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KIVA SeeksHalt Work KBLU-TVIfsIatc1iAnother petition against KBLU-TV has been filed by KIVA-TV,R ert C es, of KBLU, sa;d today.The new petition asks that theFederal Communications Commission order KBLU-TV to cease and j desist from any further construction of the new television station. KBLU-TV has erected its broadcasting tower and is proceeding with installation of other telecasting equipment.Competition HitThe petition, called a “Motion for Stav” stares that ..theestablishment of any other new television station within the coverage area of KIVA-TV’ would afford economic competition whichft in the degrad on ordestruction of television service within the Yuma Valley and Imperial Valley areas contrary to thepublic interest.*’ jThe “Motion for Stay” referred to a recent 146-pa^e economic j Study, an en •leering report and ja multitude of prior pleadingsfrom KIVA to back up the newpe’it on, Crites said. KIVA quotes the economic report by Dr. IrstonR. Barnes to show' that KIVA would be forced off the air bthe competition resulting from asecond TV station. *Two b**iur«i Flt;’lt;’KIVA has two other petitions bef re the FOC now. The first, a“Motion for Stay”, asked thatKBUJ not be 1 'o clt;nu-mate the transfer of ownership to Desert Telecasting Co., Inc.The sec md, a Pi *n for Reconsideration”, asked that FCC reconsider its approval of the ownership transfer. Attached to this petiiion was the 146-page economic report on the Yuma and Imperial Valleys. The report fore- 1 cast “no more than a modest rate of economic grow,h for the area.
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Tue, Sep 17, 1963
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Sammi B.
NA 14 Jan 2020
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