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Before the
FEDERAL
cO}.U-nSSION
Washington, D. C.
COM.~iUNICATIONS
FCC 64-251
47969
20554
In re Application of
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Lorenzo W. Hilam
(ASSIGNORl
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Jack Straw Memorial Foundation
(ASSIGNEE)
For Assignment of Construction
Permit, Station KRAB(FM),
Seattle, Washington
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ANDREW G. HALEY
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WASHINGTON. D. C.
Cor)r.;issioners Lee and Foro nC't participatin€[;
CO~lr1is sioner Hyde absent.
At a session of the Federal Communications Commission held
at its offices in Washington, D~C., on the 25th day of Y4rch,
1964;
By
the Commission:
File No. BAPH-306
The Commission having under consideration the above-captioned
and
de~cribed
ap~lication;
IT APPEARING, That, except for the prOV1S1ons of Section 1.597
of the Commission's Rules, no questions exist as to the qualifications
of the above-named parties; and
IT FURTHER APPEARING, That, the assignor was granted initial
operating authority on December 12, 1962, for Station KRAB(FM), and
filed the above-described assi.gnment of construction permit application
on January 4, 1963; and
IT FURTHER APPEARING, That, the above-described assignment
accordingly comes within the purview of Section 1.597 of
the Commission's Rules, since the assignor has held the authorization
for Station KRAB(Fl"i) less than three years; and
a~plication
IT FURTHER APPEARING, That, (a) Station KRAB(FH) was licensed
on February 14, 1963; (b) the station is now and will continue to be a
non-commercial operation; (c) that the aSSignor will receive no profit
from the assignment; (d) the aSSignor will continue as the chief operating
executive of the station through his pOSition in the assignee; (e) there
will be no disruption in the continuity of the management and programming
of the station;
<f> there is no element of trafficking present, and;
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IT FURTHER APPEARING, That, in view of the foregoing, a
'o1aiver of Section 1.597 of the Commission's Rules is warranted,
and the public interest would be served by said waiver and a grant
of the above-described application;
IT IS ORDERED, That, Section 1.597 of the Commission's Rules
1s waived with respect to Station KRAB(FM). Seattle, Washington, and
that the above-described application IS GRANTED.
FEDE~ COMMU~ICATI.ONSC..~
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. . Ben.F •. Waple
Secretary
Released: Ihrch 31, 1964
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554
Report No. 5025
March 26, 1964
BROADCAST ACTIONS
- The Commission en banc, by Commissioners Henry (Chairman), Bartley,
Lee, Ford, Cox and Loevinger, took the following actions on March 25:
KTOP AM-FM
KTOP Blcg Co., Inc.
Topeka, Kans.
Granted transfer of control from Charles B.
Axton and J. A. Dickinson to Publishing
Enterprises, Inc.; consideration $250,000
and agreement not to compete for five years
in radio in Shawnee County (BTC-4388). Chairman Henry and COmmiSSioner Cox dissented.
~lishing Enterprises has inte~st in KIUL,
Garden City, and KTVli-TV, Hutchinson, Kans.,
and KBtlR, Burlington, and KMCD, Fairfield,
Iowa.
B,y Order, the Commission waived Sect. 1.597
of the rules and granted assignment of CP
(now licensed) to the Jack Straw Memor1~1
Foundation (Milam, preSident); no monet3.r',r
consideration (BAPH- 306) • Commissionerf:;
Ford and Lee not participat1cg. KRAB will
. operate as a nonprofit educational radio station.
WMRT AM-FM
Metropoli tan Radio Corp.
Lansing, !iI1ch.
By Order, the CommiSSion, on showicg of' compliance with exceptions .to the three-year
holding rule, granted transfer ot control
trom Luke Walton, et al., through purchase
of' 73l percent stock by Wm. R. Walker, J. D.
MaCkin, P. and B. Fisher, and C. D. Medford,
With Stokes Gresham retain1cg his present
percent interest; consideration $36,750
and other provisions (BmC-4440). COmmiSSioner
Bartley dissented. Newcomers have individual
or collective interests in WSJM;St. Joseph,
and WERX, Wyoming, Mich.; WISM AM-FM, Madison,
WEAQ and WIAL(FM), Eau Claire, WBEV, Beaver
Dam, and WOSH, Oshkosh, Wis.
26l
(over)
- 2 KLBK AM-TV, Channel 13
Lubbock, Texas
KWAB-TV, BiS Springs, Teaa
By Order, the Commission waived Sect. 1.597
WUNS
Granted renewal of license (BR-3511).
missioner Cox dissented.
Grayson Enter,pris•• , Inc.
Wire Line Radio, Inc.
Lewisburg, Pa.
KGAK
of the rules and granted transfer:.,. of control,including associated auxiliary services, from Sidney A.· Grayson, at al., to
Theodore Shanbaum, Dr. Ellis Carp, and Lee
Optical and Associated Companies Retirement
Pension Plan Trust; consideration $900,882
for remaining 55 percent interest.
Cam-
Thunderbird B/cg Co.
Gallup, N. Mex.
Granted renewal of license (BR-1275) and
aux., conditioned to precluding pre-sunrise
operation with ~1me facilities pending
final decision in Docket 14419.
WTTB
Tropics, Inc.
Vero Beach, Fla.
Granted increased ~ime power on 1490 kc
from 250 w to 1 kw', continued nighttime
operation with 250 Wi remote control per- ,.-..
mitted; conditions (BP-15752).
WIRA
Indian River B/cg Co.
Fort Pierce, Fla.
Waived Sect. 73.37 of the rules and granted
increased daytime power on 1400 kc fram
250 w to 1 ltv, continued nighttime operation
with 250 w; conditio,ns (~-15740). .
Radio Valley, Inc.
(c/o J. Dige Bishop
P.O. Box 427)
West POint, Ga.
Granted CP for a new Class A PM station to
operate on 100.9 Mc; ERP 3 kW; antenna height
235 ft.; remote control permitted; condi tiona
WDEF B/cg Co.
(c/O Carter M. Parham
3300 Broad St.)
Chattanooga, Tenn.
(BPJI-4224) •
. Granted CP for a new Class C PM station to
operate on 92.3 Mc; ERP 50 k.'w; anteDna
height 900 ft. (BPB-4217).
Greenville College Educaticmal.
B/cg Foundation, Inc.
(c/o Dr. Glenn A. Richardson)
Greenville, Ill.
Granted CP for a new Class D noncommercial
educational FM station to operate on 89.3 Mc
with 10 watts (BPED-577).
Golden Rule Translator Co., Inc.
Mill City, Oreg.
Waived Section 74.702(c) of the rules and
granted application (BPTT-951)for a new
UHF TV translator station on Channel 80 to
rebroadcast programs of station KOAP-TV
(Channel 10), Portland; condition.
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