Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1959)

/ \ Equipping a Radio Station ? Get More Coverage With The New RCA 500 and 1000 -Watt AM Transmitters The ability of these new 500 and 1000-watt AM transmitters to achieve and maintain a higher average level of modulation assures more program coverage. Simplified tuning, ease of installation, built-in provisions for remote control, and low operating cost make the RCA Type BTA500/1 R your best transmitter buy. Color styling adds harmony to station decor— a choice of red, green, blue, or grey doors. Whatever your equipment needs— SEE RCA FIRST! Or write for descriptive literature to RCA, Dept. YE-22, Building 15-1, Camden, New Jersey. RADIO CORPORATION of AMERICA Morris E. Kemper, 30% each, owners of WVMC Mt. Carmel, 111. Ann. Sept. 16. Brainerd, Minn. — Brainerd Bcstg. Co. 95.7 mc, 14.89 kw. P.O. address 2700 East Oak St., Brainerd, Minn. Estimated construction cost $15,866, first year operating cost $3,000, revenue $3,000. Applicant is E. T. O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien is majority owner and general manager of KLIZ Brainerd. Ann. Sept. 18. Canton, Ohio — Independent Music Bcstrs. Inc. 95.1 mc, 114.4 kw. P.O. address 546 E. Florida Ave., Youngstown, Ohio. Estimated construction cost $39,489, first year operating cost $30,000, revenue $50,000. Principal applicants are George B. Hanna (65%) and Hugh E. Johnston (22%). Mr. Hanna is in insurance. Mr. Johnston is employe of WBBW Youngstown, Ohio. Ann. Sept. 21. Pittsburgh, Pa.— Golden Triangle Bcstg. Inc. 107.9 mc, 35.7 kw. P.O. address 320 N. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Estimated construction cost $18,000, first year operating cost $24,000, revenue $24,000. Principal applicant is Myron Jones. Mr. Jones is majority owner of WJET Erie, Pa., WHOT Campbell and WRED Youngstown, both Ohio, and WEEP Pittsburgh. Ann. Sept. 3. Existing Fm Stations CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED KLAC-FM Los Angeles, Calif.— Hall Bcstg. Inc. KEFW (FM) Honolulu, Hawaii— E. F. Weerts. WDJD (FM) Warwick, R.I. — Warwick Bcstg. Co. KMHT-FM Marshall, Tex. — Harrison County Bcstg. Co. Changed from KLUE (FM). WFVA-FM Fredericksburg, Va. — Fredericksburg Bcstg. Corp. Ownership Changes ACTIONS BY FCC WELB Elba, Ala. — Granted assignment of license to James Wilson and James R. Dowdy, d/b as Elba Bcstg Co.; consideration $18,000. Ann. Sept. 16. KODY North Platte, Neb.— Granted assignment of license to KODY Bcstg. Co. (George B. Dent Jr., and wife Maxine R.); consideration $197,500. Mr. Dent once owned third of station. Ann. Sept. 16. WWOL-AM-FM Buffalo, N.Y.— Granted assignment of license from Leon Wyszatycki to Radio Buffalo Inc. (stock wholly owned by Grelin Bcstg. Inc., WWRI West Warwick, R.I.); consideration $250,000 and lease of trans, site for 3 years with option to buy for $37,500. Ann. Sept. 16. APPLICATIONS KCCC-TV Sacramento, Calif. — Seeks assignment of cp from Capitol Television Co. to Capitol Television Inc. for $35,000 in promissory notes and stock option rights in assignee corporation to assignors as follows: Melvin Lucas and Clarence A. Holien, 267 shares each; Henry P. Deane 266 shares, Harry Bartolomei 75 shares. Principals are Melvin Lord (16.8%) and Messrs. Lucas, Holien and Deane (11.1%). Mr. Lord owns pet shop. Mr. Lucas is in asphalt business. Mr. Deane is car dealer. Mr. Bartolomei is employe of KSFO San Francisco. Ann. Sept. 17. WICC-AM-TV Bridgeport, Conn. — Seeks assignment of license from Bridgeport Bcstg. Co. to Connecticut-New York Bcstrs. Inc. Company merger. No financial consideration or change of ownership involved. Ann. Sept. WIOD Sanford, Fla.— Seeks assignment of license from Viola E. and Ira L. Eshleman to Sanford-Seminole Bcstg. Co. for $56,000. Principals are Joseph Horenstein, Margaret Boros and Paul F. Adler, 33%% each. Mr. Horenstein is general manager of WBABAM-FM Babylon, N.Y. Mr. Adler makes tv motion pictures. FCC previously approved assignment but it was never consummated. Applicants request consent to reconstituted corporation. Ann. Sept. 16. WMDN Midland, Mich. — Seeks assignment of license from Rich Publishing House Inc. to Midland Bcstg. Co. for $100,000. Purchasers are Julius Sherman, Donald A. Sherman, Leonard Siskind, Robert Jaffe, Robert I. Sherman and Peter A. Wolfe, all equal partners. Messrs. Sherman are in retail shoe business. Mr. Siskind is in retail fur business. Mr Jaffe is in welding supplies Mr. Wolfe is general manager of WMDN. Ann. Sept. 18. KICA-AM-TV Clovis, N.M.