Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

affiliated with NBC and ABC. ■ Kome Tulsa, Okla.: Sold by Franklin Broadcasting Co. to Polaris Corp. for S3 15.000. Polaris owns wtvw(tv) Evansville. Ind.: kcnd-tv Pembina, knox-tv Grand Forks and kend-tv Fargo, all North Dakota: kxoa-am-fm Sacramento and kjax Santa Rosa, both California. Kome is a fulltimer on 1300 kc with 5 kw day and 1 kw night. ■ Wlaq Rome. Ga.: Sold by Mitchell Melof to Clarke Broadcasting Co. for SI 50.000. Buyers are Randolph Holder and Thomas Lloyd, who also own wgau-am-fm Athens. Ga. Mr. Melof also owns wsma Smyrna, Ga. Wlaq operates fulltime on 1410 kc with 1 kw. KWK goes to court protesting FCC order Kwk St. Louis has asked a federal court to reverse the FCC's decision revoking its license. In a notice of appeal filed with the U. S. Court of Appeals in Washington. kwk claimed the commission's decision is erroneous and contrary to law because the FCC failed to issue a warning permitting the station to correct the alleged misconduct: it failed and refused to give kwk an "adequate" statement of charges and a bill of particulars, and it denied the station's request for a list of witnesses to be called by the commission. Kwk also said that FCC erred when it refused to consider a fine rather than the revocation penalty. Last month the FCC by a 3 to 2 vote turned down the station's petition for reconsideration of its revocation order issued May 29 (Broadcasting, Nov. 4, June 3). The FCC charged kwk with "willful misconduct" in connection with the broadcast of two "fraudulent" treasure hunt promotion campaigns in 1960. A hearing examiner recommended that the revocation charges be dismissed as not warranted by the evidence. The commission overruled the examiner on a 3-2 vote in adopting a revocation order. Although the commission's latest action gave the station 30 days to wind up its affairs, the appeal automatically stays this deadline until after the court procedure is completed. WDOK, WFBM to join CBS Radio in January CBS Radio last week announced two new affiliates, wdok-am-fm Cleveland and wfbm Indianapolis. Wdok. slated to start its CBS affiliation Jan. 12, is currently an MBS affiliate with a contract running until July 15, 1964. Mutual last week said it was BROADCASTING, December 9, 1963 expected that, until that time, the station would be operating under a "dual affiliation," whereby both networks would supply some programs. A CBS spokesman indicated that an arrangement has been made to allow wdok to honor its commitments to both networks. An MBS replacement in Cleveland has not been named. Wdok on 1260 kc, is a 5-kw fulltimer, owned by Transcontinent Television Corp. Wdokfm is on 102.1 mc with 31 kw. Wfbm is scheduled to start its CBS affiliation Jan. 5. Wfbm, owned, by Time-Life Broadcasting Inc., operates fulltime on 1260 kc with 5 kw. The station is resuming a CBS affiliation which was in effect between August 1929. and June 1955. CBS had been affiliated with wish (now wife) until that station's sale by Corinthian Stations to Star Stations last month. ABC-TV to switch Portland, Ore., outlets ABC-TV last week announced a switch in its affiliation in the fourstation Portland, Ore., market. The network said it would discontinue its association with kptv(tv) in that market and pick up katu(tv) effective March 1. Katu, operating on channel 2, was previously unaffiliated. It is 60% owned by Fisher's Blend Station Inc. which also owns komo-tv Seattle, a primary ABC-TV affiliate. Kptv(tv) which broadcasts on channel 12 is owned by Chris Craft Industries. Other stations in Portland are kgw-tv (NBC-TV) and koin-tv (CBSTV). Chicago, Ft. Worth U's sought by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., after a 13-year absence from broadcasting, moved last week to re-enter the field, filing for UHF channels in Chicago and Fort Worth. The combined cost of building the two stations, the company estimated, will exceed $3 million. Warner Bros., which asked for channel 38 in Chicago and channel 20 in Fort Worth, had owned kfwb Los Angeles until the station was sold in 1950. The motion picture firm applied for television outlets in Los Angeles and Chicago when it owned kfwb, but in 1946 it asked that the applications be dismissed. Jack L. Warner, president of Warner Bros., is also the largest single stockholder of the firm with 23.6%. The Chicago application filed last week asks for 451 kw visual and 226 EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST PROPERTIES! FAR WEST — Davlimer serving marketing area of 200.000. Heavy fixed assets. Ownership earnings in excess of S25.000.00 annually. Priced at $157,500.00 with $37,500.00 down. Contact — John F. Hardesty in our San Francisco office. 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