Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

STATIONS CONTINUED CHANGING HANDS ANNOUNCED The following sales of station interests were announced last week. All are subject to FCC approval. WROD DAYTON A BEACH, FLA. • Sold to Radio of Daytona Inc. by John S. Murphy and James F. McDonough for $145,000. Radio Daytona comprises Morton Bassett, John Blair & Co. 80% and Mr. McDonough, 20%. Mr. McDonough remains in executive capacity. Station is 250 w on 1490 kc. Brokers: Allen Kander & Co. and Chapman Co. WTAL TALLAHASSEE, FLA. • Sold to Victor Diehm and associates by John H. Phipps for $149,571. Mr. Diehm and group own WAZL-AM-FM-TV Hazleton, WHOL Allentown and WHLM Bloomsburg, all Pennsylvania; and WIDE Biddeford, Me. Mr. Phipps retains WTYS Marianna, Fla.; WKTG and WCTV (TV) Thomasville, Ga., and WPTV (TV) West Palm Beach, Fla. WTAL operates on 1270 kc with 5 kw and is affiliated with CBS. Broker: Chapman Co. WCOS COLUMBIA, S. C. • Sold to George H. Buck Jr. by Charles Pittman for $107,500. Mr. Buck and father are majority owners of WJNO West Palm Beach, Fla. WCOS is on 1400 kc with 250 w. Broker: Chapman Co. WGKV CHARLESTON, W. VA. • Sold to Joseph L. Brechner by Walter and Jacob Evans for $77,500. Mr. Brechner has an interest in WLOF-AM-FM-TV Orlando, Fla.; WERC Erie, Pa., and only recently sold interest in WGAY-AM-FM Silver Spring, Md. Station is 250 w on 1490 kc. Broker: Chapman Co. TRACK RECORD ON STATION SALES, APPROVALS tion is 1 kw daytime on 1270 kc. Broker: Blackburn & Co. WMGE MADISON, GA. • Sold to Howard C. Gilreath and F. K. Graham by W. C. Woodall Jr. and others for $30,000. Mr. Gilreath owns WVOP Vidalia, Ga. WMGE is 1 kw daytime on 1250 kc. Broker: Chapman Co. APPROVED The f°llowin8 transfers °f station interests were approved by the FCC last week. For other broadcast actions see For the Record, page 127. WTRY TROY, N. Y. • Sold to WTRY Broadcasting Corp. (Victor W. Knauth 76.1% and Daniel W. Kops 23.9%), by C. George Taylor, Robert T. Engles, Mowry Lowe and Kenneth M. Cooper of Tri-City Radio Inc. for $1,300,000. Mr. Knauth is president and 20% owner of WAVZ New Haven, Conn., and Mr. Kops is executive vice president. WTRY is on 980 kc with 5 kw.~ WDLP-AM-FM PANAMA CITY, WCOA PENSACOLA, both FLA. • Sold to Dixie Radio Inc. (Denver T. Brannen 99.4% and others) for a total of $400,000 ($150,000 for WDLP-AM-FM, $250,000 for WCOA) by Perry Enterprises Inc. Mr. Brannen owns KCIL Houma, La. and WDEB Gulfport, Miss. WCOA is on 1370 kc with 5 kw. WDLP-AM is on 590 kc with 1 kw. WDLPFM is on 98.9 mc. Both WDLP and WCOA are NBC affiliates. WKIX-AM-FM RALEIGH, N. C. • Sold to Ted Oberfelder Broadcasting Co. Inc., (Theodore I. Oberfelder, Louis P. Randell, Norman R. Glenn, each 25%, and Leonard B. Frutkin and Benjamin N. Rippe, each 12.5%), by Sir Walter Television Co. for $167,925. Mr. Oberfelder is president, Burke Stewart Co., station representative; Messrs. Frutkin, Rippe and Randell are attorneys; Mr. Glenn is editor and publisher of Sponsor magazine. WKIX-AM is on 850 kc with 10 kw day, 5 kw night. WKIX-FM is on 96.1 mc. They are affiliated with ABC and MBS. WHFI (FM) NEWARK, N. J. • Sold to DuMont Broadcasting Corp. (licensee of WTTG [TV] Washington, D. C, WABD [TV] New York and WNEW New York) by Fidelity Radio Corp. for $40,000. Comrs. Bartley and Ford voted for a McFarland letter on the application. WHFI (FM) is on 102.7 mc. Box Appointment as Exec. V. P. Of Balaban Stations Announced Appointment of John F. Box Jr. as executive vice president in charge of the Balaban radio stations was announced Wednesday by President Elmer Balaban. Mr. Box, since 1954 executive vice president of Bartell stations and currently general manager of Barters WILD Boston, also becomes managing director of Balaban's WIL St. Louis, where he will headquarter. Balaban also owns WRIT Milwaukee and has interests in KF3J Wichita, WTVO (TV) Rockford, and WICS-TV Springfield, both Illinois. MR. BOX KASI AMES, IOWA • Sold to Bill Evans, Chicago freelance radio announcer, by William Rupe, Hollis Nordyke and Arthur Skinner for $57,000. Station operates on 1430 kc with 1 kw daytime. Broker was Allen Kander & Co. WOV NEW YORK, N. Y. • Morris S. Novik, 69% owner of 5-kw independent WOV New York (on 1280 kc) last week sought FCC permission to sell 19% of the station's common stock to minority stockholders Georgia L. Weil, wife of Ralph N. Weil, executive vice president-general manager, and Edna M. Hartley, wife of Arnold Hartley, programming vice president, for $7,600. The transaction is the result of an option held by the Weils and Hartley when the station was bought in August 1955 by Mr. Novik and associates to purchase up to 50% of the station at this figure. At the present time the Weils own 16.53% and the Hartleys, 14.46%. If approved by the FCC, the New York foreign-language station will be owned 50% by Mr. Novik and 50% by the Weils and Hartleys. KUSN ST. JOSEPH, MO. • Sold to W. N. Schnepp and associates by J. D. Spears for $50,000. Mr. Schnepp is manager, KWMT (formerly KEOK) Fort Dodge, Iowa. Sta SALES strategy was outlined for station managers and sales chiefs by Gordon F. Hayes, general manager of CBS Radio Spot Sales, at a special day-long meeting last week. Mr. Hayes reported that during the first nine months of 1957 the representation firm did business with 809 accounts, compared to 300 in 1947. Of the 1957 total, 359 were new accounts. With him on the dais are (1 to r) : Sam Slate, general manager of WCBS, who outlined his station's new programming pattern; Edward O'Berst, research director of CBS Radio Spot Sales, and Jules Dundes, vice president in charge of station administration, CBS Radio. Other speakers (not shown) were Joseph Connolly, vice president in charge of programming, WCAU Philadelphia; sales managers of CBS Radio Spot Sales' seven offices throughout the country, and Fred Heywood, sales promotion manager of CBS Radio Spot Sales. Page 96 November 18, 1957 Broadcasting