Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1961)

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Apr-Jun 1961
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting
Leaf #:
000982
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
November 03, 2022
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another. And he commented, no television producer, however large his budget, could come close to equaling the images the radio dramatists evoke with a few words and the imagination of their listeners. Changing hands ANNOUNCED ■ The following sales of station interests were reported last week subject to FCC approval: ■ WPAT-AM-FM Paterson, N. J. (New York area) : Sold by Dickens J. Wright and associates to Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp. for more than $5 million (At Deadline, May 8). Capital Cities owns WROW and WTEN (TV) Albany, N. Y.; WPRO-AM-FM-TV Providence, R. I.; WTVD (TV) Raleigh-Durham, N. C, and WCDC (TV) Adams, Mass. Frank M. Smith, Capital Cities president, said Mr. Wright will continue as chief of the WPAT stations and that their "unique" format will remain unchanged. WPAT programs good music with commercial interruptions on the quarter hour in daytime and on the half hour at night. Mr. Wright and his group bought the station in 1954 for $300,000. ■ WKTL Rome-Utica, N. Y.: Sold by Gordon Gray and associates to Jackson B. Maurer for $125,000. Mr. Maurer is the former owner of WHKK Akron, Ohio. Mr. Gray and his group retain WKTV (TV) in the same area. WKAL operates on 1450 kc with 250 w and is affiliated with ABC. The broker was Hamilton-Landis & Assoc. ■ WJBS Deland, Fla.: Sold by Dale S. Phares to a group of Jacksonville, Fla., businessmen, for $81,000. The buyers are Benjamin E. Griffin, Joseph C. Gill, Elliott F. Darden and W. H. Adams II. WJBS is 250 w on 1490 kc. The broker was Blackburn & Co. APPROVED ■ The following transfers of station interests were among those approved by the FCC last week {for other commission activities see For The Record, page 80). ■ KJEO (TV) Fresno, Calif.: Sold by J. E. O'Neill to Shasta Telecasting Corp. for $3 million. Shasta owns KVIP-AMTV Redding and owns 50% of KVIQTV Eureka, both California. Buying into Shasta is a group of San Francisco financial interests. ■ WPOM Pompano Beach Fla.: Sold by James C. Dean and group to Albert J. and Donald J. Owler for $300,000. ■ KIKS Sulphur, La., and KVLC Little Rock, Ark.: Sold by Southern National Insurance Co., R. M. Saxon and Charles W. Davis to Victor Radio Co. and Victor Broadcasting Co., respectively, for $212,000, plus an agreement not to compete in these areas for five years. The purchasers are owned by Victor National Insurance Co. Dissenting to the grant were Chairman Minow and Commissioners Bartley and Lee. ■ KFML-AM-FM Denver, Colo.: Sold by Evert Bancker and associates to Fine Arts Broadcasting Co. for $118,720. Fine Arts is a subsidiary of Televents Inc., which in turn is a subsidiary of Bill Daniels & Assoc., a Denver investment firm and broker which also has interests in KLMC-TV Lamar, Colo., and KBWC-TV Gallup, N. M. Chairman Minow did not participate. ■ WKEI Kewanee, 111. : Sold by WKEI Broadcasting Co. to Joseph E. McNaughton, J. Richard Sutter and George Walker for $100,000 plus $25,000 for an agreement not to compete in the area for 10 years. Mr. McNaughton has