Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

FOR THE RECORD continued BILLY BANKS, President Like Hundreds of Broadcasters . . . President BILLY BANKS of WHAT Philadelphia, Pa. and General Manager DOLLY BANKS Selected STAINLESS TOWERS DOLLY BANKS, Gen. Mgr. LEARN WHY MANY BROADCASTERS CHOOSE STAINLESS TOWERS Call or Write for Informative Literature. brainless, inc. NORTH WALES • PENNSYLVANIA $60,000. P. O. address Ponce de Leon Ave. 566, Box 168, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Studio location Fajardo, P. R. Trans, location Fajardo, P. R. Geographic coordinates 18° 19' 54" N. Lat., 65° 39' 04" W. Long. Trans. Adler, ant. RCA. Consulting engineer Kear and Kennedy, Wash., D. C. Continental Bcstg. operates WHOA San Juan, P. R., and is owned by William R. Anthony (71.43%) and others. Mr. Anthony is electronic engineer. Announced Dec. 10. Yakima, Wash. — Yakima Television Corp. uhf ch. 23 (524-530 mc); ERP 22.5 kw vis., 12.14 kw aur.; ant. height above average terrain 959 ft., above ground 148 ft. Estimated construction cost $165,200, first year operating cost $130,000, revenue $180,000. P. O. address Richard E. Jones, 315 W. Sprague St., Spokane 4, Wash. Studio location Yakima, Wash. Trans, location 2.25 miles southwest of Union Gap, Wash. Geographic coordinates 46° 31' 55" N. Lat., 120" 30' 30" W. Long. Trans., ant. RCA. Legal counsel Wheeler and Wheeler, Wash., D. C. Consulting engineer David I. Green, Spokane, Wash. Owners are Joseph Harris, Norman Alexander (each 40%) and Richard E. Jones (20%). Mr. Harris is 40% owner of KELP-AM-TV El Paso, Tex., and 45% stockholder of KXLY-AM-TV Spokane, Wash. Mr. Alexander is 40% owner of KELP-AM-TV and 45% owner of KXLY-AM-TV. Mr. Jones is 20% stockholder of KELP-AM-TV and general manager of KXLYAM-TV. Announced Dec. 10. Existing Tv Stations ACTIONS BY FCC WDSM-TV Superior, Wis. — Granted mod. of license to change main studio location to Duluth, Minn.; by letter, FCC denied petition of Red River Bcstg. Co. Inc. (KDAL-TV ch. 3) Duluth, to designate the application for hearing. (Ch. 6 is assigned to hyphenated cites of Duluth-Superior.) CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED WTEN (TV) Vail Mills, N. Y.— Capitol Cities Television Corp. Changed from WCDA (TV). WNEP-TV Scranton, Pa. — Union Bcstg. Co., ch. 16. Changed from WARMTV, effective Jan. 1, 1958. KZTV (TV) Corpus Christi, Tex.— K-Six Television Inc., ch. 10. Changed from KSIX-TV, effective Jan. 1, 1958. Allocations PROPOSED TV CHANNEL CHANGES Commission invites comments by Jan. 3, 1958, to petition by Gulf Television Corp. (KGUL-TV ch. 11) Galveston, Tex, to shift ch. 11 to Houston. In event Commission decides to amend rules as proposed, it will determine what further steps should be taken in light of outstanding authorization to KGUL-TV on this ch. Announced Dec. 5. By notice of proposed rule making, Commission invites comments by Jan. 15 to proposal by Cascade Bcstg. Co. (KIMA-TV ch. 29, Yakima, KEPR-TV ch. 19, Pasco, both Wash., and through subsidiaries KBAS-TV ch. 43, Ephrata, Wash., and KLEW-TV ch. 3, Lewiston, Idaho) to make Walla Walla, Wash., all-uhf by deleting vhf chs. 5 and 8 assignments there, which have been idle for some time. Announced Dec. 11. Translators Redwood Tv Improvement Corp., Redwood, Falls, Minn. — Granted cps for three new tv translator stations — one on ch. 73 to translate programs of educational station KTCA-TV (ch. 2), St. Paul, second on ch. 80 to translate programs of KMGM-TV (ch 9) Minneapolis, and third on ch. 83 to translate programs of WTCN-TV (ch. 11) also Minneapolis. This is first rebroadcast of educational programs by tv translator station. Announced Dec. 11. New Am Stations ACTIONS BY FCC Durango, Colo. — Basin Bcstg. Co. — Granted 1240 kc, 250 w unl. P. O. address Box 663, Durango. Estimated construction cost $20,009, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $60,000. Principals include Henry M. Long (pres.