Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1956)
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PORTLAND, ORE. now has 3 vhf outlets, 1 uhf, Mrs. A. Scott Bullitt’s KGW-TV (Ch. 8) having shown initial test pattern picture Nov. 8. It will be on air 6 days weekly with test patterns until commercial debut as ABC-TV affiliate Dec. 17. City’s other outlets are KLOR (Ch. 12), KOIN-TV (Ch. 6) and KPTV (Ch. 27), 1952 pioneer uhf station which was sold to Storer in 1954 by Herbert L. Mayer (Vol. 10:44) and which lost out this week in effort to switch to Ch. 3 (see p. 1). On-air box score now stands at 491 (96 uhf).
KGW-TV has first 100-kw RCA transmitter built, also has 600-ft. Ideco tower with 8-bay custom-built RCA antenna at 6701 N.W. Skyline Dr. Majority stockholder is Mrs. Bullitt’s KING-TV, Seattle, with 79%; remainder of stock is held by following Portland area businessmen: Henry A. Kuckenberg, 11.67% ; Paul F. Murphy, 6.2.5%; Gordon D. Orput, 2.5%; Prescott W. Cookingham, .5%. James L. Middlebrooks, ex-KING-TV, is engineering v.p. and Walter E. Wagstaff, ex-KIDO-TV, Boise, Ida., station mgr. Others coming from KING-TV are John H. Pindell, sales mgr.; Thomas Dargan, program mgr.; Bernard E. Carey, production mgr.; Clare H. Hanawalt, chief engineer; Richard Ross, news director. Base hour is $700. Rep is Blair-TV.
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In our continuing survey of upcoming stations, these are the latest reports from principals:
KICA-TV, Clovis, N. M. (Ch. 12) has combined TVradio studio-transmitter building ready at 10th & Sycamore Sts., plans Nov. 21 test patterns, Dec. 1 start as CBS Extended Market Plan affiliate, reports Garfield C. Packard, pres. & gen. mgr. It has 5-kw GE transmitter and 200-ft. Stainless guyed tower with 6-bay antenna. In addition to Packard, other % owners are Mae Strauss, manufacturers’ representative and Frank Lesley, accountant. Base hourly rate will be $150. Rep will be Pearson.
KUMV-TV, Williston, N. D. (Ch. 8) plans Christmas Day start as partial satellite of KFYR-TV, Bismarck (Ch. 5), writes Wm. Ekberg, pres, of KFYR-TV & KFYR. It recently got FCC approval to build 7-hop microwave between Williston and Bismarck, money to build system loaned by Missouri Valley TV Corp., owned by some 7000 Williston area residents (Vol. 12:38). Studio-transmitter building is ready for 10-kw GE transmitter shipped Nov. 13. Footings are ready for 878-ft. Stainless tower and 12-bay antenna is due shortly. Base hourly rate not set. Rep not chosen.
KONO-TV, San Antonio, Tex. (Ch. 12) has 50-kw RCA transmitter and 12-bay antenna due by Dec. 1, plans Jan. 15 test patterns, Jan. 20 ABC programming, reports James M. Brown, v.p. & gen. mgr. Walls and floors are in for transmitter house and studio-office building and foundation is completed for 574-ft. Ideco tower. Base hour will be $560. Reps will be H-R Television and Clarke Brown (south & southwest).
KTVC, Ensign, Kan. (Ch. 6) is building own relay from Stafford, using Raytheon equipment, plans Jan. 15 start, reports v.p. -gen. mgr. Wendell Elliott, also gen. mgr. of nearby radio KGNO, Dodge City. Studio-transmitter house is being built at site due south from Cimarron, about 75 mi. from Stafford. It plaiis semi-satellite operation, picking up Wichita station. It has 5-kw GE transmitter on hand with 6-bay GE antenna due Jan. 1. Concrete has been poured for footings of 600-ft. Lehigh tower. Base hour will be $100. Rep not chosen.
