KNBS (TV)

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KNBS
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Channels
Programming
Affiliations ABC
Ownership
OwnerNorthwest Broadcasting System, Inc.
History
First air date
January 3, 1960 (1960-01-03)
Last air date
December 14, 1960 (1960-12-14)
Technical information
ERP 273 kW [1]
HAAT 1,100 ft (340 m)

KNBS, UHF analog channel 22, was an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Walla Walla, Washington, United States, which operated from January 3 to December 14, 1960. Owned by Northwest Broadcasting System, Inc., the station closed due to lack of capital to continue operations.

History

Northwest Broadcasting System, Inc., a group of investors from Los Angeles, [2] was granted a construction permit to build a new television station on channel 22 in Walla Walla in 1959. The investor group also included Chuck Connors, who at the time starred in the ABC show The Rifleman ; Connors, who invested $5,000 in the venture, was paid $1,000 a year for five years to be the station's "executive vice president". [2] The station went on air January 3, 1960, from studios in downtown Walla Walla and a transmitter on Pikes Peak in Oregon, just across the state line. [3] In addition to network programming from ABC, the station produced local news, sports and weather; a local variety show, "Bondwagon"; and a square dancing program, among others. [4]

While Walla Walla's first TV station had the acceptance of the local community, it lacked the cash to keep going, despite increasing and adequate revenues, because of the costs incurred in launching the venture and lower than anticipated interest from potential local investors. In late 1960, Lyle Bond, who had been the vice president, station manager and newsreader, [4] left for a station in San Diego, California. [2] On the night of December 14, 1960, at sign-off, vice president and chief engineer William Barclay appeared to inform viewers of the station's closure and expressed hope that a new owner would appear to keep KNBS in operation; that same week, the station filed for bankruptcy listing $169,000 in liabilities and $90,000 in assets, and a receiver was appointed to manage the process of selling it to the highest bidder. [2] [5]

A high bid of $50,000, including the assumption of $27,000 in outstanding liens, for KNBS was placed by the Alert Acceptance Corp. of Portland, Oregon, a financial and property management business, and approved in January 1961. [6] The sale to Alert was voided in June, after the company never paid the bid; additionally, it had not filed for Federal Communications Commission approval to transfer the license from Northwest Broadcasting System. [7] While receiver Eugene Golden noted interest from others at the time that Alert's sale was voided, [7] the station was never reactivated. Local television of any kind in Walla Walla would take 20 years to be reestablished, emerging in the form of a cable television channel in 1981. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "KNBS" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1960. p. A-101. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Local TV Station Is Closed". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. December 15, 1960. pp. 1, 5 . Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
  3. ↑ "Local TV Station Will Go on the Air Sunday". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. December 31, 1959. pp. 1, 9 . Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
  4. 1 2 "KNBS-TV Channel 22, Your Local Channel for Local People". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. February 21, 1960. p. L21. Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
  5. ↑ "KNBS Will Be Up for Highest Bid". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. December 30, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
  6. ↑ "Portlanders Make Best Bid on TV". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. January 15, 1961. pp. 1, 5 . Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
  7. 1 2 "TV Station Sale Voided". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. June 29, 1961. p. 17. Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
  8. ↑ Eskil, Rick (November 6, 1981). "Anyone remember Jessica Novak?". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. p. 1. Retrieved February 27, 2021– via NewspaperArchive.
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