Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1958)
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New & Upcoming Stations: Corporate merger of WARMTV, Scranton (Ch. 16) and WILK-TV, Wilkes-Barre (Ch. 34) into Northeastern Pa. Broadcasting Co. was authorized by FCC this week — and they’re now operating as WNEP-TV, Scranton (Ch. 16) with WILK-TV temporarily retained on Ch. 34 as a satellite. Plan is to operate them later as one station, with studios in Scranton, and converted transmitter at Wilkes-Barre site. Controlling new corporation is Transcontinent TV Corp., which paid $1,500,000 for 60% interest, with WILK-TV principals (Thomas P. Shelburne, Mitchell Jenkins, et al) and WARM-TV principals (Wm. Scranton, Martin Memolo, et al) holding 20% each ( Vol. 13 :42, 46) . New owners are required to dispose of radio WARM within 90 days. Shelburne is v.p.-gen. mgr., Memolo v.p., engineering. Ti’anscontinent also owns WROC-TV, Rochester (Ch. 5), WGR-TV, Buffalo (Ch. 2), 50% of WSVA-TV, Harrisonburg, Va. (Ch. 3).
Total of on-air stations rises to 531 (91 uhf ) as educational WETV, Atlanta (Ch. 30) starts operation Feb. 17 with programs aimed at elementary and high schools, and as WSUR-TV, Ponce, P.R. (Ch. 9) gets under way as an affiliate of WAPA-TV, San Juan (Ch. 4). Atlanta station has 12-kw GE transmitter, 470-ft. Truscon tower with GE antenna at 740 Bismarck Rd. NE, where $300,000 plant houses both TV and FM radio WABE. It’s 31st educational on air, is directed by Haskell Boyter with T. W. Cowan Jr. as chief engineer.
Puerto Rican station is city’s second, is designed to provide coverage now unavailable from WAPA-TV because of intervening mountains. It has Adler transmitter with 200-ft. Lehigh tower and 6-bay RCA antenna on Maravilla Mt. Owner and chief engineer is Ralph Perez Perry, also holder of CP for WKBM-TV, Caguas (Ch. 11) and radio WKVM, San Juan. Mariano Angelet Escudero, from WKVM, is gen. mgr.; Jorge Luis Cebollero, station mgr. Base hour is $150, rep Pan American.
In our continuing survey of upcoming stations, these are latest reports from principals:
KVIQ-TV, Eureka, Cal. (Ch. 6), changing call from KHUM-TV, plans March 1 programming in association with KVIP-TV, Redding, Cal. (Ch. 7), which owns 50%, reports Carroll R. Hauser, pres. & owner of other 50%. It will be city’s second, KIEM-TV (Ch. 2) having started in Oct. 1953. RCA 5-kw transmitter has been installed in studio-transmitter building, but work on 200-ft. selfsupporting tower with 3-bay antenna hasn’t begun. Base hour will be $150. Rep will be Hollingbery.
KDPS-TV, Des Moines (Ch. 11, educational), expects to have building ready next summer, plans Aug. 12 start, reports C. F. Schropp, director of audio-visual education for grantee Des Moines School District. Transmitter equipment is being donated by Cowles Bcstg. Co., 60% owner of KRNT-TV, Des Moines (Ch. 8). It will have tower on top of building, 300-ft. above ground.
WFPK-TV, Louisville, Ky. (Ch. 15, educational) has ordered RCA transmitter for March delivery, plans start in Sept., reports Richard VanHoose, supt. of Jefferson County Public Schools, also trustee of grantee Louisville Public Library. Ideco 384-ft. tower of library’s FM radio WFPK was designed to accommodate TV antenna, due to aiTive March 15.
CKBL-TV, Matane, Que. (Ch. 9) has ordered RCA transmitter for April delivery, plans Aug. programming, writes Ivan Fortier, operations mgr. Transmitter house is half complete; studio equipment is to be installed in May, when work begins on 175-ft. Wind Turbine tower, which will have 250-ft. 18-slot wavestack RCA antenna. Rene Lapointe, from radio CKBL, will be gen. mgr. Rates not set. Rep will be Jos. A. Hardy & Co. Ltd.
Power increase: WSJV, Elkhart, Ind. (Ch. 52) began programming on Ch. 28 Feb. 14 with 231-kw ERP from site near Mishawaka, Ind.
Tall Tower Turndown: Washington Airspace Panel this week turned thumbs down on 27th antenna site surveyed by Louisville’s WHAS-TV in its 5-year search for suitable location for tall tower (Vol. 13:9,13,26). Recommending rejection of proposed 1859-ft. structure NNE of Louisville, Panel said it would approve tower of 500 ft. at same location, or tower of greater height south or southwest of Ft. Knox, Ky., provided it’s located off the airways. Meanwhile, WHAS-TV continued to press for FCC approval of proposed tower site despite ASP turndown, with pre-hearing conference scheduled by Commission Feb. 18. WHAS-TV’s invitation to competitor WAVE-TV to share its proposed tall tower (Vol. 14:5) drew reply from WAVE-TV mgr. Nathan Lord inviting WHAS-TV to join WAVE-TV and CP-holder WEZI (formerly WKI.OTV) at existing site at Bald Knob, Ind. At this week’s meeting, Washington ASP also disapproved proposed 753ft. tower of CP-holder WNBE-TV, New Bern, N. C. (Ch. 12) because of its proximity to Marine Corps airfield, but suggested that acceptable site could be found nearby. Panel approved 839-ft. tower site near Baton Rouge for WDAM-TV, Hattiesburg, Miss. (Ch. 9), which has petitioned FCC for move to Baton Rouge.
Triangle’s WNBF-TV, Binghamton, N. Y. (Ch. 12) went on 24-hour day 7 days a week as of Feb. 10, v.p. Roger W. Clipp observing this was best way to serve multishift workers in its highly industrialized area.
KGEO-TV, Enid-Oklahoma City (Ch. 5) will have 5 Rockford, 111. businessmen as minority owners, according to application filed with FCC, following recent formal transfer of station to L. E. Caster, now 75% owner, and Ashley L. Robison, 25% (Vol. 14:5). Caster, ex-pres. of WREXTV, Rockford, will reduce holdings to 41.5% in new Caste r-Robison TV Corp.; Robison wll retain 25%; Phil Banta, ex-pres. of KGEO-TV, will regain 10%. Rockford investors are Scott Webster, 10%; Frank Franzen and Ken K. Clark, 5% each; Joe Baisch, ex-gen. mgr. of WREX-TV, 2.5%; Clint Maslen, 1%.
TASO activities will be discussed at final session of NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference during NAB convention April 27 May 1 in Los Angeles’ Statler Hotel. April 28 TV session will take up monochrome and color tape recorders, 3-image-orthicon color camera; April 29, new image orthicon tube, TV broadcast repeaters.
J. Smith Henley, ex-FCC associate gen. counsel, now director of Dept, of Justice’s newly organized Office of Administrative Procedure, wall be speaker on that subject at luncheon meeting of Federal Communications Bar Assn, in Washington’s Willard Hotel, March 4.
Single TV application filed this week was by owners of KHOL-TV, Kearney, Neb. (Ch. 13) and satellite KHPLTV, Hayes Center, Neh. (Ch. 6), seeking Ch. 3 in Sterling, Colo. This brings total to 119 (28 uhf) for stations. [For details, see TV Addenda 26-C herewith.]