Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FOR THE RECORD CONTINUED BROADCASTERS EXECUTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE CONFIDENTIAL CONTACT NATIONWIDE SERVICE HOWARD S. FRAZIER, INC. 1736 Wisconsin Ave.. N. W. WASHINGTON 7. D. C. FOR SALE Equipment TAPE RECORDERS All Professional Makes New — Used — Trades Supplies — Parts — Accessories STEFFEN ELECTRO ART CO. 4405 W. North Avenue Milwaukee 8, Wise. Hilltop 4-2715 America's Tape Recorder Specialists WANTED TO BUY Equipment WANTED, UHF antennas for channel 21 and 32. Sam Booth, Colony 4-7121, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. NO MATTER now you look at it, a classified ad on this page is your best bet in getting top-flight personnel. that city. Commissioner Mack abstained from voting. KBTM-TV Jonesboro, Ark.— Is being advised that, unless within 20 days it requests hearing, its application for additional time to construct (ch. 8) will be dismissed, cp cancelled and call letters deleted. Announced Oct. 16. Radio Orange County, Inc., Anaheim, Calif.; Anaheim-Fullerton Bcstg. Co., Inc., AnaheimFullerton, Calif. — Designated for hearing applications for new am stations to operate on 1190 kc, 1 kw, DA, U, in consolidated proceeding with similar applications of Robert Burdette, et al., in Dockets 7634, et al.; specification of issues is without prejudice to whatever action Commission may take on pending petitions to enlarge issues; requests of Anaheim-Fullerton and Radio Orange for inclusion of certain issues are denied. Announced Oct. 16. Armin H. Wittenberg, Jr. Pasadena, Calif. — Designated for consolidated hearing applications for cps for new Class B fm stations to operate on ch. 294 (106.7 mc). James E. Peaden Twentynine Palms, Calif. — Is being advised that application for new tv translator station on ch. 74 indicates the necessity of hearing. Announced Oct. 16. WOBS Rounsaville of Charlotte, Inc. Jacksonville, Fla.; WMRY Southland Bcstg. Co. New Orleans, La. — Are being advised that applications for (1) assignment of license of WOBS from Rounsaville of Charlotte, Inc., to Mel-Lin, Inc., and (2) assignment of license and cp of WMRY from Southland Bcstg. Co. to Rounsaville of New Orleans, Inc., indicate the necessity of a hearing. Chairman Doerfer voted for grants. Announced Oct. 23. KATZ St. Louis, Mo. — Granted change of operation on 1600 kc from 1 kw, DA-N, U, to 5 kwLS, 1 kw with DA-N (BP-11575); extended for 6 months outstanding cp, as modified, for operation with 5 kw-DA-N. Announced Oct. 16. KOOK-TV Billings, Mont.— Granted application for private tv intercity relay system for off-theair pickup of programs of KID-TV fch. 3) Idaho Falls, Idaho, for rebroadcast by KOOK-TV (ch. 2). Announced Oct. 23. KMFM (FM) Mountain Park, N. Mex. — Granted application to change station location, transmitter and studio sites to Tularosa, N. Mex., and ant. height from 220 ft. to minus 160 ft. Announced Oct. 16. KVIT (TV) Santa Fe, N. Mex. — Is being advised that application to move transmitter from 2.8 miles northwest of Santa Fe, to 14 miles northeast of Albuquerque, increase ERP and make other equipment changes indicates necessity of a hearing. Commissioners Bartley and Craven voted for grant. Announced Oct. 16. Huntington-Montauk Bcstg. Co., Inc. Huntington, N. Y. — Designated for hearing application for cp for new Class B fm station to operate on ch. 294 (106.7 mc) in consolidation with similar application of The Riverside Church in the City of New York, N. Y. Announced Oct. 23. KSLM-TV Salem, Oreg. — Designated for hearing application for additional time to construct on ch. 3; denied request that Salem Tele. Co. be made party to proceeding; denied KSLM-TV request to consolidate application for mod. of cp in hearing. Announced Oct. 16. KLYN Amarillo, Texas. — Granted change on 940 kc from 1 kw, U, DA-1, to 1 kw, 5 kw-LS, DA-2; engineering conditions. KSEL Lubbock, Texas — Granted change on 590 kc from 500 w, 1 kw-LS, DA-N, to 500 w, 5 kwLS, DA-2; engineering conditions. WCAW Charleston, W. Va. — Designated for hearing application to change the facilities of WCAW from 1400 kc, 250 w, U, to 680 kc, 250 w, DA-1. U. Announced Oct. 23. WBOY-TV Clarksburg, W. Va. — Granted application (ch. 12) to change trans, type, change ant. system from nondirectional to directional, increase visual ERP to 120 kw and ant. height to 850 ft., subject to action Commission may take in proposed rule making concerning ch. 12 Erie, Pa. Granted petition of WAKR-TV (ch. 49) Akron, Ohio, to extent of including stated condition, but denied that part requesting action be withheld pending outcome of Docket 12076. Announced Oct. 16. ACTIONS IN DOCKET CASES Commission announced its Order of Oct. 17 which denied petition by OK Bcstg. Co. to make effective immediately, initial decision looking toward grant of its application for a new am station to operate on 900 kc, 1 kw, D, DA, in Mobile, Ala.; remanded the proceeding to the Hearing Examiner for the purpose of establishing a hearing record upon which an initial decision may be prepared. By Memorandum Opinion and Order of Oct. 23. Commission denied petition by Greater Erie Bcstg. Co. for reconsideration of Commission July 19 Memorandum Opinion and Order which reopened