Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1962)

Ownership changes ACTIONS BY FCC WNRI, Friendly Bcstg. Inc., Woonsocket, R. I. — Granted acquisition of negative control (50% each) by Joseph A. Britt and John T. Costa through purchase of Daniel Rubino's 10% interest; consideration $4,000. Action July 18. WAPX, The Southland Bcstg. Co., Montgomery, Ala. — Granted (1) renewal of license and (2) assignment of license from Ralph M. AUgood and Grover Wise to Walton of Montgomery Inc. (Leon S. Walton, R. I. Vanderpool, Jr., and James R. Plaisance); consideration $105,000. Walton, assignee president, owns KJET Beaumont, Tex., and WNOO Chattanooga, Tenn., and has interest in KANB Shreveport, and KMLB Monroe, La.; Plaisance has interest in KMLB. Action July 18. KWNT, Doralcar Associates Inc., Davenport, Iowa — Granted assignment of licensee to Robert W. and Oneita G. Schmidt; consideration $95,000. Action July 18. KFGT, Flagstaff Bcstg., Flagstaff, Ariz.— Granted assignment of cp from Marvin J. Colangelo and Howard George Hetzler to Eugene C. Phillippi; consideration $4,000. Action July 18. KTRE-AM-TV, Forest Capital Bcstg. Co., Lufkin, Texas — Granted transfer of control from R. W. Wortham Jr., et al., to Forest Capital Communications Corp. (R. G. Lewin, president); consideration $750,000 for 100%; five stockholders have 99% interest in station KLTV (TV) Tyler. Comr. Bartley dissented. Action July 18. KPOR, Quincy Valley Bcstrs., Quincy, Wash. — Granted (1) renewal of license and (2) assignments of licenses (retaining trade name) from (a) Donald R. Nelson. L. D. Adcox, Gene R. Johnsick and Richard C. Singleton to same less Singleton, who sold his 15% interest to Nelson for $500, and (b) from Nelson, Adcox and Johnsick to Nelson, Johnsick and Patricia Ann Nelson through gift of Adcox's 10% interest to the Nelsons. Action July 18. WATP, Pee Dee Bcstg. Co., Marion, S. C. • — By order, commiission, on showing of compliance with exceptions to three-year holding rule, granted assignment of license to Raymond A. Somers; consideration $35,000. Action July 18. WILZ, Holiday Isles Bcstg. Co., St. Petersburg Beach, Fla. — By order, commission, on showing of compliance with exceptions to three-year holding rule, granted transfer of control from Harriette C. Spence, executrix of the estate of Edmund A. Spence, to Charles W. Mackev and Richard L. Marsh; consideration $105,517 for 58%, interest subject to certain adjustments. Transferees own WGGG Gainesville. Action July 18. WVGT, WMDF Inc., Mount Dora, Fla.— Granted assignment of license to Robert A. Lewis (state court appointed trustee of station's assets); consideration $2,500 for partial reimbursement of operating expenses, and agreement not to engage in radio broadcasting within 15 miles of Mount Dora for five years. Action July 13. KWSL, G & P Enterprises, Grand Junction, Colo. — Granted (1) renewal of license and (2) assignment of license from Wallace R. Geiger and H. T. Puckett to Mesa Best?. Co. (V. A. Buckmaster, president); consideration $26,000. Action July 13. KRNO, KRNO Inc., San Bernardino, Calif. — Granted transfer of control from Genree W. Boiling. G. Wm. Boiling III, Cecil L. Trigg and Jack Vaughn to Southwest States Inc.; consideration $15,000 each to Vaughn and Trigg for 23%% interest each, and $1 to the Boilings for 521/2% interest and their release from promissory notes and obligations. Southwest States is licensee of KROD-AM-TV El Paso, KOSA-TV Odessa, and KVII-TV Amarillo, all Texas. Action July 13. KMET, Komet Radio Inc., Paradise, Calif. — Granted assignment of license to Arthur L. Bray; consideration involves $6,000 rental for lease of real estate and equioment for one year, with option to renew for an additional five years for $30,000. Station went off air May 12 and has permission to remain silent for period ending Dec. 1. Action July 13. WXLI, The Laurens County Bcste. Co., Dublin, Ga. — Granted assignment of license and cp from Herbert I. Conner and C. Theodore Kirby to latter and Raymond C. Palmer, d/b under same name; consideration sale by Conner of his 52% interest to Palmer for $15,000 and relief from liability for debts of assignor