Lions in major Michigan markets. Sold as unit Salt Lake Metropolitan Markets Group -Com- Regional Radio Networks CONTINUED of ABC Network. Headquarters: Mutual Bldg., prising KALL Salt Lake City, KLO Ogden, Detroit. KOVO Provo, all Utah. Headquarters: 146 S. Mid-Continent Group- Comprising KFVS Cape Main St., Salt Lake City. Lynn L. Meyer, sales quarters: 3401 Russell St., Riverside. Frank Girardeau, KFMO Flat River, KSIM Sikeston, mgr. Represented nationally by Avery -Knodel W. Crane, vp & gen mgr. all Missouri; WKRO Cairo, WHCO Sparta, both Inc. A Intercollegiate Broadcasting System- Compris- Illinois. Headquarters: 324 Broadway, Cape Sombrero Network (Spanish) Comprising ing college campus operated radio stations. Girardeau. Oscar C. Hirsch, co- ordinator. Rep- KCOR San Antonio, KGBT Harlingen,- KUNO 4 Headquarters: 3107 Westover Drive, S. E.. resented nationally by Headley -Reed Co. Corpus Christi, XEK Nuevo Laredo, Mex., Washington 20, D. C. Ludlow 2 -7210. David Mid-South Network-Comprising WCBI Colum- Laredo area. XEMJ Piedras Negras, Mex., W. Borst, pros; Herbert B. Barlow, sec; Rich- bus, WELO Tupelo, WMOX Meridian, WROX Eagle Pass area. Headquarters: 111 Martinez ard H. Crompton, business mgr & treas; Clarksdale, WNAG Grenada, WROB West St., San Antonio, Tex. Capitol 6 -9841. Richard George Abraham, Washington Office; Richard Point, WAMY Amory, all Mississippi. Head- O'Connell, executive director; Nathan Safir ex- E. Pittenger, sales mgr. Represented nationally quarters: WELO Tupelo. Bob Evans, gen mgr. ecutive secretary. Represented by Richard ' Inc. by Hil F. Best Co. Miracle Valley Radio Network -Comprising O'Connell Inter-Island Network -Comprising KPOA Hon- WMOD Moundsville, WETZ New Martinsville, Southeastern Key Market Network-Compris- olulu and KIPA Hilo, both Hawaii. Headquar- WCEF Parkersburg, all West Virginia. John T. ing more than 300 stations in Alabama, Arkan- ters: 675 Kamoku St., Honolulu. Represented Taylor, WMOD. Represented nationally by sas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, nationally by George P. Hollingbery Co. Thomas F. Clark Co. Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Headquarters: P. O. Intermountain Network -Utah Group: KALL Montana Metropolitan Markets Group -Com- Salt Lake City, KLO Ogden, KOVO Provo. prising Box 600, Florence, Ala. Atwater 2 -7714. TWX KOAL Price, KURA Moab, KVEL Vernal, KBMY Billings. KMON Great Falls, FLO 8523. Dick Biddle, pres; Bill Mapes, gen KVNU Logan, KSVC Richfield. Idaho Group: KOPR Butte, all Montana. Headquarters: 146 mgr; Donna Springer, traffic mgr. Represented S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Lynn L. Meyer, nationally by Rambeau, Vance, Hopple Inc.: KSAR Burley, KWIK Pocatello, KIFI Idaho sales mgr. Represented nationally by Avery - Falls, KLIX Twin Falls, KGEM Boise. Nevada Knodel Southeast by Bernard I. Ochs Co. Group: KORK Las Vegas, KELK Elko. Wyom- Inc. Southern Michigan Network -Comprising ing Group: KVRS Rock Springs, KOVE National Spanish Language Network-Com- WTVB Coldwater, WSTR Sturgis, WJBL Hol- _ Lander, KVOC Casper, KPOW Powell, KWYO prising KWKW Pasadena -Los Angeles, KGST land, all Michigan; WCMR Elkhart, Indiana. Sheridan, KFBC Cheyenne, KRAL Rawlins. Fresno, both Calif.: KABQ Albuquerque, N. M.; E. H. Munn Jr., network mgr, WTVB. Repre- Montana Group: KBMY Billings. KATL Miles KIFN Phoenix, KEVT Tucson, both Ariz.; sented nationally by Hil F. Best Co. City, KPRK Livingston, KOPR Butte, KXLJ KLVL Houston, KCCT Corpus Christi, KUBO Southern Minnesota Network -Comprising Helena, KXLO Lewistown, KMON Great Falls, San Antonio, all Texas; XEXX Tijuana (San KYSM Mankato; KROC Rochester and KATE KBTK Missoula. Colorado Group: KIMN Den- Diego), XEJ Juarez (El Paso), XEO Matamoros Represented ver, KGHF Pueblo, KBNZ LaJunta, KCRT (Brownsville), XEOR Reynosa (McAllen) all Albert Lea, all Minnesota. na- Trinidad, KYOU Greeley, KCOL Ft. Collins, Mexico. Represented nationally by National tionally by The Meeker Co. KDGO Durango, KYSN Colorado Springs, Time Sales. Southwest Network -Comprising KROD El KGIW Alamosa, KVRH Salida, KLMR Lamar, Nevada Paso, Tex., KAVE Carlsbad, KWEW Hobbs, KOLR Sterling, KRLN Sterling. Nebraska Network -Comprising KORK Las KGFL Roswell, KSIL Silver City. all New Vegas, KWNA Winnemucca, KOLO Reno, Mexico. Headquarters: KROD El Paso, Tex. a Group: KNEB Scottsbluff, KSID Sidney. Main KELY Ely, all Nevada. Headquarters: KOLO Office: 146 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, with Reno. Bob Sanders, Represented nationally by Branham Co. branch. office Box 1408 Edgewater business mgr. Represented WOIC at Branch, nationally by Headley -Reed Co., and Avery- Speidel Broadcasting Corp.- Comprising Denver 14, Colorado . Officers: George C. Hatch, Knodel Inc. Columbia. WPAL Charleston, WWBD Bamberg. chmn of bd; Lynn L. Meyer, pres; Jack Paige, all South Carolina. Headquarters: P. O. Box exec vp; W. D'Orr Cozzens, engineering direc- New South Radio Network-Comprising WOKK 665, Columbia. Joe Speidel III, Ares. Repre- tor. Meridian, WLSM Louisville, WNSL Laurel, all sented nationally by Walker -Rawalt Co.; Mississippi; WACT Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Southeast by Dora -Clayton Agency Inc. Ivy Network of College Stations -Comprising Headquarters: P. O. Box 528, Meridian. Joseph WYBC New Haven (Yale), WBRU Providence W. Carson, gen mgr. Represented nationally Steinman Stations -Comprising WDEL Wil- (Brown), WPRB Princeton (Princeton). WVBR by Grant Webb & mington, Del.; WORK York, WGAL Lancaster, Ithaca (Cornell), WKCR New York (Colum- Co. WEST Easton, WKBO Harrisburg, WRAK bia), WXPN Philadelphia (U of Penn), WHRB North Country Stations of Vermont-Compris- Williamsport, all Pennsylvania. Represented . Cambridge (Harvard). Headquarters: 242 -A ing WTWN St. Johnsbury, WIKE Newport, nationally by The Meeker Co. Headquarters: Yale Station, New Haven. Conn. Walter N. WSNO Barre, all Vermont. Headquarters: WGAL Lancaster. Clair R. McCollough, gen Frank Jr., gen mgr. WTWN, Concord Ave., St. Johnsbury. E. Dean mgr. Finney, pres. Represented nationally by Dev- Kaiser Radio Network -Comprising KHVH ney Inc.; in New England by Foster Tall Corn Network-An Iowa Network com- Honolulu and KILA Hilo, both Hawaii. Head- Inc. & Creed prising ICROS Clinton, KSIB Creston, KDTH quarters: 1290 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu 14. Dubuque, KVFD Fort Dodge, KFJB Marshall- Richard C. Block, mgr. Northeast Radio Network -Northeast Radio town, KWPC Muscatine, KCIM Carroll, KOEL Represented nationally Corp. owns and operates fm by Adam Young Inc. Wethersfield, stations WRRL Oelwein, KBOE Oskaloosa, KOKX Keokuk, . Knorr Broadcasting WRRE Bristol Center, WRRA KXIC Iowa City. Glen Stanley, KBOE pres. Group.