Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

FOR THE RECORD continued Bldg., Norfolk, Va. Studio and trans, location Norfolk, Va. Geographic coordinates 36° 51' 09" N. Lat., 76° 18' 04" W. Long. Trans., ant. RCA. Legal counsel Cottone and Scheiner, Washington, D. C. Consulting engineer George P. Adair Engineering Co., Washington, D. C. Owners are James P. Sadler, Sidney Banks, W. W. McClanan Jr., H. E. Savage Jr., J. Leo Hoarty, R. R. Richardson Jr., Lewis E. Keller, S. E. Liles Jr. and W. L. Flaugher (each 10%). Messrs., Hoarty, Banks, McClanan and Sadler each have 19.48% interest in WBOF Virginia Beach, Va. Announced Oct. 18. Translators ACTIONS BY FCC Television Improvement Assn., Ukiah, Calif. — Granted cps for two new tv translator stations; one on ch. 74 to translate programs of KBET-TV (ch. 10) Sacramento, and on ch. 78 to translate programs of KCRA-TV (ch. 3) Sacramento. Announced Oct. 23. White Pine Television Dis. #1, McGill and Ely, Nev. — Granted cps for five new tv translator stations to translate programs of Salt Lake City stations; three to serve McGill — one on ch. 73 to translate programs of KSL-TV (ch. 5), a second on ch. 83 to translate programs of KTVT (ch. 4), and a third on ch. 78 to translate programs of KUTV (ch. 2); and two to serve Ely — one on ch. 80 to translate programs of KTVT (ch. 4), and the other on ch. 75 to translate programs of KUTV (ch. 2). Announced Oct. 23. New Am Stations ACTIONS BY FCC Scottsville, Ky. — State Line Bcstg. Co., granted 1250 kc, 5 w D. P. O. address % J B. Crawley, Box 185, Campbellsville, Ky. Estimated construction cost $33,000, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $42,000. Principals are equal owners Redman L. Turner, William B. Kelly and Mr. Crawley. All hold interest in WTCO Campbellsville. Announced Oct. 23. Remsen, N. Y. — Town and Country Bcstg. Co., granted 1480 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address % Gerald W. Prouty, 113 Summit St., Boonville, N. Y. Estimated construction cost $15,077, first year operating cost $36,500, revenue $45,000. Mr. Prouty (8.2%), former announcer-engineer, WBRY Boonville, and Edwin L.Slusarczyk (90.2%), former station manager, WBRV, will be owners. Announced Oct. 17. Hayward, Wis. — WJMC Inc., granted 910 kc 1 kw D. P. O. address Rice Lake, Wis. Estimated construction cost $18,780, first year operating cost $30,600, revenue $36,000. Principals are Walter C. Bridges (pres. -79%) and Russell J. Brown (v.p.21%), who have same interests in WJMC Rice Lake, Wis. Announced Oct. 17. Viroqua, Wis. — Parks Robinson, granted 1360 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address Box 190, Wellston, Ohio. Estimated construction cost $17,397, first year operating cost $38,000, revenue $40,000. Mr. Robinson is gen. mgr. -90% owner, WKOV Wellston. Announced Oct. 23. APPLICATIONS Tempe, Ariz. — John L. Breece 1060 kc„ 500 w unl. P. O. address Box 436, Lander, Wyo. Estimated construction cost $53,000, first year operating cost $40,000, revenue $55,000. Mr. Breece, sole owner, is president and approximately one-third owner of KOVE Lander, Wyo. Announced Oct. 21. Barnesville, Ga. — Lewis T. Graham 1590 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address Graham Music Co., Barnes ville, Ga. Estimated construction cost $20,700, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $40,000. Mr. Graham, sole owner, owns music shop. Announced Oct. 22. Bloomington, 111. — McLean County Bcstg. Co. 1420 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address 1415 East Olive St., Bloomington, 111. Estimated construction cost $34,287, first year operating cost $60,000, revenue $80,000. Owner is Warner C. Tidemann, former general manager, then program director, WJBC Bloomington. Announced Oct. 23. Halfway, Md. — Regional Bcstg. Co. 1410 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address Richard Hildreth, 703 Perpetual Bldg., Washington 4, D. C. Estimated construction cost $15,040, first year operating cost $41,000, revenue $45,000. Owners are Richard T. Williams (46%), David R. Mellen Jr. (44%) and Richard Hildreth (10%). Mr. Hildreth is attorney; Mr. Mellon is contractor; Mr. Williams is in advertising. Announced Oct. 23. West Jefferson, N. C. — James B. Childress 1600 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address 34 Maxwell St., Asheville, N. C. Estimated construction cost $11,639, first year operating cost $30,000, revenue $42,000. Mr. Childress, sole owner, is manager and 25% stockholder of WMSJ Sylva, N. C. Announced Oct. 23. Spokane, Wash.