the record in the Buffalo, N. Y., ch. 7 comparative proceeding to ascertain further facts relating to the financial qualifications of WKBWTV Inc., and permitted amendment of WKBW-TV application to show terms of loan agreement, if any, with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. Commissioner Ford abstained from voting. ACTIONS ON MOTIONS By Chief Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham on dates shown: Ordered that hearing is scheduled for Dec. 17 re applications of The Radio Voice of New Hampshire Inc. (WMUR-TV) Manchester, N. H., for renewal of license and for license to cover cp (ch. 9), and application of Television For New Hampshire, Inc., for cp for a new tv station to operate on ch. 9 in Manchester, N. H. Action of Oct. 4. Granted petition of Joe D. Carroll for dismissal without prejudice of his am application and retained in hearing status am application of Philip D. Jackson, both Klamath Falls, Ore. Action of Oct. 17. By Hearing Examiner Thomas H. Donahue on dates shown: ' On oral request of counsel for Broadcast Bureau and with consent of all other participants, ordered that hearing re am application of St. Charles County Bcstg. Co., St. Charles, Mo., scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Oct. 14, is continued to 3:00 p.m. on that day. Action of Oct. 11. Ordered that prehearing conference will be held on Oct. 18 re application of Atlantic Coast Bcstg. Corp. of CharZeston (WTMA-TV) Charleston. S. C. Action of Oct. 14. By Hearing Examiner H. Gifford Irion on October 15: Gave notice that prehearing conference scheduled for Oct. 25 is continued to Nov. 20 re am applications of Radio St. Croix, Inc. New Richmond, Wis., et al. On oral request of Western Nebraska Television, Inc., ordered that further hearing scheduled for Oct. 17 is continued to Oct. 28 re its application for cp for new tv station to operate on ch 13, in Alliance, Neb. By Hearing Examiner Charles J. Frederick on October 16: Ordered that record of hearing re application of Port City Television Co., Inc., for cp for new tv station to operate on ch. 18 in Baton Rouge, La., is closed. By Hearing Examiner Basil P. Cooper on October 8: Granted petition of Red River ValZey Bcstg. Corp., for continuance of hearing from Oct 14 to Oct. 21 re application of Pillar of Fire KPOF Denver, Colo., for Modification of License. By Hearing Examiner Annie Neal Huntting on October 3: Issued First Statement Concerning Pre-Hearing Conferences and Order re am applications of Gold Coast Bcstg. Co.; Lake Worth, Fla., and Public Service Broadcasting, Riviera Beach, Fla. By Chief Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham on October 18: Order that hearing is scheduled for Nov. 19 re application of Oregon Radio, Inc., Salem, Oregon, for extension of time to complete construction of tv station KSLM-TV. By Hearing Examiner James D. Cunningham on October 21: Ordered that hearing conference will be held on Oct. 29 at 11:00 a.m., re application of Chinook Television Co., Yakima, Washington, for cp to replace expired permit (ch. 23). By Hearing Examiner Charles J. Frederick on October 17: Ordered that a prehearing conference will be held on Nov. 21 re am applications of David M. Segal and Kenneth G. and Misha S. Prather, Boulder, Colo. By Hearing Examiner Herbert Sharfman on October 21: Granted motion of The Westport Bcstg. Co., Westport, Conn., for an extension of time to Nov. 12 to file its reply to the Broadcast Bureau's opposition to its petition to amend its am application. By Hearing Examiner Basil P. Cooper on October 18: Issued Order Following Pre-Hearing Conference re am applications of Birney Imes Jr., (WMOX) Meridian, Miss., and Mississippi Bcstg. Co., Carthage, Miss.; evidentiary hearing will begin on Dec. 10. PETITIONS FOR RULE MAKING FDLED Springfield Television Broadcasting Corporation Television Station WWLP Springfield, Massachusetts— Petition requesting institution of rule making proceedings looking toward amendment of Section 3.606 of Rules by allocating ch. 15 to Concord, New Hampshire with attendant other channel changes, as follows: delete ch. 75 from Concord, New Hampshire and add ch. 15 to same; delete ch. 15 from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and add ch. 21 to same; and delete ch. 30 from St. Johnsbury, Vermont and add ch. 75 to same. Springfield Television Broadcasting Corporation Television Station WWLP Springfield, Massachusetts— Petition requesting institution of rule making proceedings looking toward amendment of Section 3.608 of Rules so that group of translator stations on ch. 72 may be used throughout area of Southern Vermont, Southwestern New Hampshire and Northwestern Massachusetts. Channel changes proposed are as follows: delete ch. 72 from Lawrence, Massachusetts and add ch. 74 to same; delete ch. 78 from Lowell, Massachusetts and add ch. 80 to same; delete ch. 77 from Brattleboro, Vermont and add ch. 78 to same; delete ch. 59 from Biddeford, Maine and add ch. 77 to same; delete ch. 57 from Montpelier, Vermont and add ch. 81 to same; delete ch. 37 from Claremont, New Hampshire and add ch. 83 to same; delete ch. 74 from Bennington, Vermont, ch 58 from Greenfield, Massachusetts, ch. 80 BROADCASTING October 28, 1957 • Page 121