-Comprising Ithaca, WRRD DeRuyter, WRRC Cherry Val- Represented nationally by John E. Pearson Co. WKMH Detroit- Dearborn. WSAM Saginaw, ley, all New York. Fm affiliates: WHLD -FM WKHM Jackson, WELL Battle Creek, WKMF Niagara Falls, WRUN -FM Utica -Rome, Texas Broadcasting System (TES)- Comprising Flint, all Michigan. Fred A. Knorr, pres & WHDL -FM Olean, WFLY (FM) Troy, WKOP- KRLD Dallas, KENS Satt Antonio, KTRH gen mgr. Represented nationally by Edward FM Binghamton, WJTN -FM Jamestown, Houston. Headquarters: KRLD, Herald Square, Petry & Co. WHFM Rochester, WSYR-FM Syracuse, all Dallas 2. Clyde W. Rembert, gen mgr. Laurel Radio Network -Comprising WDAD In- New York. An associated stations: WKOP Texas Quality Network -Comprising WFAA diana, WCPA Clearfield. WMAJ State College, Binghamton, WELM Elmira, WWHG Hornell, Dallas, WOAI San Antonio, KPRC Houston. all Penn.; WJCM Sebring, Florida. Headquar- WHCU Ithaca, WDOE Dunkirk, WJTN James- Represented nationally by Edward Petry Co. ters: P. O. Box 888, State College. Milton J. town, WMSA Massena, WGNY Newburgh, Stations sold under one rate, one contract. one Bergstein, gen mgr; John A. Dame, sales mgr. WHLD Niagara Falls, WHDL Olean, WEAV bill. Plattsburgh, WKIP Poughkeepsie, WHAM Texas Spanish Language Network- Compris- Linder Group- Comprising KWLM Willmar, Rochester, WGY Schenectady, WHEN Syra- KMHL Marshall, KLOR Redwood Falls, KTOE cuse, WRUN Utica -Rome, WDLA ing KUBO San Antonio, KLVL Houston, KCCT Mankato, KDMA Montevideo. all WWNY Walton, Corpus Christi, all Texas; XEJ Juarez (El- Executive Minnesota. Watertown, all New York; and WEJL Paso), XEO Matamoros (Brownsville). XEOR offices: Box 393, Willmar, Minn. Scranton, Pa. Headquarters: Terrace Hill (Bib - Represented nationally by John E. Pearson bins Hall), Ithaca, N. Y. H. S. Brown, Reynosa (McAllen), all Mexico. Represented , Co. network mgr. vp & nationally by National Times Sales Inc. Lobster Network-Comprising WLOB Portland. OE Group-Comprising WBOK New Orleans, Texas State Network -Comprising KFJZ Fort WGUY Bangor, WCOU -AM -FM Lewiston, KYOK Houston, KAOK Lake Charles, WXOK Worth; WRR Dallas, KBST Big Spring, KGKL WFST -AM-FM Caribou (Aroostook). WGHM Baton Rouge WLOK Memphis, WOOK Mobile. San Angelo, KRBC Abilene, KCMC Texarkana, Waterville- Skowhegan, Headquarters: 505 Baronne KFRO Longview, KCRS Midland, KTBB Tyler. WFAU Augusta, WSME St., New Orleans. Gene L. Cagle, pres; Dale Drake, mgr. Sanford (York County). WRUM Rumford- Jules J. Paglin pres; Stanley W. Ray Jr., vp sales Farmington, all Maine. Headquarters: Colum- and gen mgr. Represented by Stars National. Headquarters: 4801 W. Freeway, Fort Worth 1. bia Hotel, Portland, Maine. Represented in Texas Triangle -Comprising KLIF Dallas, New York by Richard O'Connell, Oregon Empire Group- Comprising KPOJ Port- KILT Houston, KTSA San Antonio, all Texas. Inc; in Boston land, KSLM Salem, KFLY Corvallis, KORE by Harry Wheeler Co.; West Coast, Chicago Eugene, all Oregon. Headquarters: KLIF, 2104 Jackson, Dallas. and Detroit by McGavren. Headquarters: P. O. Box W. S. Morgan Jr., natl. sales mgr. Represented - 689, Corvallis. Dave Hoes, sales mgr. Rep- nationally by John Blair & Co. Long Radio Enterprises-Comprising KIOX resented regionally by Hugh Feltis & Associ- Bay City. KVIC Victoria, KTLW Texas City, ates, Seattle; H. S. Jacobson, Portland. Thorns Radio Group- Comprising WAYS Char- all Texas and available group. lotte, WCOG Greensboro, WISE Asheville, as a package Oregon Trail Network -Owned and operated WKLM Wilmington, Harry L, Becker, managing director. P. O. Box by Inland Radio Inc. KSRV Ontario, KBKR WMSJ Sylves all North 1391, Bay City. Baker, Carolina. Headquarters: 75 Scenic Highway, KLBM LaGrande. Gordon Capps, gen Asheville. Harold Thorns, pres; George Magic Circle (Ozark) Network- Comprising mgr, Ontario, Ore. Roesler, nati sales mgr. KICK Springfield, KBTN Neosho, KRMO Paul Bunyan Network-Michigan regional net- Monett, KWPM West Plains, 'CALM Thayer, work comprising WTCM Traverse City; WATT Tobacco Network Etto.