WXTV (Ohio)

Last updated
WXTV
WXTV45Logo.jpg
Channels
Programming
Affiliations Independent
Ownership
OwnerCommunity Telecasting Company
History
First air date
November 15, 1960;62 years ago (1960-11-15)
Last air date
February 27, 1962;61 years ago (1962-02-27) (1 year, 104 days)
Technical information
ERP 8.13 kW [1]
HAAT 330 ft (101 m)
Transmitter coordinates 41°04′21″N80°38′23″W / 41.07250°N 80.63972°W / 41.07250; -80.63972

WXTV, UHF analog channel 45, was an independent television station licensed to Youngstown, Ohio, United States, from November 15, 1960, to February 27, 1962. The station was owned and operated by Sanford Schafitz. Mounting issues with the license renewal of a co-owned radio station in Lorain, WWIZ, in which Schafitz had sold a stake to obtain capital to start WXTV, led to the station's closure.

Contents

History

Allocation change and construction

The construction permit for WXTV was granted to the Community Telecasting Company in November 1955, to telecast on channel 73, and the call letters WXTV were quickly granted. [2] Still unbuilt, the station modified its application in December 1956 to specify channel 45. [3] The Federal Communications Commission, however, instead let channel 45 remain in the hands of WKST-TV of New Castle, Pennsylvania, which at the time was not broadcasting; [4] the FCC denied a protest by Community against the move. [5] The next year, it considered, then dropped, a plan to move the channel 73 allotment to Pittsburgh and substitute channel 33 for WXTV's use. [6]

Ultimately, the two stations' fight for lower channel positions was resolved by letting WKST-TV move to channel 33 (and change its city of license to Youngstown), giving WXTV permission to operate on channel 45 once it was vacated. [7] In early 1960, an application to transfer the station's construction permit from Community Telecasting to WXTV, Inc., both owned by Sanford A. Schafitz and Guy W. Gully, was held up by the FCC when WKST-TV petitioned against the move, saying the permittees were not legally or financially qualified; while the FCC dismissed the petition as moot, it decided to look into the charges. [8]

On the air

WXTV began regular programming on November 15, 1960 with six hours of programming, including three movies. [9]

In addition to films, WXTV aired some local programming. In January 1962, it started a children's show hosted by John "Dusty" Boyd. [10] A local live music show titled "45 Hop" in the format of American Bandstand aired on weeknights as early as 1961, hosted by WHOT (1570 AM) personality Al DeJulio; [11] the program later inspired a similar program on WYTV hosted by fellow WHOT personality "Boots" Bell. [12]

Having made one channel change already before going on air, WXTV tried to change positions again when it filed to move to channel 15, allocated to Ashtabula, Ohio, [13] but WICA-TV's license was still in force.

Signing off

On February 28, 1962, WXTV did not sign on for the day; a station staffer asked by The Vindicator reported that channel 45 was having technical difficulties. [14] The station failing to telecast for the day came just days after the FCC had ordered a hearing into all of Schafitz's broadcast holdings, which included WWIZ in Lorain and WFAR in Farrell, Pennsylvania. The FCC announced that issues to be raised in the hearing included an unauthorized transfer of control at the Lorain radio station and misrepresentations relating to Schafitz's employment at WXTV. [15] The hearing also revealed that the unreported sale of a minority stake in WWIZ was undertaken in order to raise $55,000 in capital to build channel 45. [16] For channel 45—whose transfer to WXTV, Inc. was still pending—there was an additional reason to deny WXTV its license: co-owner Gully was an indicted felon, making him unfit to hold a broadcast license. While hearing examiner Chester F. Naumowicz, Jr., found that Schafitz was unaware of Gully's indictment until after the applications were filed, his failure to provide the information still precluded granting the license. [17] The full commission agreed and denied the license application in April 1964; at the same time, it denied the renewal of WWIZ radio's license. [18]

The channel 45 allocation remained in Youngstown in the 1965 UHF table revision. [19] It was moved to Alliance as part of a 1971 application by the Ohio Educational TV Network Commission to build new educational TV stations at Alliance and Akron to be jointly operated by Kent State University, the University of Akron, and Youngstown State University, [20] which went on the air as WNEO in 1973.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WXTV-DT</span> Univision TV station in Paterson, New Jersey

WXTV-DT is a television station licensed to Paterson, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Univision outlet for the New York City area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network. WXTV-DT is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Newark-licensed UniMás outlet WFUT-DT and Smithtown, New York–licensed True Crime Network affiliate WFTY-DT. The stations share studios on Frank W. Burr Boulevard in Teaneck, New Jersey; WXTV-DT and WFUT-DT share transmitter facilities at the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KTNV-TV</span> ABC affiliate in Las Vegas