-20%), radio station supervisor, Colo. State Patrol; William H. Boulden (18%), employe, La Plata Electric Assn., Durango; Carl W. Boulden (6%), construction foreman; Delbert W. Montgomery (8%), employe. La Plata1 Electric Assn., and John C. Peters (12%), real estate interests. Announced Dec. 11. Franklin, Pa.— Robert H. Sauber — Granted 1430 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address 523V2 N. Perry Ave., P. O. 184 Titusville, Pa. Mr. Sauber, sole owner, is 32% owner and operating manager of WTIV Titusville. Announced Dec. 11. APPLICATIONS Newport Beach, Calif. — San Luis Rey Bcstg. Co., 820 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address Box 779, Oceanside, Calif. Estimated construction cost $27,470, first year operating cost $78,000, revenue $90,000. Owners are Courtland W. Shancks and Thelma M. Shancks (as tenants in common), Nathaniel P. Maurer, Walter Johnson, Thomas W. Braden, Earl N. Frazee and Francis M. Frazee (as tenants in common), Elmer Glasser, Edward S. Ridley and Mary V. Ridley (as tenants in common), David Rorick Jr. and Moritz Zenoff (each 11.11%). Courtland and Thelma Shancks have retail hardware & appliance stores. Mr. Maurer is flower grower. Mr. Johnson is fire chief. Mr. Braden is newspaper publisher. Earl and Frances Frazee are retired. Mr. Glasser has clothing store. Edward Ridley is newspaper business manager. Mr. Rorick is auto dealer. Mr. Zenoff is newspaper publisher. Announced Dec. 5. Sacramento, CaUf. — Northern Calif. Bcstg. Co. 1030 kc, 500 w Unl. P. O. address Melvyn E. Lucas, Box 608, Sacramento, Calif. Estimated construction cost $14,697, first year operation cost $42,000, revenue $62,000. Owners are Melvyn Edward Lucas (30%), Clarence A. Holien (25%) and others. Mr. Lucas is auto salesman. Mr. Holien is auto sales manager. Announced Dec. 11. Moss Point, Miss. — Gulf Coast Bcstrs. 1140 kc, P. O. address Box 112, Natchez, Miss. Estimated construction cost $20,135, first year operating cost $36,000, revenue $42,000. Anthony E. Zuccaro, sole owner, is in wholesale petroleum. Announced Dec. 9. Toms River, N. J.— WFPG Die. 1230 kc, P. O. address Steel Pier, Atlantic City, N. J. Estimated construction cost $14,773, first year operating cost $60,000, revenue $75,000. Owners are Jerome Sill (98%) and others. Mr. Sill is president and 98% owner of WFPG Atlantic City, N. J. Announced Dec. 11. Albuquerque, N. M. — Tara Bcstg. Corp. 1310 kc, 1 kw D. P. O. address Murray J. Chikofsky, Esq., 444 W. 56th St., New York 19, N. Y. Estimated construction cost $29,640, first year operating cost $70,000, revenue $75,000. Owners are Larry Stern, Arthur Alexander and Murray J. Chikofsky (each one-third). Mr. Stern is tv film sales and distributor rep. Mr. Alexander has various film interests. Mr. Chikofsky is house counsel of film firm. Announced Dec. 11. Urbana, Ohio — Charles H. Chamberlain. 1040 kc, 500 w D. P. O. address Box 344, Bellefontaine, Ohio. Estimated construction cost $16,091, first year operating cost $48,000, revenue $60,000. Mr. New England SI 90,000.00 Excellent fulltime facility in heavily populated monopoly market. Showing nice profit and substantial annual improvement. $40,000 down with reasonable terms on balance. Exclusive with mpani] 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 CHICAGO H. W. Cassill William B. Ryan 333 N. Michigan Avenue Financial 6-6460 Page 108 • December 16, 1957 Broadcasting