-Eastern North Carolina KLRS Mt. Grove, KBHM Branson, KUKU Cadillac; WATZ Alpena; WMBN Petoskey; regional network comprising WRAL Raleigh, Willow Springs, all Missouri; KMDO Ft. Scott, WATC Gaylord. Headquarters: Paul Bunyan WTIK Durham, WFNC Fayetteville, WONT Kansas, plus 55 Wilmington, WCEC Rocky Mount, WRCS other stations in eastern Kan- Bldg., Traverse City. Les Biederman, pres Ahoskie, WELS Kinston, WGBR Goldsboro sas, Oklahoma, northern Arkansas and Mis- and gen mgr. WHIT New souri. Headquarters: 1718 Meadowmere, Piedmont Bern, WFMO Fairmont WEYE Springfield. Mo. M. Richard Bradley, gen mgr. Group-Comprising WORD Spartan- Sanford, WHVH Henderson, WJAY Mulling- s burg, and WFBC Greenville, both South Caro- Marion, S. C. Headquarters: P. O. Box 1988, Maine Broadcasting System -Comprising lina Headquarters: 505 Rutherford WCSH St., Green- Raleigh. Wally Voigt, gen mgr. Represented Portland, WLBZ Bangor, WRDO ville. Bruce Buchanan, mgr, WFBC; Tom nationally by Grant Webb & Co. Vassie G. Augusta, WLAM Lewiston- Auburn. Head- Thuman, mgr, WORD. Represented nationally Balkcum, WGBR pres; Jack P. Hankins, WELS quarters: 157 High St., WCSH Portland 3, Me. by Avery-Knodel Inc. vp; Billy E. Peele, WFMO, sec -treas. McClatchy Beeline- Comprising KFBK -AM-FM John Poole Group- Comprising KBIG Avalon Tri -Mart Radio Network -Comprising KSLM Sacramento, KMJ- AM -FM, Fresno, KERN -AM- (Catalina), KBIG -FM Los Angeles and KBIF Salem, KFLY Corvallis, KORE Eugene, all FM Bakersfield, KBEE- AM -FM, Modesto. all Fresno, all Calif. Headquarters: 6540 Sunset Oregon. Headquarters: P. O. Box 689, Cor- Calif., and KOH Reno, Nev. Headquarters: Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Represented nationally vallls. Dave Hogs, sales mgr. Represented 21st St. & Q St., Sacramento, Calif. Eleanor by Weed & Co. by Everett -McKinney Inc.; Headley -Reed Co. McClatchy, pres; Keith Collins, sales director. Puritan Network-Comprising WLYN Lynn, (California). McLendon Ebony Radio Group- Comprising WNBP Newburyport, both Massachusetts; Tri -W Network -Comprising WWWB Jasper. WOKJ Jackson, Miss.: WENN Birmingham, WOTW Nashua N. H., WTSA Brattleboro, Vt WWWF Fayette, WWWR Russellville, all Ala.; KOKY Little Rock, Ark., Headquarters: 156 Broad St., Lynn, Mass. Alabama. W. W. Bankhead, pres. WWWB. KOKA Shreve- Theodore Feinstein, pres. Represented by Represented nationally by Keystone Broad- port, La. Headquarters: 509 Lamar Life Bldg., Walker -Rawalt Inc. Jackson, Miss. John M. McLendon, pres & gen casting System. mgr. Represented nationally by John E. Radio Montana West (XL Stations of the Z United Broadcasting Network -Comprising Pearson Co. Net) -KXLF Butte; KXLJ Helena; KXLQ WOOK and WFAN (FM) Washington, D. C.; Bozeman; KXLK Great Falls; KXLL Missoula, WARK Hagerstown, WSID Baltimore, and Michigan Radio Network -Comprising WXYZ all Montana. Available as a hookup. Manag- WINX Rockville, all Maryland; WANT Rich- Detroit (key station) and network of radio sta- ing director: Ed Craney, KXLF. mond and WYOU Newport News, both Vir- PAGE B -292 1959 BROADCASTING YEARBOOK