interests in WRCA Effingham and WRMN Elgin, both Illinois. Mr. Sutter has an interest in WRMN. REVISITING HARVARD 65 broadcasters to attend annual executives' seminar Sixty-five broadcasters, including a national rep and agency executive, will attend NAB's third annual executive development seminar to be held July 9-21 at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. James H. Hulbert, NAB broadcast personnel-economics manager, said registrants will come from 29 states and Puerto Rico. Lewis H. Avery, of Avery-Knodel, and Norman A. Varney Jr., of J. Walter Thompson Co., are the two participants outside the operating end of the industry. Others enrolled are: John W. Jaeger, KFMM Tucson, Ariz.; Frederick A. Naglestad, KNTV (TV) San Jose, Calif.; Howard J. Smiley, KCRA-TV Sacramento, Calif.; Jack Tipton, KLZ Denver; Jess H. Cripe, WFGA Jacksonville; George B. Storer Jr., Storer Broadcasting Co.; Robert E. Metcalfe, WRDW-TV Augusta, Ga.; Harry F. Albrecht, Crosley Broadcasting Co., Chicago; Joseph S. Bonansinga, WGEM Quincy, 111.; Charles R. Griggs, WVIN Olney, 111.; J. William O'Connor, WCVS Springfield, 111.; Frank Schroeder, WDZ Decatur, 111.; Alfred E. Sorenson, WKRS Waukegan, 111.; Robert W. Sudbrink, WRMS Beardstown, 111. Joseph C. Amaturo, WIRE Indianapolis; Dee O. Coe, WWCA Gary, 111.; W. T. Hamilton, WNDU-TV South Bend, Ind.; Robert B. McConnell, WISH-TV Indianapolis; Hugh C. Laine. KNOE Monroe, La.; Winston B. Linam, KSLA-TV Shreveport, La.; Aubrey L. Moore, WBRZ (TV) Baton Rouge, La.; Lamar Simmons, WLCS Baton Rouge, La.; Jack S. Atwood, WCHS-TV Portland. Me. Walter L. Dickson, WABI-TV Bangor, Me.; F. Parker Hoy, WLAM Lewiston, Me.; Alexander M. Tanger, WHDH-TV Boston; Gene Ellerman, WWTV (TV) Cadillac, Mich.; John F. Patt, WJR Detroit: N. L. Bentson, WLOL Minneapolis; Sherman K. Headlev, WCCO-TV Minneapolis; Arthur W. Swift, WTCN-TV Minneapolis. William A. Bates, WDAF-TV Kansas City; E. K. Hartenbower, KCMO-TV Kansas City; Donald W. Reynolds, KLRJ-TV Las Vegas, Nev.; P. Scott McLean, Crosley Broadcasting Co.. New York; Jack D. Summerfield, WRVR New York: Richard A. Dunlea Jr., WMFD Wilmington. N. C: Roland B. Potter. WKBC North Wilkesboro. N. C; R. W. MacLeod. KFYR Bismarck, N. D.: J. D. Bradshaw. WRFD Worthington. Ohio: John Devine, KVOO-TV Tulsa. Okla.: Carl F. Meyerdirk. KVOO Tulsa. Okla.; Richard M. Brown, KPOJ Portland, Ore.; Donald A. McDonald, KEZI Eugene. Ore. Edward J. Klym. WJAC Johnstown, Pa.: our* clients are our best advertisements In negotiating for broadcast properties, the reputation of a broker is your best protection. Hundreds of satisfied Blackburn clients provide eloquent proof of the reliability of our service. No lists are sent out; each sale is handled individually. Our knowledge of the market protects you from the hazards of negotiating on your own. BLACKBURN & Company, Inc. RADIO • TV • NEWSPAPER BROKERS NEGOTIATIONS • FINANCING • APPRAISALS WASHINGTON, D. C. CHICAGO ATLANTA BEVERLY HILLS James W. Blackburn H. W. Cassill Clifford B. Marshall Colin M. Selph lack V. Harvey William B. Ryan Stanley Whitaker Calif. Bank Bldg. Joseph M. Sitrick 333 N. Michigan Ave. Robert M. Baird 9441 Wilshire Blvd. Washington Building Chicago, Illinois John C. Williams Beverly Hills, Calif. STerling 3-4341 Financial 6-6460 lAckson 5-1576 CRestview 4-2770 52 (THE MEDIA) BROADCASTING, May 22, 1961