Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1958)

grant conflicted with the so-called 10% rule (Sec. 3.28[c]), which prohibits grants in certain cases where the proposed station would receive interference from existing or dominant stations affecting 10% or more of its potential primary coverage area. Next to Face Barrow Hearing: Meredith, Storer, Westinghouse The FCC announced last week that resumption of the Barrow Report network practices hearing tomorrow will commence with Meredith Publishing Co. as the first witness, with Storer and Westinghouse following. The sessions will be held on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. The scheduled April 15 date has been changed to April 14, with network affiliate committees on the stand. These sessions will run through April 18, except for April 16 (Wednesday) which is the Commission's usual meeting day. The third group of meetings will take place April 22, at which time Richard A. Moore, KTTV (TV) Los Angeles — expected to be the first (and possibly the only) witness to support the Barrow Report findings— will testify. WJRT (TV) Gets Closer On Flint, Mich., Ch. 12 Grant The four-year-old case of ch. 12 Flint, Mich., moved toward conclusion last week as the FCC directed preparation of documents affirming its previous grant of ch. 12 to WJRT (TV), as modified by changes in transmitter and programming. The Commission heard a second oral argument in this case last January [Government, Jan. 27]. By this decision, the Commission would again deny competing applications of Trebit Corp. and W. S. Butterfield Theatres Inc. for ch. 12 in Flint. It would also deny protests by ch. 57 WKNXTV Saginaw, ch. 54 WTOM-TV Lansing and ch. 13 WWTV (TV) Cadillac, all Michigan, and affirm a previous grant to WJRT to move its transmitter site from a point southeast of Flint (Clarkston) to a point northwest of Flint (Chesaning), to make antenna changes and to change studio location in Flint. Sen. Schoeppel Says Continuance Of ABC Radio Network Vital Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R-Kan.) is worried about the news that ABC may be forced to shut down the American Broadcasting Network (see story, page 56). In statements on the Senate floor the Kansas Republican praised the four radio networks and said he hoped ABC, "in a decision worthy of public admiration, will find it possible to continue its radio network's role as a vital link in the chain of man's knowledge and understanding." Sen. Schoeppel, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, said the "essentiality of radio networks is more pronounced than ever." Hennings' Secrecy Bill Slated For Second Subcommittee Airing A bill which its author says will "make it clear beyond any doubt" that present law "does not authorize censorship or the withholding of information from the public" will be aired again April 16 when the Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee resumes hearings on the measure. Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D-Mo.), author of the bill (S 921) and chairman of the subcommittee, said the bill would amend the government "housekeeping statute which permits executive department heads to prescribe regulations for the custody, use and preservation of the records and papers in the departments." Sen. Hennings said that among those testifying will be representatives of the various news-gathering media. The senator has invited Attorney General William P. Rogers to return to state his views on the bill. Sen. Hennings said Mr. Rogers' testimony March 6 before the Senate group [Government, March 10] and a later letter from Mr. Rogers to Sen. Hennings are in "conflict." Rep. George Meader (R-Mich.), an acknowledged critic against secrecy in government, last week in a talk on the House floor criticized Mr. Rogers and asked him to explain his position that the President has unlimited power to keep information secret. A companion bill (HR 2767) is in the House. Buy WAKR. ... .Sell the Akron Area At LOWEST COST Per Thousand WAKR is lit in Listeners in Coverage ~~*PULSE SHARE— 6 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT *HOOPER SHARE— 7 A.M. TO 6 P.M. 49%-WAKR is 1 42%-WAKR it 1 5t WITH MORE LISTENERS THAN ALL OTHER RATED STATIONS COMBINED * Oct. thru Dec. 1957, Mon. thru Fri. National Rep.: BURKE-STUART Company, Inc. • New York • Chicago • Detroit • Los Angeles • San Francisco WAKR • RADIO WAKR • TV 53 COPLEY ROAD • AKRON 20, OHIO LEADS IN EVERY QUARTER HOUR PERIOD DAY AND NIGHT * Oct. 1957 — Mon. thru Fri. NIELSEN Ncs #2 WAKR is 1 In Audience and Coverage * Leads all Akron Stations in Summit, Portage, Medina, Wayne and Stark Counties Broadcasting April 7, 1958 • Page 69