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'10THE SUN★ ★ ★Friday, September 20, 1963TV DEBATE — Bruce Merrill, owner of KIVA, thinks over a question before answering it at yesterday’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Meeting concerned a Yuma economy report prepared for KIVA and released by KBLU-TV. (Sun Staff PhotoK!VA Owner Explains.• •(Continued from Page One)rill if it were not true that the FCC considered only the public interest in the contests and did not consider whether one of the contestants would go out of business, He prefaced his question by gating that when KBLU radio had sought to begin operations, he had opposed the move.Merrill answered that the FCC considered only the public interest and KIVA’s economic welfare was of no concern to the commission.Kegional BasisMerrill said he believed operation of another station in Yuma would not be in the public interest. He said KIVA operated on a regional basis serving Yuma and El Centro and areas around the two cities. He said if KIVA were forced to shut down by the operation KBLU, then 68,000 persons served by KFVA would be without television. He pointed out the KBLU-TV proposed to operate on a local scale, serving the Yuma area.Merrill said all he and his company had been trying to do is geta day in court to present their side. He said the company has lost money from 1955 until 1962 when it showed a profit of $6,000 and 1963 when it showed a profit of $22,000. He said KIVA was subsidized by the cable system, and would probably go out of business within a year if KBLU-TV was allowed to ojen.The Chamber board meetingwas presided over by Clarence(Sambo) Jones. It adjourned without taking any action on the report. Another meeting of the boardwas called for 4 p.m. today, but the report was not named as a specific item to be discussed. Crites, however, u'as asked not to attend. He is vice president of the Chamber.*IfI1(Ca
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1963
Page 9
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