from minus 70 ft. to 460 ft.; install new trans, and ant. systems and make other equipment changes. Announced Oct. 9. KYAT San Diego, Calif.— Is being advised that, unless within 20 days it requests hearing, its application for additional time to complete construction of tv station authorized for ch. 13 Yuma, Ariz., will be dismissed, cp will be cancelled, and call letters deleted. Announced Oct. 9. David M. Segal, Boulder, Colo. — Designated for consolidated hearing applications for new am stations to operate on 1360 kc, D; Segal with power of 500 w, and Prather 1 kw; made KDEN Denver party to proceeding. Announced Oct. 9. WTVW (TV) Evansville, Did.— By letter, denied petition by Mid-America Bcstg. Corp. (WKLOTV [ch. 21] Louisville, Ky., seeking revocation of WTVW (TV) (ch. 7); directed latter to file application for consent to transfer of control pursuant to voting trust agreement of June 12, 1956. Announced Oct. 9. WWVR Terre Haute, Did. — By letter, granted application for extension of time to March 10, 1958 to complete construction of new am station; denied petition of Paul Dean and Eleanor Ford, minority stockholders, to deny application or to designate it for hearing. Announced Oct. 9. Grady M. Sinyard, Vanceburg, Ky. — Designated for consolidated hearing applications for new am stations to operate on 1570 kc, 250 w, D. Announced Oct. 9. Chinook Television Co., Yakima, Wash. — Designated for hearing application for cp to replace expired permit for new tv station on ch. 23. Announced Oct. 9. ACTIONS IN DOCKET CASES Commission announced its memorandum opinion and order of Oct. 2 denying petition for rehearing filed by Rounsaville of Charlotte, Inc. (WOBS) Jacksonville, Fla., directed to Commission's Feb. 27 decision granting in part application of Brennan Bcstg. Co. for new am station to operate on 690 kc, 25 kw, D, in Jacksonville, and retaining in hearing status nighttime portion of application. Comr. Ford abstained from voting. By order of Oct. 9, Commission denied petition by The Bessemer Bcstg. Co., Inc. (WBCO) Bessemer, Ala., for enlargement of issues in am proceeding on its application and that of Jefferson Radio Co., Irondale, Ala., involving use of 1480 kc. By order of Oct. 9, Commission denied petition by Community Bcstg. Service Inc. (WBBZ) Vineland, N. J., for partial reconsideration of order designating for hearing application of The Delsea Bcstrs. for new am station (WDVL) to operate on 1270 kc, 500 w, D, DA, in Vineland, insofar as that order failed to postpone effective date of Feb. 20 grant of Delsea application, failed to place burden of proof on applicant, and failed to strike certain allegations from applicant's opposition to WBBZ protest. By memorandum opinion and order of same date, Commission denied petition and supplement by WBBZ to enlarge issues in this proceeding. ACTIONS ON MOTIONS By Chief Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham on the dates shown: Ordered that hearings are scheduled to commence on dates shown in following proceedings: Atlantic Coast Bcstg. Corp. of Charleston (WTMA-TV) Charleston, S. C, for cp for new tv station to operate on ch. 4, on Nov. 4; Capitol Bcstg. Co. (WJTV) Jackson, Miss., for mod. of cp (ch. 12), on Nov. 5; American Colonial Bcstg. Corp. (WKBM-TV) Caguas, P. R., for mod. of cp (ch. 11), KTAG Associates (KTAG-TV) Lakes Charles, La., for mod. of cp (ch. 25 to 3) and Evangeline Bcstg. Co. Inc. and Acadian Television Corp., for cps for new tv stations to operate on ch. 3 in Lafayette, La., on Nov. 6; am applications of Radio St. Croix, Inc., New Richmond, Wis., et al., on Nov 25 (Actions Sept. 27). By memorandum opinion and order, denied petition of Frontier Bcstg Co. requesting that it be accorded status of party-intervenor as well as comparative applicant in proceeding on its application and that of Western Nebraska Television Inc. for cps for new tv stations to operate on ch. 13 in Alliance, Nebr. (Action Oct. 2). By Hearing Examiner Herbert Sharfman on the dates shown: Ordered that hearing scheduled for Oct. 7 is continued to date to be subsequently fixed, and that in accordance with arrangements made at further prehearing conference of Sept. 27, further prehearing conference was held on Oct. 7 re am application of North American Bcstg. Co. (WMNI) Columbus, Ohio (Action Sept. 39). Granted request of counsel for The Westport Bcstg. Co., Westport, Conn., made at oral argument Oct. 2, that he be permitted to file by Oct. 23 a reply and accompanying engineering affidavit to Broadcast Bureau's opposition to Westport's motion for leave to amend its am application, and that additional oral argument on motion for leave to amend and related pleadings will be held on date to be set (Action Oct. 2). By Hearing Examiner Thomas H. Donahue on Oct. 1: Issued order following prehearing conference and pursuant to agreements reached and rulings made, ordered that formal hearing shall commence on Nov. 7 re applications of Jack A. Burnett and United Telecasting and Radio Co., for cps for new tv stations to operate on ch. 9 in Ogden, Utah. BY COMMISSION By order of Oct. 2, Commission extended time to Oct. 21 to file reply comments in "split channel" proceeding Dockets 11959 (Part 2), 11992-3 (Part 16), 11994 (Part 19), and 11995 (Subparts G and H of Part 21); Vocaline Company of America Inc. petitioned for such extension in Dockets 11959, 11994 and 11995. By Commissioner Rosel H. Hyde on Sept. 30: Granted petitions of Lake Huron Bcstg. Corp., W. S. Butterfield Theatres Inc. and Trebit Corp. to the extent that time for filing exceptions to supplemental initial decision in ch. 12 proceeding, Flint, Mich., is extended to Oct. 22. By Chief Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham on Oct. 2: Granted petitions of Gold Coast Radio Inc. and Lawrence J. Plym for dismissal without prejudice of their am applications, and retained in hearing status application of Gold Coast Bcstrs. (all Pompano Beach, Fla.). By Hearing Examiner H. Gifford Irion on Oct. 7: On own motion, ordered that hearing scheduled for Oct. 9 is continued to Dec. 9 re am application of Grand Haven Bcstg. Co. (WGHN) Grand Haven, Mich. By Hearing Examiner Elizabeth C. Smith on the dates shown: Granted petition of Mountain View Bcstg. Co., Jonesboro, Tenn., for continuance of hearing from Oct. 7 to Nov. 6 in proceeding on its am Continued on page 115 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 CHICAGO 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago 1, Illinois RAndolph 6-6760 Page 110 • October 14, 1957 Broadcasting