Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1958)

Planning a Radio Station? RCA PROGRESS PURCHASE PLAN Flexible Financing for Broadcasters Here's a brand new financing plan that will take a load off your pocketbook and speed you on your way to station ownership! FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WRITE TO RCA, DEPARTMENT E-22, BUILDING 15-1, CAMDEN, N. J. RADIO CORPORATION of AMERICA FOR THE RECORD continued permitting station to operate minimum of 5 hours daily. 5 days a week, until Oct. 1. Reasons given for assignment are that assignor is disposing of WTIX. as gift, in order to purchase WWEZ New Orleans; Orleans Parish School Board will utilize WTIX "to supplement teaching in classrooms by use of radio during school hours and further cultural development of community at large by offering educational programs during evening hours." Temporarily reduced operating hours are needed in order to get started. WTIX is licensed commercially (there is no separate am educational broadcast service I. Announced April 2. WWEZ New Orleans, La. — Granted assignment of license to Mid-Continent Bcstg. Co.; consideration $490,000; conditioned to Mid-Continent first disposing of WTIX New Orleans. MidContinent is also licensee of WHB Kansas City; WDGV Minneapolis, and WQAM Miami. Annouced April 2. KFBB, KFBB-TV Great Falls, Mont.— Granted transfer of control from J. P. Wilklns, et al.. to Cascade Service Inc. (49.982% owned by Z Net, owner of KXLF Butte, KXLL Missoula, KXLQ Bozeman, KXLJ and KXLJ-TV Helena, and KXLK Great Falls, all Montana, and 49.982% by Idaho Radio Corp., licensee of KID and KID-TV Idaho Falls, Idaho); consideration $600,000; conditioned that (1) transfer not be consummated until transfer of KXLK Great Falls, from Z Net to Pat M. Goodover, approved by Commission on Mar. 5. is consummated or until some other appropriate disposition is made of interest of Z Net in Great Falls Bcstg. Co., licensee of KXLK. and (2) within 60 days after consummation of instant transfer. Z Net shall dispose of interest in note executed by Pat M. Goodover in connection with purchase of KXLK. Announced April 2. WHED Washington, N. C— Granted assignment of licenses to John P. Gallagher (interest in KDUB and KDUB-TV Lubbock, Tex.); consideration $5,000. Announced April 2. WATV (TV) (ch. 13), WAAT, WAAT-FM Newark, N. J.— Granted transfer of control from Irving R. Rosenhaus, et al., to National Telefilm Assocs. Inc. (KMSP, formerly KMGM-TV [ch. 9] Minneapolis, Minn.); consideration $2,550,000 for stock plus $988,000 for consultants' services and agreements not to compete; grant is without prejudice to whatever action Commission may deem appropriate in light of any determinations in United States v. National Telefilm Assocs. Inc., and Standard Radio & Tv Co. v. Chronical Publishing Co.. et al. Announced Mar. 31. KLPR Oklahoma City, Okla. — Granted assignment of license from Byrne Ross to Big Chief Bcstg. Co. Inc. (Lovelle Morris [Jack] Beasley, president); consideration $150,000. Announced April 2. KAJO Grants Pass, Ore. — Granted assignment of cp from James O. Wilson Jr., and Jim T. Jackson, to same plus Phil Jackson, d/b under same name; consideration $6,000 by third partner for 50% interest. Announced Mar. 27. KLAD Klamath Falls, Ore.— Granted assignment of license from Philip D. Jackson to KLAD Bcstrs., for $172,000. KLAD Bcstrs. is owned by Burton Levine, Rose L. Lerner, Myer Feldman (each 30%), Bessie Von Zamft and Melanie Thurman (each 5%). Mr. Levine owns 40% of WROV Roanoke, Va., and 32% of KOMA Oklahoma City. Mr. Feldman owns 17% of KOMA. Rose Lerner, Bessie Von Zampft and Melanie Thurman are housewives. Announced Mar. 27. WESC-AM-FM Greenville, S. C. — Granted transfer of control from Christie K. Mitchell to Bcstg. Co. of Carolinas (Robert A. Schmid, president); consideration $267,000. Announced Mar. 27. KIRT Mission, Tex. — Granted assignment of license from Robert F. and R. F. Pool Jr., to KIRT Inc. (Pools, R. V. Jensen and L. O. Austin); consideration $18,000 for 51% interest. Announced