— Pacific Bcstg. Co. 1280 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address 2566 Fifth Ave., San Diego 3, Calif. Estimated construction cost $32,050, first year operating cost $32,000, revenue $48,000. Owners are John Henry Babcock, George Edward Halleman Jr. and George E. Wilson (each onethird). Mr. Halleman is account executive, Campbell-Halleman-Wilson Advertising Agency, San Diego; Mr. Babcock has had various business interests. Mr. Wilson is account executive with Campbell-Halleman-Wilson Advertising. Announced Oct. 22. New Fm Stations ACTIONS BY FCC Oakland, Calif. — Daniel Xavier Solo, granted 98.1 mc, 1.22 kw unl. P. O. address 3400 Crane Way, Oakland, Calif. Estimated construction cost $3,245, first year operating cost $6,400, revenue $7,200. Daniel Xavier Solo will be sole owner. Mr. Solo is engineer with KSAY San Francisco. Announced Oct. 17. Riverside, Calif. — Ray Lapica, granted 92.7 mc, .687 kw unl. P. O. address 3633 Beechwood Place, Riverside, Calif. Estimated construction cost $6,500. first year operating cost $5,700, revenue $10,000. Ray Lapica, sole owner, is owner and general manager of KACE Riverside, Calif. Announced Oct. 17. San Francisco, Calif., The Chronicle Pub. Co. — Granted cp for new Class B fm station to operate on ch. 243 (96.5 mc); EPR 13 kw; ant. 1,230 ft.; grant is without prejudice to whatever action the Commission may deem appropriate at such time as presently pending anti-trust actions involving Chronicle may be terminated. Announced Oct. 23. Chicago, 111. — Frank S. Kovas Jr. granted 103.5 mc 50 kw unl. P. O. address 8114 N. Kolmar, Skokie, 111. Estimated construction cost $6,100, first year operating cost $14,000, revenue $20,000. Mr. Kovas, background music service owner, will be sole owner. Announced Oct. 23. Baltimore, Md. — William Scott Cook, granted 97.9 mc, 10.5 kw unl. P. O. address 900 B Wilson Point Rd., Baltimore 20, Md. Estimated construction cost $5,400, first year operating cost $2,500, revenue $9,500. Mr. Cook, sole owner, is electronic engineer. Announced Oct. 23. APPLICATION San Juan, P.R. — El Mundo Bcstg. Corp. 104.7 mc, .473 kw unl. P. O. address Box 1072, San Juan, P.R. Estimated construction cost less than $5,000; this fm will duplicate existing am service, 100%. Owner is Angel Ramos (99.88%) and others. Mr. Ramos is president and 73.64% owners of WKAQ San Juan, P.R. Announced Oct. 16. Ownership Changes ACTIONS BY FCC KLMO Longmont, Colo. — Granted assignment of license from Edna H. and Grady F. Maples and David F. White Jr., to Arline Hodgins Steinbach; consideration $63,000. Announced Oct. 23. WMDF Mount Dora, Fla. — Granted assignment of cp to Charlotte Radio and Tele. Corp. (WGrv Charlotte, N. C); consideration $1,500 for out-ofpocket expenses. Announced Oct. 23. WFMF (FM) & SCA, Chicago, 111. — Granted (1) transfer of control from Field Enterprises, Inc., and (2) assignment of license from Functional Music, Inc., to Music Services, Inc. (Maurice Rosenfield, president); consideration $125,000. Announced Oct. 23. WCSI Columbus, Ind. — Granted assignment of licenses to White River Bcstg. Co., Inc. (interest held by The Findlay Publ. Co., WFIN Findlay, Ohio); consideration $100,000. Announced Oct. 23. KLIL Estherville, Iowa — Granted assignment of license to KLIL Inc. (Jack W. Turnbull, president); consideration $15,000. Announced Oct. 16. WWXL Manchester, Ky.