— Seeks transfer of control from Mae Strauss and Frank Lesley, equal partners to Texas Telecasting Inc. for $170,000. Principal purchaser is W. D. Rogers Jr. Texas Telecasting Inc. owns KDUB-TV Lubbock, KEDY-TV Big Spring and KPAR-TV Sweetwater, all Texas. Ann. Sept. 18. WOHP Bellefontaine, Ohio — Seeks assignment of license from Lake Erie Radio and Television Corp. (a Pennsylvania corpora tion) to Lake Erie Radio and Television Corp. (an Ohio corporation) for $100,000. Principals are James T. Sandonate (74.8%) and Thomas W. Talbot (25%). Mr. Sandonate is majority owner of WJJL Niagara Falls, N.Y. Mr. Talbot is minority owner, same station. Ann. Sept. 16. WVSC Somerset, Pa. — Seeks assignment of license from Somerset Bcstg. Co. to WVSC Inc. Change to corporation. No financial consideration involved. Ann. Sept. 16. . WATP Marion, S.C. — Seeks transfer of control from Pee Dee Bcstg. Inc. to Joel Eugene Cole, Walter Molic, 24>/2% each, and James Harpring (51%) for $48,000. Mr. Harpring is employe of WKAT Miami, Fla. Mr. Cole is sales engineer for radio equipment. Mr. Molic is employe of WQAM Miami, Fla. Ann. Sept. 16. WAGE Leesburg, Va. — Seeks assignment of license from Leesburg Bcstg. Corp. to WAGE Inc. Change to corporation. No financial consideration involved. Ann. Sept. 16. WHTN-AM-FM Huntington, W.Va.— Seeks assignment of license from Cowles Bcstg. Co. to Geyer Bcstg. Co. for $100,000. Purchaser is Wayne W. Geyer. Mr. Geyer is employe of Time Inc, Chicago, 111. Ann. Sept. 18. KTXO Sherman, Tex.— Seeks transfer of control from K. M. and J. P. Fisher, 26% each to O'Conner Bcstg. Corp. for $20,940. Principal purchaser is Harry O'Conner. Mr. O'Conner has interest in KTXO Sherman, Tex. (see KGKB Tyler, Tex., these listings). Ann. Sept. 17. KGKB Tyler, Tex.— Seeks assignment of license from Oil Center Bcstg. Inc. to O'Conner Bcstg. Corp. for $125,100. Purchaser is Harry O'Conner. Mr. O'Conner has interest in KTXO Sherman, Tex. Ann. Sept. 17 Hearing Cases 128 (FOR THE RECORD) INITIAL DECISIONS Hearing Examiner Annie Neal Huntting issued initial decision looking toward granting applications of William Parmer Fuller III, for new am station to operate on 630 kc, 1 kw, D, DA, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Cache Valley Bcstg. Co. to increase daytime power of station KVNU Logan, Utah, from 1 kw to 5 kw, continuing operation on 610 kc with 1 kw-N, DA-N. Ann. Sept. 17. Hearing Examiner Annie Neal Huntting issued initial decision looking toward granting application of Tri-County Bcstg. Corp. for new am station to operate on 1590 kc, 500 w, DA, D, in Plainfield, N.J., and denying applications of Broadcasters Inc., for same facilities in South Plainfield, N.J., and Eastern Bcstg. Inc., to increase daytime power of WDRF Chester, Pa., from 1 kw to 5 kw, continuing operation on 1590 kc, 1 kw, N, DA-N. Ann. Sept. 21. Hearing Examiner Jay A. Kyle issued initial decision looking toward (1) granting application of WJPB-TV Inc., for new tv station to operate on ch. 5 in Weston, W.Va1., conditioned that program tests will not be authorized until WJPB-TV Inc., has divested itself of all interests in WJPB-TV (ch. 35) in Fairmont, W.Va.; and (2) dismissing competing application of Telecasting Inc. (Applicants have entered into merger agreement.) Ann. Sept. 16. OTHER ACTIONS By order, Commission granted petitions of Binder-Carter-Durham Inc. (WAMM), Flint, Mich., and Northern Indiana Bcstrs. Inc. (WIMS), Michigan City, Ind., for severance from five-party proceeding, and granted applications of WAMM to increase power from 500 w to 1 kw, continuing daytime operation on 1420 kc, DA and WIMS to increase daytime power from 1 kw to 5 kw, with DA-2, continuing operation on 1420 kc with 500 w-N, effective immediately. That portion of May 26 initial decision in consolidated proceeding looked toward grant of these applications. Ann. Sept. 16. By memorandum opinion and order. Commission (1) denied petition by Livesay Bcstg. Inc., for review of examiner's rejection of comparative coverage evidence, or for enlargement of issues to permit such showing, in consolidated proceeding on Livesay application for new tv station on ch. 10 in Terre Haute, Ind., and application of Wabash Valley Bcstg. Corp. for renewal of license of WTHI-TV on ch. 10 in Terre Haute; and (2) on Commission's own motion, so enlarged issues and allowed examiner, for purpose of determining newly added issue, to consider proposed coverage of WTHI-TV if application for modification of its ch. 10 permit is filed. Ann. Sept. 16. By memorandum opinion and order, Commission deferred action on petition by Jack L. Goodsitt to vacate stay imposed Dec. 17, 1958 to grant of his application for new am station (WTOJ) to operate on 1460 kc, 1 kw, D, in Tomah, Wis., pending decision after hearing on protest by Tomah-Mauston Continued on page 134 BROADCASTING, September 28, 1959