Mar. 27. KPAT Pampa, Tex. — Granted assignment of license from Eldon B. Mahon, et al., to Bobby Dean Garrison and Hanchey Hugh Huntley, d/b as Garrison-Huntley Enterprises; consideration $42,000. Announced Mar. 27. KWIC Salt Lake City, Utah— Granted assignment of license to Curtis and wife Muriel and Marvin R. and Carrol R. Curtis, d/b as Sugarhouse Bcstg. Co.; consideration $9,961 for 50% interest. Announced Mar. 27. KMEL Wrenatchee, Wash. — Granted assignment of license from Mark A. Sorley, Stuart S. Maus and E. M. Stires to Frontier Bcstg. Co. (John E. Goslin and Craig R. Laurence Jr.); consideration $70,000. Announced Mar. 27. WMTV (TV) Madison, Wis. — Granted assignment of license to Forward Tv Inc. (Lee P. Loomis, president); consideration $339,333. Stock of Forward is owned by Lee Radio Inc. (51%), licensee of KGLO-AM-FM-TV Mason City, Iowa, and Lee Bcstg. Inc 149', I. licensee of WTAD Quincy, 111., and KHQA-TV Hannibal, Mo. Announced April 2. APPLICATIONS KTKN Ketchikan, Alaska — Seeks assignment of license from Robert C. Mehan to Midnight Sun Bcstg Co. for $50,000. Midnight Sun agrees to cease operation of its present Ketchikan station (KABI) if application is granted. Other Midnight Sun stations: KFAR-AM-TV Fairbanks and KENI-AM-TV Anchorage, both Alaska. Announced April 2. WHCN (FM) Hartford, Conn.— Seeks relinquishment of positive control of licensee corporation (Concert Network Inc.) by T. Mitchell Hasting Jr. through sale of 2,500 shares (12.01%) to Clement M. Burnhome for $18,750. Mr. Hastings' ownership will be reduced to 41.72%. Mr. Burnhome. except for assisting with Concert sales organization activities, is retired. Other Concert Network stations: WBCN (FM) Boston, Mass.; WNCN (FM) New York City, and WXCH (FM) Providence, R. I. Announced Mar. 28. WBIL Leesburg, Fla. — Seeks acquisition of positive control of licensee corporation (WBIL Inc.) by Duane F. McConnell through purchase of onethird from Clyde T. Hodgson for $4,000. New ownership arrangement: Mr. McConnell, twothirds, Mr. Hodgson, one-third. Mr. McConnell formerly owned one-third of WONN Lakeland, Fla. Announced Mar. 28. WPFA Pensacola, Fla. — Seeks assignment of license from Jermome O'Connor to Edwin H. Estes for $85,000. Mr. Estes is licensee of WMOZ Mobile and WEDR Birmingham, both Alabama. Announced Mar. 28. WJBC-AM-FM Bloomington. 111.— Seeks transfer of negative control of licensee corporation (Bloomington Bcstg. Corp.) from Leslie C. Johnson as individual through transfer of one share to Leslie C. Johnson as voting trustee. General Manager Vernon A. Nolte will be beneficial owner of that share and has option to buy more. Announced April 1. WEFM (FM) Chicago, III. — Seeks assignment of license from Zenith Radio Corp. (111.) to Zenith Radio Corp. (Del.). Corporate change. Former will merge into latter. Announced Mar. 28. WGES Chicago, 111. — Seeks assignment of license from John A. Dyer, Vivian I. Christoph, Elizabeth M. Hinzman, Evelyn M. Dyer, William F. Moss, Martha D. Curtis, Mary J. Weller, Patricia D. Fort, Helen M. Kennedy, William R. Moss, G. William Christoph and Barbara L. Green d/b as Radio Station WGES to all of above except William F. Moss, who has died and left his 2.5^ to William R. Moss, his son, whose ownership is thus increased to 5%. Announced April 1. WLAP-AM-FM Lexington, Ky. — Seeks assignment of license from Community Bcstg. Co. to ;::;::::>:::::::::;:*:;:^^ msmm 5¥ i s I I Midwest S12J.OOO.OO A solid property in a sizable single-station market. Showing profit now and has growth potential for an owner-operator. Good assets. Terms can be arranged. Florida S70.000.00 Daytimer with outstanding potential. Present low-cost operation produces some profit. Easy terms with an unusually low down payment. Exclusive with J^tackburn Go i acKOurn NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING 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 mpanij APPRAISALS CHICAGO H. W. Cassill William B. Ryan 333 N. Michigan Avenue Financial 6-6460 Page 92 • April 7, 1958 Broadcasting