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Yuma TV and Outlets in Merger PlanTwo Yuma radio stations, one 1 Pho nix; P hoen i x Magazinetelevision station and billboards in the Yuma area will all come und«*r single ownership in Phoenix if a proposed merger takesplaee. J§: 'liftPlans to merge KTAR Broadcasting Company and Kller Outdoor Advertising Company ofArizona have been revealed. The merger was announced by Jolin J Ujuis Jr., chairman of KTAR,and Kail Kller of Phoenix, president of Kller Outdoor Adver-I*.ic.; Kller Telecasting Com-pany lt;which owns KBLU and KBKC-TV); as well as KTAR and Kller Outdoor Advertising. The formation of a I holdingtiding. m mm illThv tram a c ion is now subject to approval of stockholdersin the two Ph -nix-based com* panies, the Federal Communications Commission und othergovernment agencies.\ uma OutletsThe merger would bring together, under single ownership, radio stations KYt’M Hand KBLU, plus KBLU-TV and * all billboards in the Yuma area. Aho included in the packageI vsould be KYCA in Prescott;Myers-Leiber Sign Company ofcompany which vs ill ov n all ofthe various properties was an-nounced bv I»uia» and Kller.a*Name of the holding company is to Combined Communications Corporation of Phoenix.John J Louis Sr, bought control of KTAR in 1944. He is apartner in Needham, l^ouis Brorby Advertising of Chicago. Ho died in 1959. John J Louis Jr. was elected chairman of the executive committee of KTAR early this year. He also had been an officer of Needham, Louis 4 Brorby Advertising. In addition, he has been a director Phoenix jof Kller Outdoor Advertising.Kller is a director of The Arizona Bank, and also was with Needham, Louis Sc Brorby Advertising in Chicago. He established Kller Outdoor Advertising in 1962,
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, Dec 27, 1967
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