KVIT, Santa Fe, N. M. (Ch. 2) has transmitto e<iuipment purchased from Sarkes Tarzian ilue Dec. 30 and plans Feb. start, reports Larry Boggs for owner Video Independent Theatres, Okla.-Tex. chain. VIT also owns
121/2% of KWTV, Oklahoma City, holds CP for KSPS, Hot Springs, Ark. (Ch. 9), is TV applicant for Sioux Falls, S. D. and Elk City, Okla. Base is I’eady for 400-ft. Andrews tower, but other construction awaits Nov. 30 installation of power line. KSPS, Hot Springs, is due to have road to mountain transmitter site ready Nov. 30, plans start next March. It will have 200-ft. Andrews tower. Reps not chosen.
WCBC-TV, Anderson, Ind. (Ch. 61) hasn’t set tai’get, having recently applied for Ch. 26, newly assigned to Anderson from Indianapolis. It has 1-kw RCA transmitter wired and ready, base is nearly ready for 500-ft. Ideco tower, and antenna is to be installed in approximately 2 months, reports program director Charles Bates for owner Great Commission Schools Inc. (Church of God denomination), which operates local school system and Anderson College & Theological Seminary. Studios will be at new transmitter site, 2000 State Rd. 67 W., plans to use campus auditorium having been abandoned. Rates not set. Rep not chosen.
WGTV, Athens, Ga. (Ch. 8, educational) has ordered RCA equipment package and plans to begin transmitter & tower construction shortly after first of year, reports Gerard L. Appy, associate director of communication services of U of Georgia’s Center for Continuing Education. Its 25-kw transmitter and 1000-ft. Stainless tower with 18-section antenna on Jacks Creek Mt. are to be connected with studios 17-mi. away via microwave. The $2,500,000 Georgia Center, which will operate WGTV, is primarily intended as short-term study center for adults. It is being built under W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant and state funds and will have living and dining facilities as well as 2 TV studios, auditorium, numerous conference rooms. All bedrooms are to be equipped with TV receivers and studios are expected to be ready for closed-circuit use by Feb. 1. In addition, distribution of tape recordings to radio stations and production of documentary & educational films is planned. Edward Graham Jr., ex-WSM-TV, Nashville, is chief engineer.
KGMS-TV, Sacramento, Cal. (Ch. 46) hasn’t been “placed on a definite building schedule,” reports gen. mgr. & % owner Irving J. Schwartz, who adds that grantee is busy changing daytime KGMS to 1-kw unlimited operation.
CHEK-TV, Victoria, B. C. (Ch. 6) has changed target to end of this month, reports v.p.-gen. mgr. Charles R. White. It will use 500-watt Standard Electronics transmitter and 180-ft. Stainless tower with Alford antenna. Base hour will be $210. Reps will be Forjoe and TV Representatives Ltd.
On-air translator stations now number 6, latest to report starts being K70AE, Truth or Consequences, N. M. (Ch. 70) and K70AF, Cortez, Colo. (Ch. 70). New Mexico’s first translator started Nov. 8, picking up KOB-TV, Albuquerque, and reception is “as clear or clearer than in Albuquerque,” reports city manager Robert B. Laursen. Cortez outlet went on air Nov. 1, also repeating KOB-TV, but at present is having to work out several bugs to improve “fair” picture, writes John E. Moss, pres, of T.V. Inc.
Equipment shipments reported this week: By RCA — 50-kw transmitter Nov. 13 to upcoming KONO-TV, San Antonio (Ch. 12) ; 6-section superturnstile antenna Nov. 12 to upcoming KTCA, St. Paul-Minneapolis (Ch. 2); 8section antenna Nov. 15 to WTVW, Evansville (Ch. 7). By GE— 10-kw transmitter Nov. 13 to upcoming KUMVTV, Williston, N. D. (Ch. 8).
KGEO-TV, Enid. Okla. (Ch. 5) Nov. 13 notified FCC that it had begun operating with RCA antenna on 1356-ft. (owei-, 31 -ml. soutlioast of Enid, after delay caused by crash of original antenna when it was being removed from old tower (Vol. 12:40).