Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1957)
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Deck Cleared for WLWI, Indianapolis: Bitter battle over Crosley’s WLWI, Indianapolis (Ch. 13) ended at FCC level, as Commission denied all petitions seeking to block effectiveness of CP. Station management now aims for start with ABC-TV by Oct. 30, hoping to get program test authority by then. FCC vote was 4-2, Lee not participating, Hyde & Bartley dissenting.
Improved facilities were sought by 2 major-city vhf stations this week — KPTV, Portland, Ore. applying for switch from Ch. 12 to newly assigned Ch. 2, KGUL-TV, Galveston (Ch. 11) asking that its channel be assigned to Houston. Latter gave as precedent Commission’s action in reassigning KTVX’s Ch. 8 from Muskogee to Tulsa — a move that had been contested by KOTV, Tulsa (Ch. 6), which has same ownership as KGUL-TV (Corinthian Bcstg. Corp.) .
Allocations actions by FCC : (1) Finalized addition of Ch. 13 to Fajardo, P. R., deletion of Ch. 12 from Charlotte Amalie, V. I., substitution of Ch. 12 for 13 in AguadillaArecibo, P. R. (2) Proposed substitution of Ch. 80 for 70 in Bradford, Pa.
Texas Tech’s CP for Ch. 5 in Lubbock, due to become effective Oct. 28, was held in abeyance this week as Commission stated it wanted to look into agreements of Lubbock’s KDUB-TV & KCDB-TV to donate funds to college.
CPs granted: Educational Ch. 5, Albuquerque, to U of N. M. and city board of education; Ch. 74 & Ch. 78 translators in Ukiah, Cal.; Ch. 73, 78 & 83 translators in McGill, Nev.; Ch. 75 & 80 translators in Ely, Nev.
Control of Meyer Bcstg. Co., operating KFYR-TV, Bismarck (Ch. 5) & KFYR and affiliated KUMV-TV, Williston, N. D. (Ch. 8) and holding CP for KMOT, Minot, N. D. (Ch. 10), passes from Etta Hoskins Meyer to daughter Marietta Meyer Ekberg, it’s disclosed by transfer application filed with FCC. Mrs. Meyer is turning in 2904 shares (54.3%) to Meyer Bcstg. in return for title to office building which houses studios of KFYR-TV & KFYR. Also involved is $137,000 in obligations — she’s cancelling note for $87,000 due her for cash loan to Meyer Bcstg. and assuming two $25,000 notes of Meyer Bcstg., one to First National Bank, other to former gen. mgr. & stockholder Frank E. Fitzsimonds. Ownership after transfer: Wm. A. Ekberg, pres. -gen. mgr., .04% ; Marietta Meyer Ekberg, 63.83%; Marietta Meyer Ekberg trust (Etta H. Meyer, trustee), 35.38%; Gordon V. Cox, secy., .49%; Ward R. Lewis, director, .25%.
Mel Wheeler is acquiring 96% of WJDM, Panama City, Fla. (Ch. 7) for $60,000 from builder J. D. Manly, it’s shown in application filed with FCC. Wheeler already owns 2%, his wife 2%. Wheeler also owns 25% of WEARTV, Pensacola (Ch. 3) & WEAR, holds CPs for radio WSCM, Panama City, and WTYT, Titusville, Fla. Aug. 31 WJDM balance sheet shows $8993 profit to date. It lists $37,351 current assets, $119,872 fixed assets, $46,939 good will; $196,521 liabilities, $10,000 capital stock.
Rate changes: WLWT, Cincinnati, Oct. 27 raised base hour from $1000 to $1500, min. $250 to $330. WLWC, Columbus, 0. Oct. 27 raised hour from $800 to $1100, min. $175 to $200. WLWD, Dayton, 0. Oct. 27, hour $800 to $1100, min. $175 to $200. WAGM-TV, Presque Isle, Me. Nov. 1 adds Class AA hour (8-10 p.m. daily) at $225, min. $45, Class A hour going from $150 to $200. WABI-TV, Bangor, Me. Nov. 1 offers combination with WAGM-TV, hour at $500, min. $100. Spot increase: WBUF, Buffalo, raises 20 sec. from $110 to $135.