— Granted transfer of control from Clifford Spurlock to Roy A. Redmond, Cecil Corum, J. L. Tigue and 15 others; consideration $32,450. Announced Oct. 23. KBCL Bossier City, La. — Granted assignment of cp to Bossier Bcstg. Service Inc. (Thomas A. DeClouet president); consideration $3,594 for expenses. Announced Oct. 16. WVDA Boston, Mass. — Granted transfer of control to Great Trails Bcstg. Corp. (WING Dayton, Ohio; Charles Sawyer, president, has interests in WIZE Springfield, Ohio; WCOL-AM-FM Columbus, Ohio, and WKLO-AM-TV Louisville, Ky.); consideration $252,500 subject to adjustment. Commissioner Bartley dissented. Announced Oct. 23. WJBL Holland, Mich. — Granted transfer of control from Bernard Grysen and John Lewis Klungle to Bernard Brookema; stock transaction. Announced Oct. 23. KWK-TV St. Louis, Mo. — Granted assignment of license and cp (ch. 4) to Columbia Bcstg. System, Inc.; consideration $2,440,000 subject to adjustment; conditioned that assignment not be consummated until CBS disposes of interest in KMOX-TV (ch. 11) St. Louis for which it has cp. CBS is licensee of WCBS-AM-FM-TV New York City; WBBM-AM-FM-TV Chicago; WEEI-AMFM Boston; KNX-AM-FM-TV Los Angeles;; KCBS-AM-FM San Francisco; KMOX St. Louis; WXIX (TV) Milwaukee, and WHCT (TV) Hartford. Commissioner Ford abstained from voting. Commissioner Bartley dissented. Announced Oct. 23. KMOX-TV St. Louis, Mo. — Granted assignment of cp (ch. 11) to 220 Television, Inc. (under voting trust, shares are voted by Arthur A. Blumeyer, Harold Koplar and Lillian Koplar Shenker; without consideration to settle differences of 220 Television and two other unsuccessful applicants in ch. 11 proceeding. Commissioner Ford abstained from voting. WCHI Chillicothe, Ohio — Granted assignment of license to Joseph H. and Agnes I. McGillvra (WBIW Bedford, Ind.), d/b as Chillicothe Bcstg. Co.; consideration $78,450. Announced Oct. 16. KRMG Tulsa, Okla. — Granted assignment of licenses to Meredith KRMG Inc. (Meredith Engineering Co., licensee of KCMO-AM-TV Kansas City; KPHO-AM-TV Phoenix, WOW-AM-TV Omaha, and WHEN-AM-TV Syracuse) ; consideration $500,000. Commissioner Bartley dissented. Announced Oct. 23. KQV Pittsburgh, Pa. — Granted transfer of control from Earl F. Reed and Irwin D. Wolf Jr., Voting Trustees, to American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc; interests in WABC-AM-FMTV New York City; WLS, WENR-FM and WBKB (TV) Chicago; KGO-AM-FM-TV San Francisco; KABC-AM-FM-TV Los Angeles, and WXYZ-AMFM-TV Detroit); consideration $700,000 subject to adjustments. Commissioner Bartley dissented. Announced Oct. 23. WERI Westerly, R. I.— Granted transfer of control for Edwin B. Eastabrook Jr., to William Robert Sweeney; consideration $74,000. Announced Oct. 23. WOKE Oak Ridge, Tenn. — Granted assignment of license to WOKE Inc. (Arthur D. Smith Jr., president, has interest in WMTS Murfreesboro; WZYK Cowan, and WDEH Sweetwater; Carter M. Parham, vice president, has interest in WDEFAM-TV Chattanooga); consideration $64,000. Commissioner Bartley dissented. Announced Oct. 23. KWFT Wichita Falls, Texas— Granted assignment of license to North Texas Radio, Inc., (Ben Ludy, president); consideration $300,000. Announced Oct. 23. WPRW Manassas, Va. — Granted assignment of cp from Harold H. Hersch and Edward L. Weaver to Prince William Bcstg. Corp. in which they are stockholders; no monetary consideration. Announced Oct. 16. WRKE Roanoke, Va. — Granted assignment of license to Bertram and Allan Roberts, Sherwood J. Tarlow and Joseph Kruger, d/b as Roanoke Bcstg. Co. (interests in WARE Ware, and WHIL if I m 1 1 1 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi Florida suo.ooo.oo Profitable daytimer in small but rapidly growing market. An excellent opportunity for both increased profits and capital appreciation. $25,000. down with the balance on easy terms. Exclusive 1 1 s New England SI2J.OOO.OO Network affiliate in solid market with stable economy. Showing fair profit under absentee ownership. Ideal growth opportunity for owner-operator. Financing available. with ^3Laclcl>um f& Coynpani) NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING • APPRAISALS WASHINGTON, D. C. James W. Blackburn Jack V. Harvey Washington Building STerling 3-4341 ATLANTA Clifford B. Marshall Stanley Whitaker Healey Building JAckson 5-1576 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm CHICAGO H. W. Cassill William B. Ryan 333 N. Michigan Avenue Financial 6-6460 Page 114 • October 28, 1957 Broadcasting