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AFTER 15 YEARS:KIVA-TV Will Go OffThe Air as of Jan. 31 stSaving (hat the Yuma-KI Centro market cannot supfiort three television stations, the owner of KIYA-TV ha** announced that the station will go off the air Jan. 31st aftet 15 years of operation.Alter several years of tryingto convert the operations ofKIVA-TV to a profitablebasis.” Bruce Merrill of Phoenix said in an open letter vester-dav to his staff. 1 have comlt;have neither the talent nor theresources to accomplish thisLeavenvvort hi Bun)Wheeler. Yuma general manager of KIYA. said that approximated B* employees would !e affected. He said that Mer-shown an almost uninterrupted series of annual losses He added that the market couldnever support t h * at televisionstations on a profitable basis until it grows to five times its present size. He was referringto KBLU-TV, Yuma andrill would make an announce- KECC-TV, Kl Centro.ment later concerning the disposal of the equipment and physical plantMerrill, who has owned t he*to the painful decision that I station for lu years, said it hadMerrill said he will returnthe license to the Federal ( om-munications Commission and liquidate the assets of the station as rapidly as possible.
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, Jan 14, 1970
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