KTNV-TV is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Laughlin-licensed independent station KMCC. The two stations share studios on South Valley View Boulevard in the nearby unincorporated community of Paradise ; KTNV-TV's transmitter is located atop Mount Arden in Henderson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WFMJ-TV</span> NBC affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio

WFMJ-TV is a television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW. The station is locally owned by the Maag family. WFMJ-TV's studios are located on West Boardman Street in downtown Youngstown, and its transmitter is based in the city's Lansingville neighborhood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WYTV</span> ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio

WYTV is a television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Vaughan Media, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of CBS affiliate WKBN-TV and low-power Fox affiliate WYFX-LD, for the provision of certain services. The three stations share studios on Sunset Boulevard in Youngstown's Pleasant Grove neighborhood, where WYTV's transmitter is also located.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KECY-TV</span> Fox/ABC/CW affiliate in El Centro, California

KECY-TV is a television station licensed to El Centro, California, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona–El Centro, California market as an affiliate of Fox, MyNetworkTV, ABC and The CW Plus. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate KESE-LD ; NPG also provides certain services to Yuma-licensed dual CBS/NBC affiliate KYMA-DT through a shared services agreement (SSA) with Imagicomm Communications. The three stations share studios on South 4th Avenue in downtown Yuma, with an advertising sales office on West Main Street in El Centro; KECY-TV's transmitter is located in the Chocolate Mountains.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WDLW</span> Oldies radio station in Lorain, Ohio

WDLW is a commercial radio station licensed to Lorain, Ohio, and features an oldies format known as "Kool Kat Oldies". Owned by WDLW Radio, Inc., the station serves Lorain County and western parts of Greater Cleveland, and is relayed over Lorain translator W255CW. WDLW's studios are located in Oberlin, Ohio, while the transmitters for both WDLW and W255CW reside in Sheffield Township. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WDLW is available online.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WLOA</span> Radio station in Farrell, Pennsylvania

WLOA is a commercial rhythmic contemporary radio station licensed to Farrell, Pennsylvania. Owned by Over/Under, LLC, the station serves both the Sharon, Pennsylvania, and Youngstown, Ohio markets. WLOA also simulcasts over Youngstown translator W272EI. The WLOA studios are located in the city of Meadville, while the transmitter for WLOA resides off of South State Line Road in Masury, Ohio; W272EI's transmitter is located off of Mabel Street in Youngstown's Lansingville neighborhood. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WLOA is available online.

WYCB is an urban gospel radio station in Washington, D.C., owned by Urban One. Its studios are in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the transmitter site is in Capitol Heights, Maryland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WGFT</span> Radio station in Campbell–Youngstown, Ohio

WGFT – branded Star 94.7 – is a commercial daytime-only urban adult contemporary radio station licensed to Campbell, Ohio. Owned by Helen Bednarczyk through licensee Y-Town Radio Broadcasting, LLC, the station serves the Youngstown metropolitan area as the local affiliate for The Steve Harvey Morning Show; and the home of syndicated personalities Donnie McClurkin, Michael Baisden and Keith Sweat. WGFT also simulcasts over Girard translator W234CH.

WYOH – branded as Real Talk 1540 WYOH on weekdays and La Nueva Mia 1540 on weekends – is a commercial daytime-only radio station licensed to serve Niles, Ohio. Owned by Sagittarius Communications, LLC., the station covers the Youngstown metropolitan area. WYOH broadcasts a conservative talk format on weekdays and tropical music on weekends. The WYOH studios and transmitter are both located in Mineral Ridge; in addition to a standard analog transmission, WYOH is also available online.

KMPT, UHF analog channel 19, was a dual ABC/DuMont-affiliated television station licensed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, which operated from November 22, 1953 to February 4, 1955. Owned by KLPR Television, Inc., it was a sister outlet to radio station KLPR. KMPT's studios were located on Southwest 28th and West Commerce Streets in southwest Oklahoma City's Capitol Hill neighborhood, and its transmitter was located on East Britton Road and North Lincoln Boulevard in northeast Oklahoma City.

KWJB was the call sign for several radio stations in Globe, Arizona. Two separate licenses on the 1240 kHz frequency, and an FM station on 100.3 MHz, used the call letters. The first KWJB signed on in 1938, being joined by the FM station in 1958. After going silent October 29, 1960, the licenses of both stations were ordered revoked by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1961 along with all other stations owned by Gila Broadcasting. A second AM station in Globe on the same frequency, but a different license, operated as KWJB between 1969 and 1975.