The St. Louis Parlay: St. Louis is experiencing a three-way ownership switch in TV stations, FCC this week having approved sale of KWK-TV (Ch. 4) to CBS along with transfer of CP for Ch. 11 there from CBS to 220 Television Inc. — while St. Louis Globe-Democrat (which had held 23% of KWK-TV) filed application to buy 25% of KTVI (Ch. 2). Globe-Democrat is paying $31,000 for 310,000 shares of KTVI stock, taking over about $141,000 in mortgages and lending station $360,000. KWK-TV is being sold to CBS for $2,500,000, with network paying additional $1,500,000 to Globe-Democrat for TV studio and real estate. Call letters are to change to KMOX-TV. Transfer of CP for Ch. 11 to 220 Television Inc. is part of agreement CBS reached with losers in Ch. 11 hearing (220 Television Inc., St. Louis Telecast Inc. & Broadcast House Inc.) that they terminate all litigation challenging CBS’s right to Ch. 11. Agreement also provides that 220 Television is to issue $200,000 in debentures to both St. Louis Telecast and Broadcast House. Future of radio KWK hasn’t been settled, but agreement gives 220 Television first refusal if it’s put up for sale (Vol. 13:39).
Commission Okays AM-FM Transfers: Radio sales approved by FCC this week: KQV, Pittsburgh, by trustees Earl F. Reed & Irwin D. Wolf Jr. for $700,000 to AB-PT (Vol. 13:35) . . . KRMG, Tulsa, by Western Bcstg. Co. (Harrington Wimberly, pres.) for $500,000 to Meredith Publishing Co. (Vol. 13:35) . . . WVDA, Boston, by Vic Diehm Assoc, for $252,500, plus $206,000 in stockholder’s notes to Great Trails Bcstg. Corp., controlled by ex-Secy. of Commerce Charles Sawyer (Vol. 13:39) . . . KWFT, Wichita Falls, by Kenyon Brown for $300,000 to Ben Ludy and associates (Vol. 13:40) . . . WFMF (FM), Chicago, with functional music service, by Field Enterprises for $125,000 to Chicago attorney Maurice Rosenfield (Vol. 13:37) . . . WCSI, Columbus, Ind. by Syndicate Theatres Inc. (J. P. Finneran & Trueman Rembusch) for $100,000 to Findley (0.) Republican-Courier (Vol. 13:36) WERI, Westerly, R. I. by Ted Estabrook for $74,000 to Wm. Sweeney (Vol. 13:36) . . . WOKE, Oak Ridge, by Air Mart Corp. for $64,000 to Carter M. Parham (21% of WDEF-TV, Chattanooga) and associates (Vol. 13:39)
. . . KLMO, Longmont, Colo, by Grady F. Maples for $63,000 to Arline H. Steinbach (Vol. 13:39) . . . WWXL, Manchester, Ky. control (47%) by Clifford Spurlock for $32,450 to J. L. Tigue and associates (Vol. 13:39).
Reports of Radio Station Sales : WHAR, Clarksburg, W. Va. sold by George F. Wilson Sr. & Jr. in deal involving $155,000 to Mr. & Mrs. Mason C. Deaver, former o-wners of WPUV, Pulaski, Va. (broker, Blackburn) . . , WEAR, Pensacola, by Gulfport Bcstg. Corp. (Mel Wheeler, pres.) for $112,500 by Florida Radio & Bcstg. Co. (Edward J. Oberle, pres., also owner of WIVY, Jacksonville, Fla.). WEAR-TV is retained by Gulfport (Chapman) . , . WMMB, Melbourne, Fla. 70% by Mrs. Erna Bessler for $102,500 to Hai'lan Murrelle and associates; Murrelle is pres. & 20% owner of WOND, Pleasantville, N. J. and publisher of two N. J. weekly newspapers (Chapman) . . . KLEE, Ottumwa, la. by Jack Lester & Wm. O’Connor for $57,500 to Carroll Marts, ex-MBS central div. (Hamilton, Stubblefield, Twining & Assoc.) . . . KORC, Mineral Wells, Tex. by J. Elroy McCaw for $45,000 to Action Bcstg. Corp., owned by Waco businessmen J. H. Kultgen, Bernard Rapoport and Wm. Stinson . . . KART, Jerome, Ida. by Herbert E. Everitt (66%%) and Karl L. Metzenberg (33% G ) for $35,000 to Frederick M. Parry, engineer for Radio Free Europe in Biblis-Hessen, Germany.