partnership. Action July 13. WKMK, James B. Childress, Blountstown, Fla. — Granted assignment of cp to Apalachicola Valley Bcstg. Inc. (Joe F. Durham Jr., president); consideration $2,274 for out-ofpocket expenses. Robert D. Sidwell, 15.5% stockholder, owns WJOE Ward Ridge, Fla, Action July 13. KWHT-TV, Standard Electronics Corp., Goodland, Kans. — Granted assignment of licenses to KAYS Inc. (KAYS AM-TV Hays, Kans.); consideration $152,500, Ross Beach Jr., assignee president, Robert E. Schmidt, vice president, and estate of Ross Beach, Sr.. own KLOE, Goodland. Action July 13. KFQD, Anchorage Bcstrs. Inc., Anchorage, Alaska — Granted assignment of licenses to KFQD Inc. (Miller C. Robertson and Matthew N. Clapp, Jr.); consideration $165,780 and agreement not to compete in radio or tv within 50 miles of Anchorage for five years. Robertson has 50%, interest in KUEN Wenatchee, Wash. Action July 13. KTIX, Edward J. Birney liquidating trustee, Seattle. Wash. — Granted assignment of license to Chem-Air Inc. (KETO-FM Seattle; KPAM, KPFM Portland, Greg.); consideration $230,000, which will be disbursed to creditors under supervision of court. William E. Boeing Jr., 100% owner of assignee, and his mother own 90%j of KIDO Boise, Idaho. Action July 13. ■ Commission granted assignment of licenses of WINS New York, N, Y,, from Gotham Bcstg. Corp. to Westinghouse Bcstg. Inc.; consideration $10,000,000, conditioned that assignment shall not take effect until the submission by assignee of a request for dismissal of application for renewal of its station WBZA, Springfield, Mass. Chmn. Minow concurred, stating: "I voted for hearing on renewal of this station's license. Majority of commission, however, decided otherwise. In light of that determination and my belief that present transfer serves public interest I concur in today's action." Westinghouse parent company or its subsidiaries own KDKA-AM-FM-TV Pittsburgh, Pa.; KYW-AM-FM-TV Cleveland, Ohio; WBZ-AM-FM-TV Boston, Mass.; WBZA Springfield, Mass.; KEX Portland. Oreg.; WOWO Fort Wavne. Ind.; WIND Chicago, 111.; KPIX (TV) San Francisco, Calif., and WJZ-TV Baltimore, Md. Action July 13. ■ Commission granted (1) renewal of licenses of Express Publishing Co., KENS-AMTV San Antonio, Texas; (2) transfer of control from Frank G. Huntress Jr., Frank G. Huntress III, Katherine H. Minter, W. A. Druce and estate of George W. Brackenridge through sale of their stock to CallerTimes Publ. Co., Reporter Publ. Co., Affiliated Newspapers Inc., and San Angelo Standard Inc., increasing their holdings in Express Publ. Co. from 36.83%, to 99.2%,; consideration $6,256,000 and agreement to employ Huntress Jr. as chmn. of board for 5 years at annual salary of $65,000 and thereafter as consultant for additional 5 years at annual salary of $12 000; and (3) assignment of license of KENS to Texas Star Bcstg. Co. (Roy Hofheinz, president), conditioned that assignment not be consummated until Hofheinz has disposed of his stock interest and directorshio in station KRYS Corpus Christi; consideration $700,000. In addition to KRYS. Hofheinz has interest in KTRK-TV Houston. By letter, commission dismissed petition by International Typographical Union opoosing transfer of control application. Action July 3. KCUE. Hiawatha Valley Bcstg. Inc., Red Wine, Minn. — Granted assignment of license to Hiawatha Valley Public Service Bcstrs. Inc. (George L. Brooks and D. Eldon Lum); consideration $82,500. Action July 13. APPLICATIONS KBBA Benton, Ark. — Seeks assignment of license from Sam Preston Bridges and C. Lavelle Langley (each 50%). d/b as Benton Bcstg. Service, to Mr, Langley (100%) tr/as same. Consideration $33,631. Mr. Langley has no other broadcast interests. Ann. July 18. WSYL Sylvania, Ga. — Seeks assignment of license from Edwin H. Bass, sole owner, d/b as Sylvania Bcstg. System, to Mr. Bass (49%) and W. Herbert Brannen (51%). tr/ as Sylvania Bcstg. System Inc. Consideration $10,000. Mr. Brannen is owner of food market. Ann. July 18, KMAS Shelton, Wash. — Seeks acquisition of positive control of permittee corporation by Bruce E. Jorgenson (present 50%) and Thomas G. Townsend (45%), through sale of stock by Allen Lamb (5%). Mr. Jorgenson will own 53% and Mr. Townsend 47%. Consideration $200. Ann. July 18. KMAS Shelton, Wash. — Seeks relinquishment of control by Bruce E. Jorgenson (53%) and Thomas C. Townsend (47%), through sale of stock of permittee corporation to Robert Sheetz. Mr. Jorgenson will own 40%, Mr. Townsend 38%, and Mr. Sheetz 22%, Consideration $3,500. Mr. Sheetz is former manager of KAPA Raymond, Wash. Ann. July 18. KCHU-TV San Bernadino. Calif.