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$3 million in May 1955; the Altoona properties TRIANGLE MAKES 4TH PURCHASE IN YEAR, for $3.5 million last January, and the Lebanon uhf outlet for $115,000 plus obligations of BUYS WNHC- AM -FM -TV FOR $5.4 MILLION $125,000 last November. The latter approval has been suspended pending the outcome of a Sale of New Haven, Conn., outlets makes Annenberg interests among protest hearing. top in ownership. Firm's outlay for stations in past 12 months is All of the stock of the WNHC stations would nearly $12 million. be transferred to Triangle. Messrs. DeDomini- cis and Goode are principal stockholders, each SALE of WNHC- AM -FM -TV New Haven by The purchase, subject to the usual FCC ap- with about 42% ownership. Aldo DeDominicis and Patrick Goode and as- proval, gives Triangle its fifth television and It is understood that Mr. DeDominicis will sociates to Triangle Publications Inc. (Philadel- radio property. Triangle owns, in addition to a year five as con- phia Inquirer- WFIL- AM -FM -TV ) the WFIL stations, WNBF -AM -TV Bingham- receive $25,000 for years sultant, while Mr. Goode and his brother Michael will each receive $10,000 a year for 10 years as consultants. The transaction was han- dled by Howard Stark, . The appli- cation is due to be filed this week. No staff changes are contemplated. Patrick Goode is president of Elm City Broadcasting Corp., licensee of the WNHC stations. His brother Michael is public rela- tions director. Mr. DeDominicis is general manager and secretary -treasurer. The same principals also own WHAY New Britain. WNHC is leading the protest against FCC approval of the sale of uhf stations WGTH -TV MR. GOODE MR. DeDOMINICIS MR. CLIPP MR. ANNENBERG Hartford to CBS and of WKNB -TV New Britain to NBC. These sales have been set for for $5.4 million was announced by Mr. De ton, N. Y.; WFBG -AM -TV Altoona, Pa.; hearing, with WNHC required to bear the brunt Dominicis Friday. WLBR -TV Lebanon, Pa. (subject of a protest of proving its charges that the network pur- In its fourth station purchase in a year, Tri- hearing), and 50% of WHGB in Harrisburg, chases would lead to monopoly [BT, May 14). angle (Walter H. Annenberg and family), is Pa. Conferences on these hearings, however, have acquiring the pre-freeze ch. 8 ABC -TV New Acquisition of the WNHC properties would been postponed in the light of the sales trans- Haven outlet which has been the only vhf sta- place Triangle in the top bracket of station own- actions. tion in the rich mid - area for almost ership -all accomplished in the last year under five years. WNHC-TV also is supplementary the direction of Roger W. Clipp, general man- WITI -TV Officially Opened; CBS -TV. The am station, on ABC, operates on ager of Triangle's radio and television division. 1340 kc with 250 w fulltime. The Binghamton stations were acquired for Uses DuMont Vitascan Color THE FIRST STATION to make use of Du- Mont Vitascan color system went into opera- tion last Monday (May 21) with official open- ing of WITI -TV Whitefish Bay (Milwaukee) on vhf ch. 6. The station, licensed to Independent Televi- sion Inc., went on the air with a full -hour color dedication program featuring WITI -TV execu- tives and local officials. WITI -TV is program- ming about 56 hours each week, with live shows (weather, news, children's fare), slides and films transmitted in color during the 4:30 p.m.-12 midnight schedule. Bulk of program- ming consists of full -length motion pictures The and half -hour tv film series. Principals in WITI -TV are Jack Kahn, pres- QUINT CITIES ident; Stanley Glen, president of Rhea Mfg. 5 CITIES-2 COUNTIES Co., vice president; Lawrence Fleischman, treas- the Hub of a Major Market urer; Sol Kahn, Milwaukee attorney, secretary; woe covers the market. WOC sells your product. and the following directors: Col. William Rob- Surveys prove it. Advertisers know it. erts, member of the Washington law firm WOC, the Quint city station. in the heart of this of rich, agricultural and industrial area Roberts & McGinnis; Arthur Fleischman, Basic . a market with money in its NBC A / filial* pockets . . . a market blanketed Fleischman Rug & Carpet Co.; Robert Strauss, by WOC. former publisher of Omnibook magazine; Max The Quint city area is ideal for test campaigns. Five cities combined Osnos, president of Sam's Dept. Store. into one metropolis ... thousands of rural listeners. J. I. Meyerson, former national sales repre- Select WOC for successful sates sentative of the Time -Life radio -tv properties, and campaigns. is general manager of Get the facts from your nearest WITI -TV. WOC F & P office . . . or from WOC W 1420 5,000 Kc direct. KNX -CPRN Moves Wilkins B. J. President Col. Palmer, FULTON WILKINS, assistant general manager Ernest C. Sanders, Manager of KNX Los Angeles and the Columbia Pacific Radio Network, has been named eastern sales Davenport, Iowa representative of KNX -CPRN, it was an- AM -FM -TV nounced by Donald M. Ross, KNX -CPRN gen- eral sales manager. Mr. Wilkins succeeds Free i Peters Inc. Ralph Glazer, who was named account execu- National Representatives Exclusive tive in the New York office of CBS Radio Spot Sales. Page 82 May 28, 1956 BROADCASTING TELECASTING