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February 23, 1946
ESADY TO SPSMD $293,QG0: They do things in a big way dov/n in Texas ; hence the Ffi
application of the San Antonio Express, new to radio, which states it proposes to spend $295,000 on plant ($125,000-§150,000 for buildings, §75,000 for transmitter, §50,000 for antenna and supporting structure), plus §20,000 per month on operation. Also an applicant for AM, the Frank G. Huntress newspaper would use the same buildings and some of plant for AM if it succeeds in getting that also. Its willingness to spend that much money on FM alone if necessary, however, rivals the record proposed §225, 000-§250, 000 which San Antonio's V/OAI has stated it will spend on FM (see Supplement No. 14B) .
Another newspaper newcomer for FM is the Gary (Ind.) Post-Tribune. An additional applicant from the Boston area is Plymouth County Broadcasting Co., for Brockton, headed by Edmund J. Campbell, attorney, and Willis R. Davies, cafe owner. Applying for Woonsocket, R.I. , is Joseph M. Viana, music store owner.
Still another new applicant is the newly formed WHOW Inc., ninth to ask for an F?»l in Baltimore where it also seeks an AM. It is headed by Ben Strouse, manager of Washington's WWDC and son-in-law of Joseph Kata, the Baltimore adman. Each owns 25% of the stock, as do also Ross H. Beville, V\7/DC chief engineer, and G. Bennett Larson, manager of WPEN and WPEN-FM, Philadelphia.
I'V S2TS DEISBLmS GUT: You can't buy any of the 10,000 pre-war TV sets from their owners for love or money, and the big makers haven't yet put their promised new lines on the market. Yet, without fanfare and without advertising, Macy's in New York has been selling direct-viewing receivers by Andrea and Emerson since last November. A spokesman for the world's largest department store indicated that about 3 a day have been marketed in this quiet manner.
Andrea sets, also offered through a fev; other dealers, include a 5-inch tube table model at §134.50; a 12-inch, including 3-band radio (no FjM) at §499.50; a 12-inch console combination with automatic record changer and radio (no FM) at §699.50. They v/ere said to have been made before the war, or from surplus pre-war parts. F.mfir.qnn model has a 10inch tube with AM and phonograph without changer at §485. Installation runs §25 to §50. Changeover to new TV frequencies of NBC and CBS, which go off the air March 1 to adjust to new channels, is guaranteed for about §25 more. NBC's WNBT plans to return April 5.
SALE DEALS A??H0¥ED: There were no rival bidders for Lit Bros. WFIL and WFIL-FM,
Philadelphia, so FCC this week authorized record §1,900,000 sale to Philadelphia Inquirer, first deal consummated under its new 60-day "notice of sale" procedure. Commissioner Durr dissented. Newspaper presumably will now drop its independent application for a new Philadelphia FM, leaving 6 applicants in field (Supplements 14A-14F inclusive). Also approved this week was §280,512 sale of KMTR. Los Angeles, to Dorothy Thackrey (New York Post), also an applicant for both FM and TV in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles.
Copyright 1946 by ITadio News Bureau