— Seeks assignment of cp from Norman H. Rogers, sole owner, to KCHU Tv Inc. No financial consideration involved, assignment is in order to gain financial advantages of corporation. Ann. July 18. WTHM Lapeer, Mich. — Seeks assignment of cp from Robert L. Taylor, James Harris. Robert A. Tripp, Edward P. Oyster. William A. and Robert M. Myers (each 16.6%), d/b as Lapeer Bcstg. Co., to same individuals tr/as Lapeer Bcstg. Inc. No financial consideration involved. Ann. July 17. KDMO Carthage, Mo. — Seeks assignment of license from John J. Daly, sole owner, to George A. and Ruth I. Kolpin (each 50%), tr/as Carthage Bcstg. Co. Consideration $80,000, Mr. Kolpin is former employe of CBS and Mrs. Kolpin is presently employed by KDMO. Ann. July 17. WYTI Rocky Mount, Va. — Seeks relinquishment of positive control of licensee corporation by S. L. Goodman (60%), to Lester L. Williams (100%). through sale of stock. Consideration $17,500. includes positive control of WODY Bassett, Va. WODY Bassett, Va. — Seeks relinquishment of positive control of licensee corporation by S. L. Goodman (60%), to Lester L. Williams (100%). through sale of stock. Consideration $17,500. Mr. Williams owns 40% of licensee corooration of WYTI Rocky Mount, Va. Ann. July 17. KFIL Santa Ana. Calif. — Seeks assignment of license and SCA from Gus S. Malpee, sole owner, d/b as KFIL Bcstg. Co., to corporation, so as to gain financial advantages of corporate status. No financial consideration involved. Ann. July 17. WXIV Windermere. Fla. — Seeks assignment of license from Louis E. Latham, owner, d/b as Orange County Bcste. Co., to Thomas H. Moffit, tr/as individual; consideration $60,000. Mr. Moffit is owner of advertising agency and former announcer for WIP Philadelphia, Pa. Ann. July 12. WTAE (TV) Pittsburgh, Pa.— Seeks transfer of negative control of corporation through sale of 60.000 shares of stock (50%) from Earl F. Reed and Irwin D. Wolf, as trustees for individual stockholders, to The Hearst Corp. (100%); consideration $10,600 000. Transferee is licensee of WBAL-AMFM-TV Baltimore, and WISN-AM-FM-TV. Milwaukee, and is the parent company of WCAE Inc., licensee of WRYT-AM-FM Pittsburgh. Ann. July 12. KBMT Beaumont, Tex. — Seeks relinquishment of negative control of permittee corporation by Randolph C. Reed and N. D. Williams (each 50%). through sale of stock to Thomas S. Reed II (5%), N. D. Williams, trustee of N. D. Williams Investment Trusts (5%), and L. L. Williams, trustee of The Noel Douglas Williams Jr. Trust (5%). Messrs. Reed and Williams will then have 45% and 40%, respectively. Considerations: Thomas S. Reed will pay $2,500; $2,500 to N. D. Williams from trust apd the same amount from N. D. Williams Jr. Ann. July 12. WTVP (TV) Decatur, 111.— Seeks assignment of license and cp from WTVP-Metropolitan Bcstg. Corp. to Metromedia Inc. Metromedia Inc. owns all stock of transfer and there is no consideration involved as transfer is for simalification of financial matters. Ann. July 6. WLIQ Mobile. Ala. — Seeks assignment of license from Frank Conwell and E. W. Jemison (each 507ir). d/b as Jemcon Bcstg, Co.. to Messrs. Conwell and Jemison and R. V. McMullen (each 33.33%). tr/as Jemcon Bcstg. Inc. No financial consideration involved. Mr. McMullen has been general manager of WLIQ since its inception. Ann. July 2. Hearing cases INITIAL DECISIONS ■ Hearing Examiner Thomas H. Donahue issued initial decision looking toward denying application of Inter-Cities Bcstg. Co. for new am station to operate on 1220 kc. 1 kw. DA, D. in Livonia, Mich., for failure to comply with or warrant waiver of Sec. 3.28(d) of rules. Action July 13. ■ Hearing Examiner Basil P. Cooper is 72 (FOR THE RECORD) BROADCASTING, July 23, 1962