WCLM was a radio station operating on 101.9 FM in Chicago between 1957 and 1966. The station lost its broadcast license over several violations, the most notable of which was the use of its subsidiary communications authority (SCA) subcarrier facility to telecast the results of horse races on an additional audio channel.

WBRL was a radio station that broadcast on 1400 AM in Berlin, New Hampshire. Under two separate license incarnations from 1962 to 1980 and again from 1980 to 1990, the station served the Berlin area. The last owner of WBRL was Metrocomco, Inc.

WWIZ was a commercial radio station at 1380AM that was licensed to Lorain, Ohio, and broadcast from 1958 to 1967.

WOOK was a radio station that operated on 1340 kHz in Washington, D.C. Owned by Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting, the station was known for its programming for the African-American community in the Washington metropolitan area; before that, in the 1940s, it was an independent station owned for several years by the Washington Post. WOOK, which spawned an FM station (WFAN) and a TV station, had its license revoked by the Federal Communications Commission in 1975 for an illegal numbers racket. In 1976, with the station's fate nearly sealed, WOOK became Spanish-language WFAN, in a format swap that allowed the Black-formatted WOOK intellectual unit to stay alive. WFAN ceased operating on April 22, 1978; on August 15, WYCB began broadcasting on its frequency.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WOOK-TV</span> TV station in Washington, DC (1963–1972)

WOOK-TV, UHF analog channel 14, was an independent television station licensed to Washington, D.C., United States, which operated from March 5, 1963, to February 12, 1972. It was the first television station in the United States to orient its entire programming to an African-American audience, along the lines of co-owned WOOK radio. Mounting license troubles for the United Broadcasting station group, economic difficulties faced by independent and UHF stations, and an inability to upgrade channel 14's facilities to be competitive in the market led to the closure of WFAN-TV on February 12, 1972.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMET-TV</span> Former TV station in Baltimore

WMET-TV was a television station operating on channel 24 in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1967 to 1972. It was owned by the United Broadcasting Company and served as a semi-satellite of its WOOK-TV/WFAN-TV in Washington, D.C., with some locally originated programs. Due to a series of financial and license difficulties at United, WMET-TV closed in January 1972, a month before WFAN-TV.

KRSD-TV was a television station in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Its programming was relayed on satellite station KDSJ-TV in Lead. Owned by Heart of the Black Hills Stations, the two stations went on air in 1958 and 1960, respectively. Due to serial deficiencies in the stations' technical operations, the two stations were ordered off the air in 1971 after a decade of proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission. The stations' ownership was able to delay their closure for five more years before finally shutting down in 1976.

WJJZ was a radio station broadcasting on 1460 AM in Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States, from 1963 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1983. It was operated on two separate licenses by two separate groups, each of which ended with authority to continue operations being denied by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

References

  1. ↑ "WXTV" (PDF). 1961-62 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1961. p. A-66 (120). Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 28, 1955. p. 98. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Applications Amended" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 10, 1956. p. 125. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Court Rules for WKST-TV Ch. 45" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 12, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Youngstown Tv Protest Denied" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 23, 1957. p. 88. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Pittsburgh-Youngstown Shift Off" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 10, 1958. p. 62. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Government notes" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 3, 1959. p. 76. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Another FCC look at WXTV ownership" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 22, 1960. p. 50. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  9. ↑ Silika, Adrian (November 15, 1960). "Information Shows Lift Quality of Sunday's TV". The Vindicator. p. 17. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Conducts TV Show". The Evening Review. January 13, 1962. p. 3. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Alfred M. DeJulio | 1924 - 2012 | Obituary". Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ Posey, Sean T. (2016). Lost Youngstown. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 110. ISBN   9781625853851.
  13. ↑ "Wants To Move To Channel 15". Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum. Associated Press. February 11, 1961. p. 9. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Channel 45 Goes Off Air; Faces Hearing Before FCC". The Vindicator. March 1, 1962. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Two FCC hearings set on misrepresentation" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 26, 1962. p. 9. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  16. ↑ "FCC told to deny WWIZ renewal" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 28, 1963. pp. 58, 60. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Recommend renewal for Schafitz stations" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 11, 1963. pp. 76, 78. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  18. ↑ "FCC kills WWIZ, WXTV(TV)" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 6, 1964. p. 92. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Where the FCC would put TV stations" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1965. p. 90. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  20. ↑ "2 ETV's for 3 schools asked" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1971. p. 36. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.